Uganda’s 2025 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill: A Turning Point for Creators’ Rights?
Introduction On 13 May 2025, the Parliament of Uganda conducted the first reading of the 2025 Copyright and Neighbouring Rights (Amendment) Bill,1 (hereinafter the Amendment Bill) which proposes reforms aimed at domesticating international treaties such as the Berne Convention for…
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Copyright A Case for Geographical Indication? An overview of the Tinderet Case
On 26 June 2023, the Registrar of trademarks determined a case that challenged the registration of a trademark and shed light on the registration of...
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Artificial Intelligence Intellectual Property and Artificial Intelligence: Proving & Disproving Chat GPT Authorship
INTRODUCTION Picture a lecturer, plagued by suspicion and casting a wary gaze upon student essays he suspects were written by Chat GPT. The unsettling question...
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Data Protection Examining Cross-Border Data Flows Provisions in Africa’s Free Trade Agreements
Introduction Cross-border data flows are the transfer of information or data across national boundaries. Transfer of data across borders may be necessary to achieve diverse...
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Cybersecurity Kenya’s Digital Infrastructure Under Threat? A Look at Anonymous Sudan’s Thwarted Cyberattack Attempt and its Implications for Kenya’s Digital Systems
On 27th July 2023, Kenya’s digital infrastructure was the target of a cyberattack that affected both public and private institutions.1 The Companies that were partially...
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Artificial Intelligence Algorithmic Impact Assessment in Mitigating AI Harms
IBM’s 2022 Global AI Adoption Index Report notes a four-point increase (35%) in the adoption of AI and its impact on businesses and Society in...
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Artificial Intelligence The Copyright Conundrum: AI-Generated Works and the Question of Authorship
‘The Matrix’ ‘I, Robots’ and ‘Space Odyssey’ are films that depict a world where Artificial Intelligence (AI) attempts to wipe out humanity. While we are...
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Data Protection The African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection: Key Insights
Background Technological advancement often outpaces regulation, as has been the case in cyber-security matters on the African continent. This has resulted in gaps in cyber...
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4IR How can African states respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) ? Assessing the readiness of Africa’s education system to produce human capital for 4IR
Introduction Observing the implications of 4IR, it can be noted that education takes a back seat , as to the scrutiny of how 4IR will...
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4IR The Western and Northern Perspective of Curricula reformulation in the 4IR
Our previous blog post assessed the role of curricula in shaping learners to be empowered members of industry 4.0. Specifically , there was focus on...
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