The 6th All Africa Intellectual Property Summit (AAIPS) will be held in the vibrant city of Dakar, Senegal, from November 12th – 14th, 2025. Do not miss this exciting opportunity to connect with leading Intellectual Property professionals, innovators, policy makers, academia, and industry…
The Ethiopian Intellectual Property Authority (EIPA) has announced a significant achievement in the country’s intellectual property landscape, reporting the registration and protection of more than 5,000 intellectual property (IP) rights during the recently concluded fiscal year. This milestone underscores Ethiopia’s…
The European Union’s Trade and Economic Security Commission has named Nigeria as one of several countries grappling with significant intellectual property rights breaches, underscoring persistent concerns over piracy and counterfeit goods in the nation’s markets. Nigeria joins China, India, Türkiye,…
The African Organisation for Intellectual Property (OAPI) and the African Guarantee Fund (AGF) have joined forces in a landmark €60.9 million initiative aimed at financing 1,000 innovative projects across 17 African nations by 2030. This ambitious partnership is designed to…
On May 13, 2025, key players from Nigeria’s creative industries came together at the Bank of Industry Tower in Abuja to officially launch a project supported by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This initiative is designed to address the…
The Liberian government took an important step to utilize intellectual property (IP) as a catalyst for national growth by hosting a National Intellectual Property Conference on April 23, 2025. This event reaffirmed the government’s commitment to integrating IP into the…