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2022 Annual Report

A report providing unique perspectives on how African knowledge-based enterprises are seeking, and achieving, scale.

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.

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.

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.

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TECHNOLOGY HUBS

mAke Project Completes Year 1

By Chris Armstrong The EU-funded African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem (mAkE) project has now completed its first year of operation. Open AIR is one of several...

Digital Mandhwane: Enabling Inclusive Digital Transformation in Rural South Africa

Launch of African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem (mAkE) Project

Harnessing AI and Big Data for Development in Africa: The Prospects and Challenges of the IP System

Access to Sustainable and Inclusive Energy through Pay-As-You-Go Solar Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa

INDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURS

Why Canada Must Implement the Nagoya Protocol Now: MAPC and ABS Canada

By Chidi Oguamanam MAPC-ABS Canada 2003 Workshop and Retreat May 15-16: The Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council (MAPC) and ABS Canada concluded their 2023 Annual Retreat and...

WIPO-IGC 47: Resetting IGC after 2024 Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources

WIPO-IGC 45: Bold and Strategic Moves Toward TK and TCE Text(s)

WIPO-IGC 43: Logjam Over Two Genetic Resources Texts

Digital Mandhwane: Enabling Inclusive Digital Transformation in Rural South Africa

COVID-19

Blog Post

À l’ère postpandémique, Open AIR cherche des solutions équitables aux freins à l’innovation

En 2013, le réseau Open AIR (Open African Innovation Research) publiait une étude prospective prévoyant un avenir ponctué de bouleversements, comme une pandémie catastrophique à l’échelle...

Open AIR seeks equitable solutions to post-pandemic innovation challenges

Nouveau financement pour le réseau Open AIR

New Funding for the Open AIR Network

Pourquoi la nouvelle proposition sur l’accès aux vaccins est-elle insuffisante ?

INFORMAL INNOVATION

Strong Qualitative Research During the Covid-19 pandemic: A Reflection

By Larry Onyango Covid-19 has not just altered everyday life but has also upended modes of doing research. This especially applies to qualitative research that...

Intellectual Property and Women Economic empowerment in the local Community through GSWIM

Open AIR initie un débat intra-africain sur l’informel à l’ère de la Covid-19 en Afrique

Leap 4.0 – African Perspectives on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Learning in Ethiopia’s Textile and Garment Sector

LAWS AND POLICY

À l’ère postpandémique, Open AIR cherche des solutions équitables aux freins à l’innovation

En 2013, le réseau Open AIR (Open African Innovation Research) publiait une étude prospective prévoyant un avenir ponctué de bouleversements, comme une pandémie catastrophique à l’échelle...

Open AIR seeks equitable solutions to post-pandemic innovation challenges

Building Startup Resilience in Ghana Through Policy Support

Why Canada Must Implement the Nagoya Protocol Now: MAPC and ABS Canada

WIPO-IGC 47: Resetting IGC after 2024 Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources

GENDER EQUITY

Opportunities for Women in Transformative Innovation and 4IR in Africa

Blog Post

By Pamela Mreji Since the beginning of time, women and men inventors and entrepreneurs have transformed our world through the power of their imagination and...

Providing an Equitable Framework for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: Women in the Kente Weaving Industry in Ghana

Blog Post

ANNUAL REPORTS