Kow Abekah-Wonkyi
Kow Abekah-Wonkyi is a legal scholar and Legal practitioner. He is undergoing a PhD in Law at the University of Ottawa, specializing in Intellectual...
Dr. Volviane Saphir Mfogo
Dr. Volviane Saphir Mfogo is a Queen Elizabeth Scholars – Advanced Scholars Fellow with Open AIR, specializing in AI and cybersecurity. She holds a PhD in AI...
Professor Norris Igbinosa Erhabor
Norris Igbinosa Erhabor is a lecturer in the Department of Health Safety and Environmental Education at the University of Benin, Nigeria, and a Queen...
Yobare YENTIARE
Yobare YENTIARE is a research collaborator at the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Africa and the Middle East (CIRAM) at Laval University (Canada), a research...
Emile Salomon Zambo Assembe
Emile Salomon Zambo Assembe is a PhD researcher in Comparative Higher Education at the University of Montreal where he is a Queen Elizabeth Scholars –...
Alemshet Addisalem (Alex)
Alemshet Addisalem (Alex) is a Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa. His Ph.D research explores the intersection of big data governance,...
Ginika Vivian Ezeoke
Ginika Vivian Ezeoke is a Master of Laws student at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She is also the current and inaugural Ian Kerr...
Christian Roskey
Christian Roskey is an English Common Law student at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. He is a research assistant with Open AIR...
Halilat Gbaiye
Halilat Gbaiye is a Master's student at the University of Ottawa where her research interests address data localization and cross-border data transfers in Africa....
Clarence Lakpini
Clarence Sokolambe Lakpini is a PhD student at the University of Ottawa, where his research aims to study the influence of patent law on...
Onyema Otitodiri Ogadinma
Dr. Onyema Otitodiri Ogadinma is a Postdoctoral Fellow with Open AIR, Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa. Dr Onyema...
Anmol Patel
Anmol Patel is a PhD student at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. Anmol completed his Master of Laws program at Faculty of...
Dennis Oghenerobor Agelebe
Dennis Oghenerobor Agelebe is a Queen Elizabeth (QES) II Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Ottawa, he is leading a research project on digitalizing...
Anthony Onunekwu Oguguo (Tony)
Anthony Oguguo is a legal scholar and currently a Doctoral Candidate in Health Law and Governance Policy at the University of Ottawa, Canada and a...
Ewuwuni Onnoghen-Theophilus
Ewuwuni Onnoghen-Theophilus is a lawyer and an ADR practitioner with over 14 years of experience. Ewuwuni holds a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B) from...
Jane Ezirigwe
Jane Ezirigwe is an Open AIR Postdoctoral Fellow on Global Data Governance for Food and Agriculture. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at...
Yvonne Nyake Ndelle
Yvonne Ndelle is a Postdoctoral Fellow with Open AIR, researching digital and data-driven agriculture. Yvonne holds a Master of Public Administration and a PhD...
‘Damola Adediji
‘Damola Adediji is a PhD Candidate at the University of Ottawa, Canada. His doctoral research focuses on advancing copyright’s socioeconomic goals in Africa by...
Nailah Ramsoomair
Nailah completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph in Microbiology and French, where she also published her undergraduate thesis analyzing the impacts...
Alexandra Mogyoros
Dr. Alexandra Mogyoros is an Assistant Professor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law, researching the intersections of brands, trust, intellectual property, and expression....
Ikechi Mgbeoji
Dr. Ikechi Mgbeoji is a Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. In addition to his present position at York, Mgbeoji was sworn...
Darren O’Toole
Prof. Darren O’Toole teaches Aboriginal Law, Indigenous Legal Philosophy, and Philosophy of Law at the University of Ottawa. Throughout his studies in Political Science,...
Tesh Dagne
Dr. Teshager (Tesh) W. Dagne is an Associate Member of the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society, an Associate Professor at...
Larry Chartrand
Prof. Larry Chartrand has been an active faculty member in the Common Law Section of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law since 1994....
Bassem Awad
Dr. Bassem Awad is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Area of Concentration in Intellectual Property, Information, and Technology (IPIT) Law at Western...
Uchenna Ugwu
Uchenna Felicia Ugwu is a lawyer and academic researcher with over ten years’ experience extensively investigating the relationship between Intellectual Property (IP) norms, innovation...
Chukwuka Okwuosa
Chukwuka completed his LL.M. with a Concentration in Law and Technology in 2020 at the University of Ottawa, Canada. Currently, Chukwuka is a Research...
Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou
Thomas Mboa just received his PhD at the Université Laval in Québec City. His PhD explored makerspaces in francophone Africa. His thesis fieldwork was partially funded by Open AIR, resulting a comparison...
Abdelhamid Benhmade
Abdelhamid Benhmade is a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa and a Queen Elizabeth Scholars – Advanced Scholars Fellow with Open AIR. His...
Dianah Byaruhanga Ajuna
Dianah Byaruhanga Ajuna is a PhD in law student and research fellow with Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) Network, at the Faculty of...
Ofonmbuk Esther Ekong
Esther Ekong is an IP Examiner at Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Canada. Esther obtained her PhD (Law) at the University of Ottawa, Canada...
Victoria Schorr
Victoria Schorr specializes in project and relationship management in Sub-Saharan Africa with over two decades of experience in analyzing politics, economics, trade, and business...
Chris Armstrong
Dr. Chris Armstrong works for Open AIR in both South Africa and Canada—reporting to the project's Cape Town hub at the UCT Intellectual Property...
Chidi Oguamanam
Dr. Chidi Oguamanam is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) and holds a Research Chair in...
Jeremy de Beer
Prof. Jeremy de Beer is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law (Common Law) and a member of the University...



