Kenyan innovators burning the midnight oil in various incubation hubs across the country are battling many intellectual property protection hurdles standing in their way, a new study reveals.
Learning institutions and major towns host an army of youth that comes up with tools to solve every day challenges. However, while the innovation pipeline is getting busier by the day, enforcement of laws protecting these creations is relaxed, exposing the innovators to exploitation and outright theft of their ideas.