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Mariam Momodu: Africa’s Legal Millennial

Posted by The PALM | Nov 17, 2020 | The Millennials, Featured, Insights |

Searching through the millennial-cast continent, we came across the Amazon, misted in knowledge, and sharpened by wisdom: Mariam Momodu.

Mariam, a corporate legal practitioner with expertise in international trade law, foreign investment law, anti-corruption and regulation. Mariam is currently pursuing a doctorate at the University of Toronto where she analyses intra-African trade through the construct of “bottom-up economic integration” facilitated by non-state actors. Mariam is our African legal millennial for this edition.

Have You No Shame- Oluwatobiloba Adekoya

Posted by The PALM | Nov 5, 2020 | Africa Today, Insights |

The year 2020 is one which African Leaders never imagined would confront them. They had to do some actual governance.First, they were confronted with Covid-19 an enormous challenge for the healthcare sector, which they had failed woefully to manage. Then, an unexpected awakening of ahitherto docile population. The African population which had hitherto been known for suffering and smiling finally decided that they had had enough of the suffering and spoke up.

Piracy and Its Effect on the Music Industry- Praise Anyaoha

Posted by The PALM | Oct 20, 2020 | Insights |

With the introduction of the internet, music distribution and publication became a lot easier, the traditional modes of distribution and publication quickly became outdated. However, a major challenge that the internet brought with it is the easy access to content. Music can now be accessed by anyone anywhere in the world. Copyright owners of musical content now have to deal with unauthorised copying and distribution of their songs on the internet. The term “piracy,” as used in this article, refers to the illegal copying and distribution of proprietary content such as software, music, or movies.

Before You Sign That Record Deal- Nonso Anyasi

Posted by The PALM | Oct 10, 2020 | Insights, Featured |

There is no gainsaying that an average African takes pride in being able to perform tasks without external help. The “do-it-yourself” (DIY) mentality. DIY behaviour is often exhibitedwhen one is trying to save costs that would have otherwise beenspent on hiring professionals and experts.

Tisungane Brian Makato: Africa’s Legal Millennial

Posted by The PALM | Oct 8, 2020 | Insights, The Millennials |

When Jeffery J. Lloyd “Aberjhani” referred to millennials as the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived, he must have had the gentleman, Tisungane Brian Makato, in mind.

Tisungane is a Malawian legal practitioner who was called to the Malawian bar in March 2011. An LLB (Honours) graduate from the University of Malawi; Tisu, as he is popularly known among his family, friends and colleagues, was a British Chevening Scholar at the world-renowned Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy at the University of Dundee in Scotland, where he graduated with an LLM in Energy Law and Policy with a distinction. He holds the honour of being one of the very few Malawians to graduate with an LLM from the prestigious Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the USA