Copyright and royalties are artiste's bread and butter; pay them

Samuel Sangwa, CISAC's regional director for Africa. PHOTO | ANDREW I. KAZIBWE

Collection of royalties is an emotive debate in most African countries due because the Copyright and Intellectual Property (IP) law hasn’t yet been established.

In others it isn’t active, but the International Confederation of Society of Authors and Composers (CISAC) is now following up on this for the creatives and the creative industry.