Strathmore University

Strathmore University is a chartered university based in Nairobi, Kenya. Strathmore University Law School hosts the Strathmore Tax Research Center (STRC). The STRC researches tax laws, provides research and advisory services to various stakeholders, offers tax law training, organizes tax-related conferences, and actively participates in the policymaking process through legislative analysis and recommendations. This grant supports research on the burden of child care on women’s ability to participate in economic activities in Kenya. This grant aims to generate evidence on the linkage between access to early child care services and women's economic empowerment to support gender-responsive tax systems in African countries. (Strategy: International Women’s Economic Empowerment)

Strathmore University hosts the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT). Its mission is to study, create, and share knowledge on the development of intellectual property and information technology, especially as it contributes to African law, policy, and human rights. Under this renewed grant, CIPIT will continue to consolidate and expand its work on data governance and data policy in Africa in its Data Governance Research Centre, with the goal of adding credible evidence and balanced analyses to the ongoing policy discussions throughout the region. This grant is a renewal within a cluster of grants under the Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy to strengthen a field of African institutions working on data governance. The goal of this cluster is to help governments in East and West Africa develop policy frameworks that balance public good uses of data with data privacy and protection.

Strathmore University hosts the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT). Its mission is to study, create, and share knowledge on the development of intellectual property and information technology, especially as they contribute to African law, policy, and human rights. Under this grant, CIPIT will consolidate and expand its work on data governance and data policy in Africa in a new Data Governance Research Centre, with the goal of adding credible evidence and balanced analyses to the ongoing policy discussions throughout the region. This grant is part of a cluster of grants under the Evidence-Informed Policymaking strategy to strengthen a field of African institutions working on data governance. The goal of this cluster is to help governments in East and West Africa develop policy frameworks that balance public good uses of data with data privacy and protection.