News reports indicate that telecommunications service provider Vodacom Group is paying out “reasonable compensation” to a former employee of the South African mobile-network operator for his idea to develop a popular call-back service after a former chief executive officer first took credit for the product.
The settlement comes almost a decade after Mr. Kenneth Makate
Recent news articles based on the Editor General’s report are showing that the anti-counterfeits agency’s ability to combat flow of illicit goods will remain hampered due to staff shortages.
Auditor-General Edward Ouko says the Anti-Counterfeit Agency had 73 workers against the required staff size of 250, resulting in a shortfall of 177.
“Further, the agency’s
Law firm Linklaters has began moving some of its associates into permanent tech roles.
This is in a bid to help its developers and lawyers communicate more effectively.
Associates from a number of the firm’s offices – including Singapore, New York and London – have recently completed six- and 12-month secondments with the firm’s Artificial
The Law Society of Kenya has filed Petitions before the Constitutional Court to define the administrative process from investigation, arrest (bail) and arraignment, as well as Advocates’ right to practice and citizens’ right of legal representation.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has proposed for establishment of Special Plea Courts where suspects arrested can be
The US Supreme Court to review a new front in the battle over free speech and will decide whether trademark protection can be refused to brands the federal government finds vulgar or lewd.
The case involves a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to deny trademark registration to a clothing line called FUCT.
Lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster Bob Ambrogi has put together an article on the year’s most important developments in legal technology here.
We highlight his top three here:
‘At the center of the analytics story this year has been LexisNexis.
Following its acquisitions of Lex Machina in 2015 and Ravel
Kenya was the third most preferred startup investment destination in Africa last year, attracting a total of 73 deals after South Africa and Nigeria which saw 107 and 136 pacts signed respectively, a new report shows.
Digital payments service provider Cellulant’s deal with The Rise Fund where the former sold a 44.04 per cent stake
According to the Business Daily, leading Telecommunications firms Safaricom and Telkom have won tenders worth Sh888 million and Sh350 million respectively in a deal with the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) to build base transceiver stations to boost network connectivity in 78 remote sub-locations across the country.
The CA awarded contracts totalling Sh1.24 billion to
The internet has been shut down in key cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo after the presidential election.
Counting is under way, but provisional results are not expected until January 6 2019.
President Joseph Kabila is stepping down after 17 years in office. He has promised DR Congo’s first orderly transfer of power since
As a legal tech community, 2018 saw an increase in numbers, interest, events as well as legal instruments.
Below is a glimpse of our top three.
Data Protection and Privacy was at the helm of our conversations as our Legal Hackers community engaged in stakeholder consultations for both Kenya Data Protection Bills. From