About CIPIT
The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) is a research and training center based at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya. Our work focuses on the intersection of law, technology, and innovation across Africa.
We provide evidence-based research, capacity building, and policy engagement on issues surrounding data protection, artificial intelligence, digital rights, and IP law.
Our Focus Areas:
Artificial Intelligence
Exploring AI policy, ethics, and regulation from an African context.
Data Protection
Guiding the adoption of data privacy laws and best practices in Kenya and beyond.
Digital Rights
Promoting online freedoms and human rights in the digital ecosystem.
Intellectual Property
Researching IP law, innovation, and its role in development across Africa.
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Kenya’s progressive adoption of technologies such as Biometric Voter Registration (BVR), the Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS), electronic voter identification and electronic results transmission…
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Resources
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AI Stakeholder Framework
The Africa AI ecosystem is fast growing as it strives to keep up with technological advancements and changes world wide. In line with this adoption of AI and harnessing the benefits of AI have become of interest to different governments.
AI Labour Gender Gap in Africa
A mapping of gender composition of AI projects and companies originating in countries across Africa.
Data Regulators Mapping
A mapping representation of the Regulators across the continent that provide for the regulation of both personal and other data.
Automated Decision Making (ADM) Systems in Africa
A mapping of various applications of Automated Decision Making (ADM) systems in Africa, in the fields of agriculture, education, finance, healthcare and public administration.
AI Utilization in Africa
How is AI being utilized in Africa?
Data Gig Work Landscape
The report analyses the challenges that both Kenyan and Nigerian gig workers face, such as precarious working conditions, job insecurity, and a lack of social protection, and how this affects the overall AI output.
Industrial Intellectual Properties Database (Kenya)
A comprehensive and user-friendly database designed to collate data on the status of formalised industrial intellectual property rights in Kenya. The database encompasses an extensive collection of information pertaining to industrial designs, patents, trademarks, and utility models.
Data Protection Case Law Library
Aims to provide legal professionals, researchers, and the public with easy access to comprehensive data protection case law resources, featuring a vast collection of judicial decisions, determinations, legal analyses, and regulatory updates.
IP Case Law Library (Kenyan Courts)
A comprehensive repository of intellectual property rulings and judgments from Kenyan courts, providing expertly curated case briefs, offering clear and concise summaries of legal decisions in various areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyright, industrial designs, and more.
Protecting Kenyan Children Online: Key Industry Guidelines
The Child Online Protection & Safety Guidelines issued by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CAK) are industry regulatory guidelines aimed at safeguarding children’s experience online.
Unveiling Privacy in the AI Era
The infographic provides a comprehensive overview of the intricate relationship between AI technologies and data privacy, outlining critical aspects of data collection and use in this AI-driven era.
Digital Deserts – Kenya
Discusses the disparity in access to digital resources (“data deserts”) affecting marginalized communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Kenya’s National Digital Master Plan (2022-2032) to tackle this challenge.
Journal of Intellectual Property and Information Technology (JIPIT) Law
An academic journal founded by the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (JIPIT), offering a platform for academic research on Intellectual Property and Technology Law in jurisdictions within the Global South.
Jadili
Jadili is an interactive a civic-engagement platform which offers technical capacity for public participation in decision-making on issues that affect them.
Mwanaharakati Digital (Salama Online)
Mwanaharakati Digital is a platform with first aid tips for common online hazards that may be faced by HRDs in Kenya.
USKEFTA Insights
The USKEFTA Insights seeks to make available to the wider public in accessible language and various media formats, information on the substance, process of the negotiation, and conclusion of the USKEFTA in relation to IP, Digital Trade and Data Protection.