Open AIR Awarded CAD 750,000 to Transform Artificial Intelligence Related Intellectual Property Law and Policy in Africa
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...
Researchers from the Award-Winning Open AIR Network Land Second $2.5M SSHRC Partnership Grant to Lead the Canada–Africa CAP on IP for Climate Action
Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded $2.5 million CAD through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Partnership Grants program...
Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform societies through new forms of knowledge creation, data use, and technological capability. Realising this potential requires...
Intellectual Property for Climate Action
The global response to climate change depends on the rapid development and equitable diffusion of clean technologies. Achieving these objectives requires innovation systems that...
Kenya and the WHO Pandemic Agreement
Authored by: Nelly C. Rotich, Doreen Aoko Abiero, Josephine Kaaniru Reuben, Chebet Koros and Melissa Omino
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses in global health...
Foresight Research on African Innovation: Pathways and Signposts to Scenarios for 2035
Authored by: Jeremy de Beer, Shirin Elahi, Yvonne Ndelle
This Working Paper 30 sets out the details of Open AIR's 2010-13 scenario-building process and the...
Annual Report 2024-25
This Open AIR Annual Report sets out the activities and outputs of the network from mid-2024 to mid-2025. During this period, deliverables were determined...
Fostering Information and Knowledge Access in the Digital Environment: A Situational Analysis of Legal-regulatory Frameworks in ARIPO Region
Principal Investigators:
A/Prof. Dick Kawooya, School of Information Science, University of South Carolina, USA, Kawooya@sc.edu
A/Prof. Tobias Schonwetter, Department of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town,...
Open AIR Welcomes South Africa’s Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation
The Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) Network recently hosted officials from South Africa’s Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation (DSTI) at the Centre...
