Hard truths.
The Creative Economy Bill, 2026 seeks to establish two new institutions to manage different areas of the sector. One of them, the proposed Kenya Audio-Visual Regulatory Authority, would take charge of regulatio...
The court has specifically restrained MCSK from collecting royalties and licence fees from users of copyrighted works where the law requires a valid licence.
CS Kinyanjui noted that Kenya needed to recognise the economic value embedded in locally developed products and use intellectual property protection to distinguish them from competing products in global markets
The proposal is contained in the Kenya Intellectual Property Bill, 2026, which seeks to place the country’s intellectual property laws under one framework.
The proposed legislation seeks to streamline the administration and protection of intellectual property in Kenya by creating a single Kenya Intellectual Property Authority (KIPA), bringing together the function...
Kinyanjui linked this shift to the expanding influence of global companies, particularly in the technology and financial sectors, and urged African countries to examine how such systems could affect their contr...
Speaking in Nairobi on Wednesday, Summit Organising Committee Chairman Sand Mba-Kalu said Africa produces significant creative and innovative work but continues to capture too little of its economic value.
The report estimates that decisive action against digital piracy could create or sustain more than 50,000 quality jobs across Kenya's creative and technology sectors by ensuring creators and rights holders rece...
If approved, the Bill will repeal the laws that created six regional development authorities and transfer their functions, assets, liabilities, rights and obligations to the National Treasury or another state d...
Speaking during the opening of the Open University of Kenya Innovation Week on Monday, Dr. Robi King'a said combating counterfeit trade requires close collaboration between government agencies, academia, innova...
Under the plan, the Authority will roll out the Anti-Counterfeit Security Device, a digital mark that will be fixed on designated products and can be verified in real time using mobile phones or scanning equipm...