Isaac Rutenberg

ORCID: 0000-0003-0969-4523
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Research Areas
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
  • Intellectual Property and Patents
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Firm Innovation and Growth
  • demographic modeling and climate adaptation
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Russia and Soviet political economy
  • Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
  • Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
  • Digital and Cyber Forensics
  • Public-Private Partnership Projects
  • Freedom of Expression and Defamation
  • Legal Education and Practice Innovations
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • ICT Impact and Policies
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Tea Polyphenols and Effects
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
  • Climate variability and models
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Law, AI, and Intellectual Property
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Strathmore University
2016-2022

Olabisi Onabanjo University
2022

ORCID
2020

Centro Universitário Newton Paiva
2020

Sustainable Innovation (Sweden)
2020

University of Johannesburg
2020

American University in Cairo
2020

Centre for International Governance Innovation
2020

University of Cape Town
2020

The deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is proliferating on the African continent, but policy responses are still at their early stages. This article provides an overview main elements AI in Africa, AI's core benefits and challenges settings, dimensions for continent. It argued that to build, rather than undermine, socio-economic inclusion policymakers need be cognisant following key dimensions: gender equity, cultural linguistic diversity, labour market shifts.

10.23962/10539/30361 article EN cc-by The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) 2020-01-01

10.23962/10539/21588 article EN cc-by The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) 2016-12-23

Development and adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa has occurred slowly relative to developed countries. A vibrant AI ecosystem is growing on the continent. Due unique geographical, cultural political nature continent, 4th industrial revolution continent evolving differently from its global counterparts. The motivations for development systems, parties involved, impact are therefore best analyzed framed through a African lens. This paper seeks begin this process by developing...

10.4000/ctd.4775 article EN Communication technologies et développement 2021-01-01

Climate models, by accurately forecasting future weather events, can be a critical tool in developing countermeasures to reduce crop loss and decrease adverse effects on animal husbandry fishing. In this paper, we investigate the efficacy of various regional versions climate RCMs, commonly available datasets Kenya predicting extreme patterns northern western Kenya. We identified two models that may used predict flood risks potential drought events these regions. The combination artificial...

10.1007/s10584-022-03444-6 article EN cc-by Climatic Change 2022-10-01

The two overarching questions currently driving Open AIR's research are: How can open, collaborative innovation help businesses scale up and seize the new opportunities of a global knowledge economy? And which governance policies will best ensure that social economic benefits are shared inclusively? These approached through work organised into five (often overlapping) thematic orientations: technology hubs, informal innovation, Indigenous entrepreneurs, metrics, laws policies. core methods...

10.10520/ejc-afjic-v2020-n26-a1 article EN DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) 2020-12-01

Abstract Climate change is predicted to exacerbate Africa’s, already, precarious food security. models, by accurately forecasting future weather events, can be a critical tool in developing countermeasures reduce crop loss, decrease adverse effects on animal husbandry and fishing, even help insurance companies determine risk for agricultural policies – measure of reduction the sector that gaining prominence. In this paper, we investigate efficacy various open-source climate models datasets...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1343486/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2022-03-02

In its provision for the admissibility of electronic evidence, Kenyan Evidence Act includes two apparently conflicting provisions. Under section 106B, prescribes conditions admissibility, and uses concept a certificate as means proof authenticity. On other hand, under 78A, evidence is admissible, with no mention use certificate. There has been jurisprudence result. This paper proposes that 106B ought to be repealed give way 78A presumption due numerous issues associated certificate.
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10.14296/deeslr.v18i0.5280 article EN Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review 2021-03-11

Kenya’s Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act makes it an offence, in Section 27, for a person to communicate with another message that they know or ought would cause the recipient fear; is indecent offensive nature; detrimentally affect recipient. This offence carries penalty of either 20 million shilling fine 10-year term imprisonment or—discretionarily—both. While termed ‘cyber-harassment’, its wording appears exclude number offences count as cyber-harassment such cyber-stalking, doxing...

10.52907/jipit.v1i1.67 article EN Deleted Journal 2021-06-04
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