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19 April 2022CopyrightStephen Hollis

Africa: creative sectors need copyright reform

Globally, before the pandemic, the creative economy was one of the fastest-growing sectors in every region around the world for well over a decade. While the pandemic had a crippling impact on most creative industries, it also fuelled an unprecedented growth in consumer demand for high quality entertainment content delivered via digital services.

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