<html><head><title>Re: [kictanet] Kenya embarks on exercise to protect Intellectual Property - will this help our jeune entrepreneurs?</title></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div>FYI to all those interested in seeing what is happening on the other side of the continent...<div><br></div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Nicholas A. Nesbitt</div><div>Chief Executive Officer</div><div>KenCall EPZ Ltd</div><div>P.O. Box 27507 - 00506</div><div>Nairobi, Kenya</div><div><br></div><div>254.20.660.2000 (office)</div><div>254.20.660.2222 (fax)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:nnesbitt@kencall.com">nnesbitt@kencall.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></span></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><div id="yiv1927509234"><blockquote class="QuoteMessage" type="cite"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;">Dear all,<br><br>For a taste of something different, today I'm attaching the contents of a special report on Nigeria that we have just published. It covers everything from oil and politics to mattress-making and Nollywood. The full list of articles is below. I hope you find some subjects of interest.<br><br>best regards,<br>barney<br><br><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc242d12-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Heady excitement damped by doubt</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c59ec2e0-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">The economy: Oil wealth fails to dent pervasive poverty</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/da6dc48c-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Politics: Struggle between king and kingmaker</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c98a0cca-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Foreign policy: Emerging world powers vie for influence</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cec35d54-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">The judiciary: Judges start to carve out independent role</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0552e78-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">The civil service: Poor pay undermines a discredited bureaucracy</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bad58c86-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Farming: Cultivating a new attitude to agriculture</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c83173f4-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Fertiliser: Trying to clear up enduring public sector scam</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5c0cfb0-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Oil: Financing shortfall shackles output</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cae6e462-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Gas: Masterplan seeks to supply domestic market first</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c1d44388-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">The Niger delta: Fragile strategies for a complex conflict</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c30e590a-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Guest column: Why choke the goose?</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dc59cb60-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">The stock market: Investors shaken by damning analysis</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d16fa8be-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Actis: Satisfying a basic need with a piece of furniture</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c6ee0bf6-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Power shortages: Electricity cuts create 'state of emergency'</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ddd11bba-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Telecoms: Explosive growth and a radical transformation</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dffe3bca-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Starcomms: Benefits of stunted fixed lines</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdbf0558-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Banking: No time to lose in quest for sophistication</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e3256990-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Ecobank: Doing well in difficult territory</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e497845c-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Umaru Yar'Adua: In pursuit of respect for the rule of law</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e16ebdfe-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">The north: Steeped in a mood of malaise and neglect</font></a></font></h4></div><div><h4><font size="2"><a 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A documentation of the African experience</font></a></font></u></h4></div><b><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bc291e5e-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Manufacturing: Talent thrives in city of the small man</font></a></font></b><div></div><div><h3><font size="2"><a href="http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d7a625e6-3f43-11dd-8fd9-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=889e0000-3b6e-11dd-9cb2-0000779fd2ac.html" target="_blank"><font color="#003399">Six of the best: Lords of the emerging private sector</font></a></font></h3></div><br></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div></div></body></html>