Celebrating World IP Day: Promoting Access to Knowledge and the Right to Research Seminar
April 26th marks World Intellectual Property (IP) Day – an event established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to raise awareness of patents, copyrights, designs, and trademarks, and to celebrate the creativity and contributions of inventors, authors, artists and…
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LUGHA NA PROGRAMU ZA KUTAMBUA SAUTI: IPO HAJA KUU YA KUJENGA MILIMBIKO ZA DATA/SETI ZA DATA
Je, lugha ni nini? Kulingana na Kamusi, lugha ni mpangilio wa sauti na maneno unaoleta maana ambao hutumiwa na watu wa taifa au kundi fulani...
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Artificial Intelligence and its Imperialist Roots
Introduction According to a United Nations Special Rapporteur report, “emerging digital technologies” are held to “exacerbate and compound existing inequalities”, that exist along “racial, ethnic...
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The Impact of the AI Divide on Vulnerable Groups
Image created by Markus Spiske – www.pexels.com In the 21st Century, models backed by big data trained to make decision making processes more efficient are...
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Thoughts on an Innovation Exchange Portal for Kenya
Over the years, this blogger has been interested in finding ways to facilitate the free flow of relevant and useful information among the various players in...
Read MoreWorld Intellectual Property Day 2017 Theme: “Innovation – Improving Lives”
As readers of this blog may already know, on April 26th every year, the World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated with the purpose of “learning...
Read MoreA New Look at High Tech Hubs in the 'Digital Savannah': Part 1
Toward the end of 2016, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited tech hubs in Kenya and Nigeria. During this, he remarked: “The future will...
Read MoreBook Review: "Digital Kenya: An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making" edited by Bitange Ndemo & Tim Weiss
The editors of Digital Kenya: An Entrepreneurial Revolution in the Making describe it as a ‘book of arguments and ideas’ and this blogger agrees with...
Read MoreBook Review: “Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness” by Nathaniel Tkacz
By Wanjiku Karanja** The Internet, as a ubiquitous platform, was founded on the principles of openness, participation and collaborative development. ‘Openness’ in this context refers...
Read MoreAfrican States Urged to Ratify and Domesticate #MarrakeshTreaty
On September 30, 2016 the Marrakesh Treaty — the international agreement to improve access to copyrighted works for the blind and visually impaired — enters...
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