Is the Director of the Centre for Law in Information Technology, a Technology Rights Defender that promotes the adoption of beneficial technology while highlighting its ugly underbelly. He is an expert supporting capacity-building exercises by UNESCO in the region and internationally. He is the CopyrightX Faculty Lead and teaches at the Kenya School of Law.
Since 2007, he has been involved in technology policy advocacy, legislative development, and regulation enforcement. Recent examples include engagement with legislators on the AI & Robotics Bill, Creative Economy Bill, Data Protection Bill, Computer Misuse and Cyber Crimes Bill, Copyright Bill, Finance Bill, Sports Bill, and The Public Finance Management (Sports, Arts & Social Development Fund) Regulations, among others.
Alex has served in many leadership positions: Regional Coordinator – Africa, Creative Commons from 2012 to 2016; Chaired Broadcast Content Advisory Council at the Communications Authority of Kenya between 2010 and 2013; African representative to ICANN's Non-Commercial Users (2009 to 2012); and Council Member - Free and Open Source Software Foundation for Africa.
Gakuru invented technopolitics under the ICT Consumer protection framework from 2001.