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Exploring the Conditions for Responsible AI Innovation Transfer Between Canada and Africa
Context and rationale
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly recognized as a major driver of economic transformation and social innovation. Countries such as Canada have emerged...
Black Undergraduate Student Researcher Opportunity with Open AIR
About Open AIR
Are you a self-identified Black undergraduate student interested in exploring how law, technology, innovation, and economics shape responses to global challenges such...
Professor Chidi Oguamanam on Traditional Knowledge and Biomedical Innovation
Over the past few years, Professor Chidi Oguamanam, a member of Open AIR's Steering Committee, has continued to shape the global discourse on Intellectual...
Intersection of Philosophy with Intellectual Property and Capitalism
Researchers Omowamiwa Kolawole and Caroline B. Ncube have published a research article entitled Rethinking Ownership, Power and Policy in Drug Patents: The Case for...
Intersection of International Law with Intellectual Property
Researchers Jeremy de Beer and Rosa de Koker have published a paper which delves into international health law and intellectual property. Negotiation of new...
Health and Intellectual Property
Researchers Omowamiwa Kolawole, Caroline B. Ncube, and Jeremy de Beer analyze whether technology transfer can be a path forward towards knowledge and vaccine transfers...
Waiting for An Inclusive Pathogen Access And Benefit Sharing Policy
By Anthony Oguguo, QEScholar and PhD Student, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada
The inadequacies of the global health law framework during the pandemic...
Police Power Doctrine and Security of Investment: Balancing Regulation with Innovation
By Dr. Otitodiri Ogadinma OnyemaQES Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Law, Open AIR
In October, 2025, I had the privilege of presenting my research at the International Conference...
Appel à soumissions : Perspectives africaines sur la régulation de l’innovation
Le Réseau Open AIR est heureux d’annoncer un appel à soumissions pour un atelier international et une publication sur le thème de la régulation...
Open AIR Awarded CAD 750,000 to Transform Artificial Intelligence Related Intellectual Property Law and...
Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded almost CAD 750,000 for a new three-year research project, Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa...
