The Kenya Intellectual Property Bill 2020: An Open Public Participation Call
May 11, 2020
From the Preamble, it is a ‘Bill for AN ACT of Parliament to consolidate the laws relating to intellectual property,…
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The Friendly Troll and Africa Podcast Day
February 12, 2020
By Mitchel Ondili It’s Africa podcast day and CIPIT would like to shed a spotlight on its podcast, launched late…
CIPIT’s report on the nature of information controls during election processes
December 3, 2019
By Jentrix Wanyama Elections are an area of great interest and concern in equal measure across many parts of the…
CIPIT launches checklist on privacy and security in Kenyan legislations
November 25, 2019
By Jentrix Wanyama Over the last couple of years, Kenya has experienced a significant surge in insecurity. Notably, the country…
#UBUNIFU – CIPIT PANEL ON THE STRATHMORE LAW CLINIC UBUNIFU INITIATIVE (PART TWO)
September 3, 2019
By Caroline Wanjiru and Cynthia Nzuki. As highlighted in our previous post (here), the Strathmore Law Clinic (website here) began…
#UBUNIFU – CIPIT PANEL ON THE STRATHMORE LAW CLINIC UBUNIFU INITIATIVE (PART ONE)
August 29, 2019
By Cynthia Nzuki and Jaaziyah Satar* The Strathmore Law Clinic kick-started an initiative known as the Ubunifu Initiative. This initiative…
CIPIT Hosts Novel Moot Court Competition on IT Law in East Africa
December 10, 2018
CIPIT’s bi-annual moot competition aims to be innovative and to attract teams from across East Africa, and the 2018 edition…
THE CIPIT MOOT 2018
November 8, 2018
The Matter of Mangala & WAP -vs- The Guacamole Republic of Avocado (GRA) As promised, here is the account of…
CIPIT at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights NGO forum
August 9, 2018
Lessons from the Forum on the participation of NGO’s in the 62nd ordinary session of the ACHPR at the Royal…
What have we learnt from studying 5 years of Internet Disruptions in Africa?
May 18, 2018
On the one side, countries are investing heavily on communication and transport infrastructure for economic connectivity yet easily reversing the…