MOST RECENT
Informal Innovation
Working around the Gender Gap in Intellectual Property Regimes: Empowerment of Women Beadworkers through Open, Inclusive Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Authored by: Desmond Osaretin Oriakhogba
Abstract : This case study explored the empowerment, innovation, entrepreneurship, and intellectual property (IP) dynamics at play in the work of a...
Laws and Policies
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.
High Technology Hubs
Modes of Innovation and Enterprise Development by Nairobi’s Mobile Tech Startups
Authored by: Victor Nzomo, Jacquelene Mwangi, Louisa Matu-Mureithi, Caroline Wanjiru Muchiri, and Isaac Rutenberg
Abstract: This paper sets out findings from research into innovation dynamics in the...
ANNUAL REPORTS
Annual Report 2019
The Open AIR network moved into a new phase of research – we refocused our research questions based on the results of our initial activities and rescoped emerging priorities for our next three years.
Annual Report 2018
The Open AIR network’s previous research showed that innovation is happening in Africa in ways that were previously overlooked. Currently, we are expanding on...
Annual Report 2017
Since its inception more than a decade ago, Open AIR has created capacity at four African hubs and evolved into one of Africa’s most...
Annual Report 2016
Since its inception more than a decade ago, Open AIR has created capacity at four African hubs and evolved into one of Africa’s most...
From our YouTube channel: Afrinnovation

Distinguished Speaker Series: Untangling Traditional Knowledge at the United Nations
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Modalities of Innovation hubs and innovative entrepreneurs in Africa
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Distinguished Speaker Series: Prof. Dalindyebo Shabalala
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Youth and the Maker Movement
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Open AIR on Action Research and the Maker Movement
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The Open AIR Partnership
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Knowledge & Innovation in Africa - Scenarios for the Future
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Innovation Linkages between Formal & Informal Sectors in Uganda
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Inclusive Trade in Africa: The African Continental Free Trade Area in comparative perspective
Four Open AIR Steering Committee members from two different hubs, authored a chapter on the new African Continetal Free Trade Area.
Contextualizing Openness
Contextualizing Openness , published by University of Ottawa Press and edited by Leslie Chan et al, offers a fascinating look at Open Science and...
The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti
Tobias Schonwetter and Bram van Wiele contributed a chapter in The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti, examining how South African...
Cyber Law in Kenya
Isaac Rutenberg’s publication co-authored with Michael Murungi, Cyber Law in Kenya (2nd edition), was published in March 2019. This book is a practical guide...
Human Rights, Digital Society and the Law
This book explores the main fundamental issues and practical dimensions related to the safeguarding of human rights in the internet, which are at the focus of current academic debates.
Genetic Resources, Justice and Reconciliation: Canada and Global Access and Benefit Sharing
Edited by: Chidi Oguamanam. When the oral history of a medicinal plant as a genetic resource is used to develop a blockbuster drug, how is the contribution of Indigenous Peoples recognized in research and commercialization? What other ethical, legal, and policy issues come into play? Is it accurate for countries to self-identify as users or providers of genetic resources?
The Cambridge Handbook of Public-Private Partnerships, Intellectual Property Governance, and Sustainable Development
The Open AIR network itself has been something that many have asked us for reflections on before. In line with previous publications on this...
Tiered or Differentiated Approach to Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions
This report gives an overview and update of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s expert committee, the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC).
Firm-Level Innovation in Africa: Overcoming Limits and Constraints
Edited by: Oluseye Jegede: The literature on innovation in Africa is rapidly expanding, and a recurring thread in the emergent literature is the pervasiveness of systemic weaknesses that inhibit the innovation process. Despite these, firms are able to innovate in Africa.
Chapitre 1: Innovation, propriété intellectuelle et développement en Afrique
Jeremy de Beer, Chidi Oguamanam et Tobias Schonwetter Date de publication : septembre 2017 Télécharger : Chapitre 1: Innovation, propriété intellectuelle et développement en Afrique (3.7MB)
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