Kenyan High Court Orders Safaricom to Pay Tech Developer KSh 1.4 Billion for Copyright BreachWhen software developer Peter Nthei Muoki pitched a smart parental control tool to Safaricom, he was told it would not work. A year later, the telecom giant launched the same feature.
For a long time, independent tech creators in Kenya felt helpless when large corporations took their ideas. Many believed that a solo developer could never win a fight against a corporate giant.
However, a recent landmark decision by the High Court in Nairobi has changed that narrative completely.
The court ordered Safaricom, East Africa's biggest telecom company, to pay local software engineer Peter Nthei Muoki KSh 1.4 billion in damages. The judge also ruled that Muoki must receive an ongoing royalty of 0.5 percent of gross M-Pesa revenue for as long as the company uses his feature.
Kenyan High Court Orders Safaricom to Pay Tech Developer KSh 1.4 Billion for Copyright BreachWhen software developer Peter Nthei Muoki pitched a smart parental control tool to Safaricom, he was told it would not work. A year later, the telecom giant launched the same feature.For a long time, independent tech creators in Kenya felt helpless when large corporations took their ideas. Many believed that a solo developer could never win a fight against a corporate giant.However, a recent landmark decision by the High Court in Nairobi has changed that narrative completely.The court ordered Safaricom, East Africa's biggest telecom company, to pay local software engineer Peter Nthei Muoki KSh 1.4 billion in damages. The judge also ruled that Muoki must receive an ongoing royalty of 0.5 percent of gross M-Pesa revenue for as long as the company uses his feature.
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