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AI, IP and Indigenous Knowledge in Kenya: Building Profitable Ventures Fit for the Global Market

May 25, 2026

At the 1st Investment Conference and Trade Fair on Indigenous Knowledge Intellectual Assets 2026 (#IKIA2026), Dr. Melissa Omino presented on…

Before the Dataset: The Human Story Behind Governance

May 25, 2026

At the East African Data Governance Conference 2026 (#EADataGov26), CIPIT’s Director, Dr. Melissa Omino, speaks on the human story behind…

Licensing African Datasets to support research & AI in the Global South (NOODL)

April 16, 2026

With the increasing prominence of AI in all sectors of our economy and society, access to training data has become…

AI for Good” Case 1: Decolonised Science: Natural Language Processing by Masakhane (JW300 dataset)

April 16, 2026

The Masakhane Project showcases the transformative power of open, collaborative efforts in advancing natural language processing (NLP) for African languages.…

The Nwulite Obodo Open Data License (NOODL) Solution

April 16, 2026

The NOODL Licence is transforming how African language datasets are shared. Created to address inequities in traditional open data models,…