L’innovation au service de l’informel à l’ère de la COVID-19
Par : Abdelhamid Benhmade
La COVID-19, et si nous en profitons pour renouer des liens plus étroits avec l’informel? Nombreuses sont les personnes frappées de...
Open AIR Students Present at Carleton’s Institute of African Studies
Back in October 2016, three of our Open AIR Research Fellows had the unique and rewarding opportunity to participate in the Second Annual Institute of African Studies Undergraduate Research Conference at Carleton University’s Institute of African Studies. Undergraduate researchers from across the globe presented their research findings on a wide breadth of topics – from fiction describing Nigerian culture, to professional development for youth in South Africa, to political structures that influenced the welfare state in Tanzania and Kenya.
Focusing on Indigenous Data Sovereignty as Part of ‘Shifting Horizons’
By Toni Valenti
On Thursday, March 28th,
Open AIR attended the Indigenous Data Sovereignty panel at the Shifting Horizons research data
conference at the University of Ottawa....
Harnessing Digital Agriculture to Advance African Food Security: Open AIR Research...
By Uchenna Felicia Ugwu
Achieving global food security will require innovation. Processes like plant phenotyping and technologies like digital imaging are examples of innovation that...
WIPO Expert Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural...
By Chidi Oguamanam
For the 35th time in 18years, experts have yet again gathered at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) headquarters in Geneva where...
Financing of innovations in Egypt: Barriers and Potential
By Eslam Shaaban
Innovators, especially in the start-up stage, are facing the problem of financing their projects. In Egypt, there is great potential to develop...
Recognizing Informal Sector Innovation: Implications for Traditional Knowledge Development in Africa
In 2012, a civil society group called the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), raised concerns about a draft Africa Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) plant variety protection protocol. AFSA was concerned,
Le réseau Open AIR, phare de l’innovation inclusive en Afrique, est décoré...
C’est dans un contexte réglementaire favorable à l’innovation qu’on peut trouver les solutions aux problèmes sociaux les plus pressants. Mentionnons à titre d’exemples la...
WIPO-IGC 47: Resetting IGC after 2024 Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources
By Chidi Oguamanam
Delegates and experts reconvene for the 47th instalment of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions...
3D Printing: Enabler of Social Entrepreneurship in Africa? The Roles of...
Authored by: Tobias Schonwetter and Bram Van Weile
Abstract: Recognising the potential of 3D printing technology for facilitating locally relevant innovation and social entrepreneurship in...
