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📢Curious about the intersection between #AI and #IntellectualProperty (IP)? Join the upcoming AI and IP Training offered by CIPIT. Learn how AI transforms how we create, protect, and manage intellectual assets. 🗓️ October 29-30, 2024  🌐 Register now: https://lnkd.in/d-q7d8AK Strathmore University #AI #IntellectualProperty #Innovation #IPTraining

🌐 Sign up for our upcoming AI & IP training! 🚀 The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) invites you to participate in a training on "Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property: Understanding their Intersection." 📅 Date: October 29-30, 2024 📍 Location: Virtual 🕒 Time: 9:00am to 2:00pm EAT (UTC +3) 🏆 2 CPD Points will be awarded to the advocates in attendance 💡 The training encompasses a variety of presentations and interactive components designed to illustrate challenges and best practices in IP management for AI development. 💼 The training is suitable for AI developers, software developers, tech entrepreneurs, IP lawyers, Researchers and stakeholders involved in AI development and innovation 📋 Register Now 👉 https://lnkd.in/d-q7d8AK (Limited slots available) #AI #IntellectualProperty #Innovation #TechTraining

🪘🪘🪘🪘Proud and excited to formally announce our Nwulite Obodo Open Data License version 1.0, now open for comments and feedback. Nwulite Obodo which is Igbo for raising, reviving and/or building the community, is a response to the needs and challenges of data scientists, researchers and social entrepreneurs and data contribution communities across Africa regarding existing open data licenses. It incorporates revisions to existing open data licenses and advocates principles that make sharing and reusing African datasets easier, effective and most importantly, equitable. Thank you to Dr. Chijioke Okorie Dr. Melissa Omino (LLD) Data Science for Social Impact Vukosi Marivate Christiaan Lombard and numerous members of the African dataset community who continue to collaborate with and support our work. Learn more and join the movement: https://lnkd.in/dERX3cbC

Dr. Melissa Omino (LLD) had the privilege of moderating a session on 'Addressing the digital divide: Inclusivity and awareness' at the Africa AI Stakeholder Meeting on Innovative Governance and Capacity Building in Kigali, Rwanda, on October 3, 2024. The panellists included Muhamed Farahat, Member of the UN AI Advisory Body & Co-chair of Human Rights, Rule of Law and Democracy Working Group, Egypt; John Kimani, Senior Director, Growth & Strategy, African Leadership University, Rwanda, and Samuel Rutunda, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Umuganda, Rwanda. Certa Foundation

📰 Facilitating Privacy Compliance in Nigeria: Key Issues in the General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID) Draft 2024 Read more ➡️https:// https://lnkd.in/eucUrUtX #DataProtection #DataPrivacy

Join us tomorrow at 3:00 pm for this discussion on the "Double-Edged Nature of Digital Public Infrastructure and Digital ID in the Right to Legal Identity" Register here ➡️ https://cutt.ly/IeUxOdLt #DigitalID #Webinarseries

🌐 We are thrilled to announce the second edition of the Digital Dialogues webinar series, in collaboration with the CIPIT (Center for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law) at Strathmore University. 📅 Join us on Wednesday, 2nd October 2024 at 3:00 PM EAT as we delve into the topic: "The Double-Edged Nature of Digital Public Infrastructure and Digital ID in the Right to Legal Identity" 🌟 Expert panelists, including Shafi Ali Hussein (Nubian Rights Forum), Mustafa Mahmoud Yousif (Namati), Laura Goodwin (Namati), and Sumayyah J Mokku (Haki Na Sheria), will share their invaluable insights on the intersection of the right to legal identity and human rights. Moderated by Joshua Kitili, a policy researcher at CIPIT, this dialogue will address critical issues around inclusion, civic registration, and the impact of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) on historicaly marginalized communities, reflecting on Kenya's Digital ID journey! 🔗 Register here: https://cutt.ly/leUxOdLt to contribute tothis engaging discussion. Co-hosted with CIPIT, we look forward to your participation in this important conversation! #DigitalDialogues #DigitalID #DPI #DataGovernanceKE #DigitalRightsKE #LegalIdentity

📢 The Double-Edged Nature of Digital Public Infrastructure and Digital ID in the Right to Legal Identity Join us for this webinar hosted by Amnesty International Kenya and CIPIT The next one in the Digital Dialogues Webinar series. 🗓️ October 2, 2024 at 🕒 3:00pm EAT (UTC +3) Register here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dDUZYC6g Sumayyah J Mokku Mustafa Mahmoud Yousif Joshua Kitili

Discover how combining intellectual property rights with open-source software can boost AI innovation in Africa in this blog article! ⤵ https://lnkd.in/dk8Q3c7d #AI #Innovation #OpenSource #IntellectualProperty