This Special Issue marks JIPIT’s Fifth-Anniversary Edition and brings together scholarly contributions on Responsible and Ethical AI Governance in Africa. The articles interrogate the legal, ethical, and policy dimensions of AI in Africa, with particular attention to consumer protection, data governance and identifiability, digital deception and deepfakes in justice systems, and the copyright and ethical implications of AI-generated scholarship. Collectively, the papers offer Africa-centered analyses and practical proposals to advance responsible AI regulation, strengthen safeguards, and enable innovation within the Global South.
This Fourth Edition of JIPIT explores the intersection of law, technology, and culture in the Global South. Featuring articles addressing generative AI's impact on African heritage, data protection for refugees, Web3 regulation, and equitable frameworks for rural women in agriculture.
This Special Issue features intellectually invigorating articles discussing 'The State Of Artificial Intelligence in Africa'. The articles address issues such as AI's influence on the legal profession, its role in healthcare, border security, politics, and the associated legal frameworks that govern these interdisciplinary paradigms in Africa.
With this Issue, JIPIT pursues its passion for consistency and furthers its objectives in the Global South by bringing together world-class scholars from, Kenya, Botswana, and Nigeria, among others. This Issue features articles addressing topics such as cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence (AI) disruption of IP rights, regulation of deepfakes, artist resale rights, data privacy, and mobile health solutions.
In this inaugural edition, the featured contributions address topics such as digital political micro-targeting, taxation, software copyright, online freedom of speech, and anti-counterfeit measures. Each paper is innovative, timely and alive to the context.
The Journal of Intellectual Property and Information Technology (JIPIT) Law is an academic journal founded by the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT). CIPIT undertook this endeavour to offer and provide a platform for academic research on Intellectual Property and Technology Law in jurisdictions within the Global South.
Papers are subjected to double-blind review. They are first published online, after approval. Printed volumes are published annually.
Journal of Intellectual Property and Information Technology (JIPIT) [ISSN 2788-6727] is a journal published by Strathmore University (Nairobi, Kenya)
