Cross Roads

1. What are your names?  Donald Maasa 2. Where did you go to school?  - Bachelor of Laws - Makerere University - Diploma in Legal Practice/Post-Graduate Bar Course - Law Development Centre - Post-Graduate Diploma in Leadership (candidate) - UONGOZI Institute & Aalto  University. 3. What did you study?  Answered in 2 above 4. Tell us about what you do? I am a lawyer, entrepreneur, and ecosystem builder passionate about governance, innovation,  and African entrepreneurship. I am a Co-Founder and Team Lead at Founders’ Lounge  Uganda, the country’s largest community of startup founders dedicated to growing the  Ugandan startup ecosystem through vibrant networks, mentorship, and access to funding.  I also serve as Managing Partner at Summit Advocates, a law firm specializing in technology,  innovation, and corporate law. 5. What are some of the major influences in your past that are determining what  you are doing now?  Growing up i...

1. What is your name? My name is Roland F. Ganafa. I'm the Co-Founder and CEO of AI Studio Uganda, and I also serve as Developer Community Lead at Africa's Talking Uganda. 2. Where did you go to school? I studied at Makerere University Business School here in Kampala. But honestly, a lot of my real education happened outside the classroom, in developer communities, in government offices, and in the field deploying technology where it's actually needed. 3. What did you study? Business Computing. It turned out to be the right mix for what I do now, enough technology to build, enough business to understand why you're building and who pays for it. Most of the AI-specific knowledge came later, through self-study, community, and doing the work. 4. From your LinkedIn we learned that you have been working in AI. Tell us more about AI Studio Uganda? AI Studio Uganda is an applied AI innovation studio. The key word is applied . We don't do A...

.  A IP as public policy.  A pice of public policy not an end in itself.  Ownership, authorship and invention. Patents Governing the introduction of technology into new territories.  Temporary monopoly privileges.  Counterfeiting as theft or a tool for growth...and development. 1. Public Policy: the refusal to recognize foreign copyright laws. In the interest of public good (literacy) 2. To develop the land and to help feed a growing population.  3. Jobs  4. Health  5. Innovation  1970s and 80s TRIPS WOrld Trade Organization. US businesses redefine IP as a trade issue.  DIsney, Microsoft and Pharmaceuticals (defining it as a trade issue).  Twin Deficits and Budget Deficit.  Export surpluses....firms that were based in IP. Collective action situation...small groups with similar interests Manser Olson B Form shifting. CAT and MOUSE Fair use? Tom and Jerry TOM CAT Industry association, trade representatives offices, IP Organizatio...

The trouble with men like Jonah, is that their careers rest on their predictions. Should the weight of their words fail to fall on the masses and the truth of their predictions stop short, then their careers are essentially over. A few weeks ago, we started a course on conflict resolution and management. The tasks of gathering material for this course seems to have fallen on my shoulders as has the task of placing all the material on the internet on an on-line learning platform. The result is that about eight months down the road, i am still at work and have yet to touch some of the content for the rest of the courses some of which include leadership, Interpersonal communication and group dynamics. In creating material for this course, I have included a section on curriculum development in which i gave some summaries describing some of the rationale behind the preparation for this course. In addition to this i have included a section on on-line learning as a means of ...