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...
WIPO Briefing Paper 3
ACA2K network membersPublication Date: 2009
Download : WIPO Briefing Paper 3: Research Findings from Africa Relevant to WIPO SCCR 19
This December 2009 Briefing Paper by...
Open Opportunities for Globally Inclusive Biomedical Innovation
By Jeremy de Beer
Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research network, Open AIR, are investigating root regulatory causes of vaccine inequity and looking toward...
L’accès au savoir en Afrique : le rôle du droit d’auteur
Ce livre, publié en 2011, permet de mieux saisir les enjeux juridiques et pratiques que posent les droits d’auteur pour l’accès au matériel didactique en Afrique et cerne les leçons apprises, les politiques et les pratiques susceptibles d’améliorer cet accès.
Nouveau financement pour le réseau Open AIR
Open AIR ouvre la voie à une réglementation sur l’innovation plus équitable
Le Centre de recherche pour le développement international (CRDI) a octroyé à Open AIR près...
Access to COVID-19 Vaccines: the Patent Freeze Proposal and a New...
By Chidi Oguamanam and Sarah O’Flaherty
The State of Affairs
As the vaccination rate rises in Canada and other developed nations, developing countries globally continue to record an...
Makerspaces and Creativity
Looking back at Open AIR’s ‘Making’ Innovation Happen roundtable
By Sean Boots
In mid August, Open AIR hosted a roundtable discussion on makerspaces and innovation hubs in...
Place-Based Branding for Locally Specific Products
Published by Open AIRPublication Date: 2014 Download: Briefing Note: Place-Based Branding for Locally Specific Products (392KB)
This 2014 Briefing Note outlines findings from Open AIR...
Launch of African European Maker Innovation Ecosystem (mAkE) Project
By Chris Armstrong
Over the course of two days last week, 16-17 February, I and Open AIR colleague Nan Warner participated in the online "Kick-off...
Climate Change Injustice: Technology, Innovation and the Politics of Climate Change
By Olanrewaju A. Fagbohun, Ph.D, SAN
In charting a future course where the goal is about equitable and democratic end to fossil fuel production, we...