| Updated Sun, April 30th 2017 at 03:00 GMT +3Jua Kali artisan at workA government initiative to help the jua kali sector benefit from new inventions is long overdue. For far too long, inventions and innovations by small businesses have been unfairly exploited because the requisite patents, trademark and intellectual property rights protections have not been acquired. The impressive products created by local artisans and the innovations displayed in jua kali sheds point to an area that requires regulatory protection. We must begin to expand the potential of such businesses to generate a growth momentum and create quality employment. The upshot is that the economy will be significantly stimulated if businesses in the informal sector get the requisite protections.

Source: Standard Digital April 29, 2017 20:48 UTC