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Artificial Intelligence Law & Governance
Building AI that works — legally, ethically, and commercially.
OVERVIEW
Artificial intelligence is being deployed across Africa faster than the frameworks meant to govern it. That gap is where risk lives — and where LexInventum works.
We advise on the full AI lifecycle: development, training, deployment, procurement, and governance. Our clients range from startups fine-tuning models on African-language datasets, to enterprises deploying AI in regulated sectors, to governments designing national AI strategies and safeguards.
WHAT WE DO
AI Development & Deployment Structures
Legal structuring for AI labs, research entities, and model developers
Data acquisition, licensing, and consent frameworks for training datasets
Model licensing agreements — open weights, commercial licences, API terms
AI-as-a-Service contracts, SLAs, and liability allocation
Deployment structures for AI in regulated sectors: finance, health, identity, public services
AI Governance & Compliance
AI governance frameworks, internal policies, and model risk management
Algorithmic impact and human rights assessments
Bias, explainability, and accountability audits — legal dimensions
Compliance mapping against emerging African and global AI regulation
Content provenance, deepfake, and synthetic media policy
Public Sector & Policy
National and sub-national AI strategy and policy drafting
AI procurement frameworks for government
AI safeguards for Digital Public Infrastructure — where AI meets ID, payments, and data exchange
Regulatory sandbox design for AI pilots
IP & Data in AI
Ownership of AI-generated outputs and model weights
Text-and-data-mining rights and dataset licensing
Protecting proprietary models: trade secrets, contracts, and technical measures