Vision
A creative economy where African creativity and intellectual property are recognised, protected, valued and able to create lasting wealth.
About IPWORTH
Building around intellectual property.
IPWORTH combines professional services, technology and knowledge to help creators, IP owners and creative businesses protect, manage, value and commercialise intellectual property.
Our purpose
Why IPWORTH exists.
Creative work generates intellectual property, cultural value and economic value. But ownership, rights, documentation, business structures and routes to finance are often fragmented.
Mission
To build services, systems and technology that help creators, IP owners and creative businesses understand, manage and unlock the value of their intellectual property.
What we do
Services and infrastructure. One purpose.
Our professional services solve complex IP and creative-business problems today. Our technology makes practical IP capability more accessible and scalable. Both are built around intellectual property and creative value.
Professional services
Human expertise for complex and high-value intellectual property and creative-business needs.
- Creative legal and IP services
- IP management and advisory
- Commercialisation and partnerships
- Valuation and financing readiness
- Training and institutional programmes
Digital infrastructure
Technology that turns IP knowledge, processes and capabilities into tools people can use repeatedly.
- IPTHAMANI web app
- IP valuation tool
- IP risk assessment tool
- IP ledger and records tool
- IP learning
- Splitsheet generator
- Chain of title generator
- Ratecard generator
- Commercial readiness documentation
- Investment readiness documentation
- Opportunity finder
How we build
Listen. Solve. Learn. Build. Scale.
We work close to the people and businesses we serve, then turn what we learn into stronger services, products and systems.
01
Listen
Understand real creative-business problems.
02
Solve
Provide practical services and support.
03
Learn
Identify patterns, gaps and opportunities.
04
Build
Turn useful knowledge into better tools and systems.
05
Scale
Make stronger capability available to more people.
The people
Built across disciplines.
IPWORTH brings together intellectual property, legal, technology, business and creative economy perspectives.
Wahu Kiragu
Founder & CEO
Creative economy strategy, entrepreneurship, creative business development and the wider IPWORTH vision.
Eileen Ayieko
Co-Founder · Legal & IP
Legal and intellectual property foundations across IPWORTH's services, valuation and commercial work.
Njeri Ngugi
Technical Co-Founder
Technology and product development, translating ideas into practical digital infrastructure.
From the Substack
Read the latest from Wahu Kiragu.
Notes on intellectual property, creative business and building IPTHAMANI — published on Substack and updated here automatically.
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Our larger ambition
A stronger creative economy keeps more of the value it creates.
IPWORTH is being built for Africa, while addressing challenges that matter across emerging creative economies globally.