30 May 2023FeaturesCopyrightSarah Speight

Africa: A changing continent heading for ‘greater heights’

Getting young people on board with IP and seeing its socioeconomic impact across member states are just two things that are close to Bemanya Twebaze’s heart. The current director general of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) talks to WIPR to explain how he hopes to position the organisation as a driver of creativity and innovation, ready for the fourth and fifth industrial revolutions.

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