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Inventor Assistance Program shields Kenyans from exploitation

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Joseph Magwanga, Deputy Governor of Homabay County, speaks to John Onyango, Managing Director of KIPI, at the Kakamega Investment Conference. [File/Standard]

A new technology that helps in protecting inventors from exploitation has begun to bear fruits.

The technology, according to proponents, gives inventors opportunity to link with experts who in turn patent their projects with the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) free of charge.

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