IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018
7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018
Session Room C, Level -1
Session information
From M-Pesa to Legal Tech: is Africa's legal services sector ready to follow the lead of the financial sector to grow and innovate?
Thursday 11 October (1430 - 1545)
Session Room C, Level -1
Committee(s)
African Regional Forum
(Lead)
North American Regional Forum
Description
The rise of technology to automate day-to-day processes in law firms is no longer a new story in the United Kingdom and United States, and the clamour from clients to reduce fees has accelerated this. Africans have taken to mobile technology for financial services with alacrity, but will they do the same for legal technology and the benefits it can bring to firms and clients? What opportunities are there, and challenges faced for training lawyers, especially as many start their careers on the tasks that are now so easily automated?
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Nankunda Katangaza | Hook Tangaza, London, England; Secretary-Treasurer, African Regional Forum |
Speakers
| Samson Ademola Adegunle | NextCounsel Limited, Lagos, Nigeria |
| Kudakwashe Tinaye Hove | Media Institute of Southern Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Alice Namuli-Blazevic | Katende, Ssempebwa & Co Advocates, Kampala, Uganda |
| Rotimi Ogunyemi | Bayo Ogunyemi & Co, Lagos, Nigeria |
| June Okal | Nairobi Legal Hackers, Nairobi, Kenya |
| Tewogbade Olatona | NextCounsel, Lagos, Nigeria |
| Willie Pienaar | Nuvalaw, Other City, South Africa |