--- title: Afriwise Blog | TripleOKLaw --- [![Afriwise](https://insights.afriwise.com/hubfs/Logos/Afriwise/Afriwise%20logo.svg)](https://afriwise.com/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) - [Insights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) - [Products](https://afriwise.com/law-products-africa/) - [Countries](https://afriwise.com/countries-covered/) - [Solutions](https://afriwise.com/solutions/) - [About Afriwise](https://afriwise.com/about-afriwise/) - Insights - [Contact](https://afriwise.com/contact/) - [News](https://news.afriwise.com/) [Schedule a demo](https://afriwise.com/contact/) [Log in](https://afriwise.com/login/) # Welcome to Africa’s legal blog Never miss a beat on Africa's legal and regulatory landscape. - [Legislation (287)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) - [South Africa (227)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/south-africa) - [Nigeria (157)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/nigeria) - [Kenya (151)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) - [Financial Services (128)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) - [ICT (106)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) - [Tanzania (102)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tanzania) - [Regulation (87)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/regulation) - [Corporate Commercial (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/corporate-commercial) - [Tax (84)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/tax) - [Case discussion (78)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/case-discussion) - [Uganda (66)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/uganda) - [Intellectual Property (58)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) - [Energy & Natural Resources (57)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/energy-natural-resources) - [Ghana (55)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ghana) - [Employment and labour (52)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) - [Data Protection (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) - [Mozambique (49)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mozambique) - [Commercial Crime (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/commercial-crime) - [Competition/Antitrust (48)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/competition-antitrust) - [Dispute Resolution (47)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/dispute-resolution) - [Mauritius (46)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/mauritius) - [Environment (44)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) - [Zambia (38)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/zambia) - [Projects and Procurement (26)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/projects-and-procurement) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Trade Agreements](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/trade-agreements) [Foreign investment and international trade](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/foreign-investment-and-international-trade) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [An Overview of the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/an-overview-of-the-eu-kenya-economic-partnership-agreement-epa) On 18th December 2023, Kenya and the European Union signed an Economic Partnership Agreement that came into force in July 2024. The EPA provides duty-free, quota-free EU market access to all exports from Kenya, combined with a partial and gradual opening of the Kenyan mar.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/an-overview-of-the-eu-kenya-economic-partnership-agreement-epa) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Intellectual Property](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/intellectual-property) [ICT](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/ict) [Copyright](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/copyright) [Artificial intelligence](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/artificial-intelligence) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Rights](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-intellectual-property-rights) As far back as 2016 a group of museums and researchers in the Netherlands unveiled a portrait entitled [The Next Rembrandt](https://www.vml.com/work/next-rembrandt) – a 3D printed painting made from the data of Rembrandt’s total b.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-intellectual-property-rights) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Environment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/environment) [Legislation](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/legislation) [Climate change](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/climate-change) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [Climate Change (Amendment) Act 2023 – An Overview](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/climate-change-amendment-act-2023-an-overview) The Climate Change (Amendment) Act, 2023 was enacted on 1 September 2023 and came into force on 15 September 2023. The Act has two main purposes. Firstly, it amends the Climate Change Act No 11 of 2016 to provide for the regulation of carbon markets and a framework for ca.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/climate-change-amendment-act-2023-an-overview) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Employment and labour](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) [Background Checks](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/background-checks) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [Ensuring Compliance and Fairness in Employment Background Checks](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ensuring-compliance-and-fairness-in-employment-background-checks) Lessons from the ODPC Decision in Complaint No. 0586 of 2023, Harrison Kisaka vs. Faulu Microfinance Bank Limited [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/ensuring-compliance-and-fairness-in-employment-background-checks) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [Lending and security](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/lending-and-security) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [A Lender’s Duty of Care while exercising the Power of Sale](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/a-lenders-duty-of-care-while-exercising-the-power-of-sale) The Daily Nation published a newspaper article on 21st March 2023 which has elicited much concern, especially from lenders on the issue of guarantees as security for a debt, with financiers worrying that guarantors, who are supposed to be a fallback when a loan goes bad, .. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/a-lenders-duty-of-care-while-exercising-the-power-of-sale) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Foreign Investment](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/foreign-investment) [International Trade](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/international-trade) [United States](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/united-states) [Trade Agreements](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/trade-agreements) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [Key Highlights of The United States-Kenya Strategic Trade and Investment Partnership (STIP)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/key-highlights-of-the-united-states-kenya-strategic-trade-and-investment-partnership-stip) On July 14, 2022, the United States and Kenya launched a strategic trade and investment partnership (STIP) to pursue commitments to boost economic growth, support African regional economic integration and deepen trade cooperation. Both countries target to commence, within.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/key-highlights-of-the-united-states-kenya-strategic-trade-and-investment-partnership-stip) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Employment and labour](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/employment-and-labour) [Probationary contracts](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/probationary-contracts) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [Probationary Contracts: Catch 22 of Probationary Contracts in Kenya - Part 1](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/probationary-contracts-catch-22-of-probationary-contracts-in-kenya-part-1) There has been a whirlwind of jurisprudence on employment law relating to probationary contracts occasioned by a gamut of decisions of different courts of coordinate jurisdiction. This precarious situation unsettles the law, creates uncertainty, and in effect puts legal p.. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/probationary-contracts-catch-22-of-probationary-contracts-in-kenya-part-1) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Financial Services](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/financial-services) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [Effects of the Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Act, 2021 on Digital Credit/Lenders Businesses](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/effects-of-the-central-bank-of-kenya-amendment-act-2021-on-digital-credit/lenders-businesses) On 7th December 2021, Parliament enacted The Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Act of 2021 effectively providing the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) with the powers to license and oversight the previously unregulated digital credit providers. [Read More](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/effects-of-the-central-bank-of-kenya-amendment-act-2021-on-digital-credit/lenders-businesses) [Kenya](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/kenya) [Data Protection](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/tag/data-protection) [TripleOKLaw](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/author/tripleoklaw) ## [Privacy Regulation On The Internet Of Things (IoT)](https://insights.afriwise.com/blog/privacy-regulation-on-the-internet-of-things-iot) Internet of Things is generally understood as the connection of electronic objects and devices to the internet.  For businesses to enjoy lower operating costs, improved communication and efficiency, increased productivity through prompt decisions that guarantee.. 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