Cathrine Akankwasa

Title: Practice Head, Technology, Media, Telecommunications
Organization: KTA Advocates.

Catherine Akankwasa is an Advocate of the High Court and specializes in TMT law at KTA Advocates.
She provides legal advice to clients in sophisticated tech/telecoms industries on a wide range of technology matters such as e-commerce, e-transaction, and e-payment matters, as well as data privacy and protection.
She advises clients on technology procurement, development, licensing, transfer, and protection of investment in the technology sector, and commercialization of software applications.

She assists clients with the use and deployment of hardware and digital infrastructure, provision of e-commerce services and mergers and acquisitions, provision of strategic position, protection, and profit from their valuable intellectual property in diverse markets worldwide.

Sessions With Cathrine

Wed 23 Oct: Launch of Innovator’s Guide and Roadmap

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KTA Annual Symposium 2024

Theme: Localising Intellectual Property for Uganda’s Digital Economy and Using Technology as a Tool for Cultural Preservation.

Date: 23-25 October, 2024

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