ABOUT
Based in Nairobi, Wandiri Karimi is an intellectual property lawyer and creative industries consultant. Wandiri's career spans fifteen years advising musicians and arts organizations on rights, contracts and policy. Wandiri is also a contributor to Kenya's 2022 National Creative Economy Task Force and Co-Founder of the African Women's Orchestra.
PANELS
Whose Rules? Music Rights and Culture Policy in the Markets That Are Growing Fastest
The next decade of growth in recorded music is coming from markets where the legal and policy scaffolding is still being built. Four lawyers and policy practitioners from Nairobi, Cairo, Riyadh and Seoul discuss how rights are protected and paid in their markets, what happens when the state becomes the biggest funder in a scene, and what US labels, publishers and managers should consider before signing talent from these regions.
Friday, October 16, 2026, 2:30 PM