Desmond Oriakhogba is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). He holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa, as well as an LLM and LLB from the University of Benin in Nigeria.
A Queen Elizabeth Scholar funded by the Canadian government, Dr. Oriakhogba collaborates as an expert with international research networks, including the Open African Innovation Research Network and the International Network on the Right to Research in International Copyright. He serves as an independent consultant for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), tutoring participants in WIPO Academy’s distance learning programs. Dr. Oriakhogba is an associate editor of the South African Intellectual Property Law Journal and was a visiting researcher at the Centre for Technology, Law and Society, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada.
