Category: Intellectual Property

Fake Musk, Real Losses: Deepfake Ads Linked to $61.5M in South African Investor Losses in Banxso Scandal

24 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Intellectual Property

Fake Musk, Real Losses: Deepfake Ads Linked to $61.5M in South African Investor Losses in Banxso Scandal

Deepfakes, Data and the Banxso Scandal: A Data Governance Reading of AI-Enabled Financial Fraud | Data Governance Africa Artificial intelligence...

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Data Scarcity and the Scramble for Sovereign Knowledge: Lessons from the Las Vegas Book Shredders

24 August, 2026
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Intellectual Property

Data Scarcity and the Scramble for Sovereign Knowledge: Lessons from the Las Vegas Book Shredders

From Library to Dataset: What the Las Vegas Book-Scanning Story Means for African Knowledge Governance | Data Governance Africa A...

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Google’s Quiet Update and the Digital Sovereignty Dilemma

20 October, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Data Governance, Intellectual Property

Google’s Quiet Update and the Digital Sovereignty Dilemma

When Google quietly removed the option to view more than 10 search results per page, it seemed like a small...

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Raila Odinga

20 October, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Intellectual Property

When Art Goes Viral: What Collins Okello’s Raila Portrait Teaches Us About Copyright and Digital Respect

When Kenyan artist Collins Omondi Okello released his orange-hued portrait of the late Raila Odinga, the image spread like wildfire....

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M-PESA’s Fintech 2.0: What the Upgrade Means for Data Governance in Africa

29 September, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Protection, Intellectual Property

M-PESA’s Fintech 2.0: What the Upgrade Means for Data Governance in Africa

Safaricom has officially rolled out Fintech 2.0, the next-generation core for M-PESA. Beyond the headlines of speed and scale, this...

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Spotify’s Fine Print Sparks Debate: Are African Creators Giving Up Too Much?

22 September, 2025
Ian Olwana
News, Artificial Inteligence, Intellectual Property

Spotify’s Fine Print Sparks Debate: Are African Creators Giving Up Too Much?

Spotify’s global reach has given African artists access to international audiences, but a closer look at the platform’s legal terms...

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Landmark Ruling on Copyright and AI in Kenya: Tribunal Sets New Precedent

18 September, 2025
Ian Olwana
Artificial Inteligence, Intellectual Property, News

Landmark Ruling on Copyright and AI in Kenya: Tribunal Sets New Precedent

The Copyright Tribunal of Kenya has issued a landmark judgment in the case of Aryeh Movement Limited vs Cynthia Beldina...

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