The Friendly Troll

By CIPIT

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The Friendly Troll is a podcast with observations of the global tech industry from the perspective of the Global South. Our trolling is meant to enlighten listeners and explore interesting topics from a new point of view. The podcast is produced by CIPIT, the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, at Strathmore University in Nairobi, Kenya.


Episode Date
Financial Inclusion vs. Data Protection: Can We Have Both?
Mar 26, 2026
Government Digital Services and Digital ID in Zambia
Jan 13, 2026
2025 in Review: Africa’s AI Policy & Governance Landscape
Dec 18, 2025
Government Digital Services and Digital ID in Kenya
Sep 24, 2025
AI in Africa Edition- Reflections from the 2nd Conference on the State of AI in Africa (COSAA 2025)
Aug 04, 2025
Digital Harm: Canvassing TFGBV in Kenya Through a Legal Lens
Nov 27, 2024
The Right to Research in Africa: Exploring the Interface between Copyright and Human Rights - A Book Review
Jul 10, 2024
Faragha ya Kidijitali Nchini Kenya: Haki za Picha na Ulinzi wa Kisheria
May 02, 2024
Digital Privacy in Kenya: Navigating Image Rights and Legal Protections
May 02, 2024
Emerging Trends in Image Rights and Social Media
Mar 12, 2024
Machine Learning in Healthcare
Dec 19, 2023
AI and Human Rights - Sustainable Use of AI to Promote Human Rights
Dec 19, 2023
Is AI really an existential threat? How is the law trying to prevent this existential threat worldwide and in Africa? A generalised discussion of main Responsible AI policies & principles.
Dec 11, 2023
AI and Internet Security/ Safety: Censoring on Content Posted by Users
Dec 11, 2023
Insights on Digital Rights In Africa
Dec 08, 2023
Effects of ChatGPT
Dec 05, 2023
Building Public Interest Technology
Dec 05, 2023
AI and its Imperialist Roots
Dec 04, 2023
AI in the Judicial System
Nov 28, 2023
Data Rights and Governance for Ethical AI
Nov 28, 2023
The US Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership: An overview of Digital Trade
Aug 29, 2023
The right to research and copyright law in Kenya: Text and Data Mining
Jun 08, 2023
3 years a Data Protection Act, ODPC and the future
Jan 11, 2023
Data Protection Regulations, 2021: A continued conversation feat. Mugambi Laibuta
Jun 13, 2022
Public Participation in FTAs: The UK Kenya EPA
Oct 21, 2021
Software, copyright, and Fair Use/Dealing - the Case of Google v. Oracle
Apr 08, 2021
The US-Kenya FTA: Data Protection aspects of the Agreement from a Kenyan perspective
Feb 15, 2021
The US-Kenya FTA Part 3 featuring Lori Wallach
Nov 18, 2020
The US-Kenya FTA: What to look out for in Digital Trade and IP Chapters
Oct 26, 2020
The 4IR: What it means for the Global South
Jul 31, 2020
The US - KE Free Trade Agreement Part 1: What's on the table?
Jun 15, 2020
Thought Leaders or Bot Leaders? Astroturfing in the time of Covid-19
May 05, 2020
Student Ventilators: Innovation during a global pandemic
Apr 20, 2020
The Friendly Troll in 2020
Mar 31, 2020
Tech Giants and Competition Law in the Global South
Dec 17, 2019
Big Tech in the Global South
Dec 06, 2019
Digital ID - Double edged sword for the Global South?
Nov 29, 2019
Mobile Money Reversal - What can the West Learn
Nov 12, 2019