Read this article on 'Responsible, ethical and feminist AI for development' which is based on a gender café co-hosted by IDRC in Eastern and Southern Africa & the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi on Feb 15, 2024.
🔗 idrc-crdi.ca/en/research-in…
#EthicalAI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechForGood

We're still accepting submissions for JIPIT Volume IV issue (2024).
Email [email protected] or visit :journal.strathmore.edu/index.php/jipi… for details.

📣 Call for Submission

Are you in AI, Data Governance, ICT Law, and Intellectual Property?

📅JIPIT calls for submission for its Volume IV, Issue II of 2024 in these areas.

For more information about the submission, please see this link:journal.strathmore.edu/index.php/jipi…

🥁Meet our Panel of Experts: AIRA Talks on Digital Rights Imperatives in the2024 South Africa Elections

Register Now: bit.ly/AIRATalksSAEle…

Unveiling intellectual property and privacy considerations in the digital assets realm.

Read more on this article by Strathmore CIPIT 's Researcher Causidicus 🇰🇪

Link:cipit.strathmore.edu/digital-assets…

The final episode of our podcast season on AI is here!

Moses Waweru welcomes Melissa Omino, an intellectual property, AI policy and data governance expert to discuss what is being done in AI regulation in Africa.

villgroafrica.org/podcasts/ai-po…

Read this article on the #AfCFTA and Digital Governance by CIGI Senior Fellow, Burcu Kilic here➡️theuskenyaftainsights.org/article/22/%20…
#digitaltrade

📢 Press Release:

The African Internet Rights Alliance (AIRA) has reviewed the Zero Draft of the Pact for the Future and we have submitted our input to the ongoing UN Civil Society Conference

👇🏽

aira.africa/pact-for-the-f…

Data Protection: A Tool for African Refugee Women's Resilience.
Read more about this blog here:

cipit.strathmore.edu/data-protectio…

#dataprotection

🔔The registration for SMEX 's Bread&NET Online is NOW open! Bread&Net خبز ونت

➖Agenda & sessions overview here: breadandnet.org/en/

✍️ Registration form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

#DigitalRight #WestAsia #NorthAfrica #Register

Risk-based approaches to data protection have a potential to address both the negative impacts of technology on rural women’s ways of knowing and resulting epistemic data injustices.

Read more on this blog here:
cipit.strathmore.edu/challenges-of-…

Yesterday at the NADPA-RAPDP Conference during the 'AI: Digital Public Goods for Inclusive development' panel session, the role of research in understanding and regulating emerging technologies was emphasized.
#DataProtectionKE #NADPAConference24
Melissa Omino OFFICE OF THE DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER Philip, Thigo, MBS

Kenya's Data Protection Act turns 5! Our new report reviews progress and challenges. The good news is that the data protection office was established and business are complying.

But challenges remain. Read along our Policy Brief.

tinyurl.com/yck8k6c7

Strathmore CIPIT's director, Dr. Melissa Omino will be a panelist this afternoon at the ongoing NADPA-RAPDP Conference. The panel session will focus on 'AI: Digital Public Goods for Inclusive development'
The session is being streamed live on YouTube here youtube.com/live/mRJKHfzWw…

Today, we are listening to this episode of CIPIT's The Friendly Troll on 'Digital Privacy in Kenya: Navigating Image Rights and Legal Protections'

🎧 Listen: cipit.strathmore.edu/digital-privac…

New Episode Alert!
The Friendly Troll Season 4 dives deep into the world of digital privacy in Kenya.

Listen to this episode here :cipit.strathmore.edu/digital-privac…

#TheFriendlyTroll #DigitalPrivacy #ImageRights #DataProtection

Kipindi Kipya! 'The Friendly Troll' Msimu wa 4 unachunguza kwa kina ulimwengu wa faragha ya kidijitali nchini Kenya.
Sikiliza sasa na ujipatie uwezo kwa maarifa ya kuchukua udhibiti wa utambulisho wako wa kidijitali!

Link: cipit.strathmore.edu/faragha-ya-kid…

#TheFriendlyTroll

📢 Job Opportunity: Research Manager

📍 Location: Nairobi, Kenya
📅 Deadline: May 16, 2024

For more info, visit cipit.strathmore.edu/opportunities/

To apply, send your resume & application letter to 📧[email protected] with 'Research Manager' in the subject line.

#hiring

Read about how global developments are shaping AI regulation and likely impact on Africa's unique journey in shaping AI governance in this blog.

🔗👉cipit.strathmore.edu/global-develop…

#AIRegulation #AfricaTech #GlobalInsights

Celebrate World IP Day 2024 with us as we dive into the most groundbreaking climate change innovations shaping a sustainable future!

Link:
cipit.strathmore.edu/celebrating-wo…

#WorldIPDay