Positioning Women Entrepreneurs to harness IP for AfCFTA gains
By Philda Maiga
A new dawn is upon Africa, following a decision on 5 December 2020 of the African Union Assembly to kickstart the trading...
Women Empowerment in Cybersecurity Workforce in Africa
By Dianah Byaruhanga Ajuna
October was cybersecurity awareness month, and I was delighted to attend various cybersecurity conferences online throughout the whole month. I am...
COVID-19 and Vaccine Nationalism: Africa’s Pathway to Access
By Chidi Oguamanam*
Except perhaps South Africa, credible statistics on the extent of the COVID-19 infection in African countries are lacking. Hypotheses on the rapid...
Scaling Innovation: How Open Collaborative Models Help Scale Africa’s Knowledge-Based Enterprises
Drawing from more than 20 case studies of open, collaborative innovation in Africa, Open AIR has identified numerous dimensions of, and approaches to, enterprise-scaling. These case study findings are the core of Open AIR’s newest report, Scaling Innovation: How Open Collaborative Models Help Scale Africa s Knowledge-based Enterprises.
COVID-19: In the Shadow of Ebola, the Patent War to Come...
By Chidi Oguamanam and Nailah Ramsoomair
Note: A previous, shorter version of this article was published in Punch Newspapers here.
In the midst of the COVID-19...
The potential of STI for inclusive and sustainable development in Africa:...
By Wondwossen Belete
Late last year, I attended four
events concerning science, technology, and innovation in Africa. I was honored
to be a speaker in three of...
US Fails to Block Progress over Genetic Resources Text at WIPO-IGC...
Photo credit: Image by Ville Oksanen via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
By Chidi Oguamanam, cross-posted from ABS Canada.
After six days of deliberations (June 24-29, 2018) to secure...
