Open AIR | The Open African Innovation Research Partnership

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Interim Report 2021

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

Digital Mandhwane: Enabling Inclusive Digital Transformation in Rural South Africa

By Kgopotso Ditshego Magoro COVID-19 has exposed that, while the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) evangelists are preaching that we are experiencing a revolution, for many...

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

Innovation and Scaling by Tech Hubs and Their Hosted Startups: Three South African Cases

Quelle est la place de la femme dans l’écosystème digital au Sénégal ?

Universités et Instituts de Recherche de Côte d’Ivoire en mode DIY, créativité et numérique face à la crise de la COVID-19

INDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURS

WIPO-IGC 43: Logjam Over Two Genetic Resources Texts

By Chidi Oguamanam, cross-posted from ABS Canada Last Meeting on the GR Text Under the 2022-23 Biennium May 30-June 3, 2022: Delegates met in-person and virtually...

Digital Mandhwane: Enabling Inclusive Digital Transformation in Rural South Africa

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

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

Trickles and Spouts: Translating Research on Intellectual Properties to Women’s Entrepreneurship

COVID-19

Blog Post

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

Par Abdelhamid Benhmade Enfin, une nouvelle proposition sur la vaccination gratuite et universelle est en discussion à l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC). L'Afrique du Sud,...

Attention aux accords internationaux d’investissement !!

Le Big Pharma a-t-il raison de freiner des quatre fers ?

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

L’Afrique à l’épreuve de la Covid-19

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

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

Par Abdelhamid Benhmade Enfin, une nouvelle proposition sur la vaccination gratuite et universelle est en discussion à l’Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC). L'Afrique du Sud,...

Attention aux accords internationaux d’investissement !!

Le Big Pharma a-t-il raison de freiner des quatre fers ?

L’Afrique à l’épreuve de la Covid-19

Lords of the Platforms: Beyond Banning Twitter, What else Should Nigeria do?

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

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