Annual Report 2020 Read online Annual Report 2020 Science, Technology & Innovation and IP Leveraging Openness for Sustainable Development in Africa Science, Technology & Innovation
and Intellectual Property Caroline Ncube's new book engages with the perennial challenge of how to craft and use Intellectual Property (IP) institutions, law, policies and practices to add to efforts to achieve sustainable development, and to consider recovery paths for economies ravaged by a world-wide public health and economic crisis. Read more LEAP 4.0 African Perspectives on the
Fourth Industrial Revolution Leap 4.0 The 4IR is well established in many parts of the world, with technological advances driving profound social and economic change. However, for many developing countries, particularly countries in Africa, the 4IR may not offer the anticipated 'leap' forward.
This book seeks to identify the challenges and opportunities the 4IR presents to South Africa and the rest of the African continent. Read more Scaling Innovation A report providing unique perspectives on how African knowledge-based enterprises are seeking, and achieving, scale. Read more About Open AIR We are committed to recognizing Africa’s role in the global knowledge economy and discovering which knowledge governance policies will best ensure that the social and economic benefits of innovation are shared inclusively. JOIN OUR NETWORK

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Covid-19 Digital Health Innovations: The African Context

By Chukwuka Okwuosa, Nailah Ramsoomair, and Chidi Oguamanam “Dealing with health and economic challenges of Covid-19 has made one point abundantly clear for African countries...

7 Ways that African States are Legitimizing Artificial Intelligence

By Jake Okechukwu Effoduh Several reports on States’ adoption of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) across the world have indicated that African countries have a “slow” or...

AI and Gender in Africa

By: Nagla Rizk AI and Gender in Africa The original version of this essay was written as a section in a paper titled “Integrating Africa...

The absence of gender analysis in AI and its implications for Africa: with perspectives from WomENG

By Akkila Thirukesan Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been an exciting tool for development across the continent of Africa. But what does AI have to do with...

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A Reflection on the Gendered Perspectives of the Innovation Paradigm in South Africa’s Makerspaces

By Ghati Nyehita My ongoing Open AIR, Queen Elizabeth Scholar - Advanced Scholars (QES-AS), research project discusses the extent which South Africa’s copyright and design laws...

Innovation ouverte en contexte académique à Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Par Ahou Rachel KOUMI Ce blogpost est la deuxième partie d’une série de deux blogs sur les Journées de l’Innovation en Contexte Académique réalisées du 19...

Collaboration Nord-Sud et présentation du processus de l’innovation au système de l’enseignement supérieur de la Côte d’Ivoire

par Ahou Rachel KOUMI Ce blogpost est la première partie d’une série de deux blogs sur les Journées de l’Innovation en Contexte Académique réalisées du 19...
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