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.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

Trademarks

ARIPO registers goat breed as first GI; EUIPO launches GI search tool

27 November 2020 The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization has registered its first geographical indication, in the same week that the European Union Intellectual Property Office launched a new search database.

article

ARIPO appoints Ugandan Bemanya Twebaze as new leader

19 November 2020 The African Regional Intellectual Property Organization has announced that Ugandan national Bemanya Twebaze will be its next director-general.

Squire Patton Boggs brings in tech and data expert as practice lead

Nine-partner litigation team leaves Winston & Strawn

INTA exclusive: ‘Davos of IP’ will take London meeting to a ‘different level’

How we won: Promptu counsel on its $240m victory against Comcast

Murgitroyd adds trio of senior business leaders

YouTube creator files suit against Nvidia over AI training data

Not just hot air: Dreame team defends hair curlers at UPC hearing

Music publishers hit Anthropic with $3bn copyright infringement lawsuit

Africa: A changing continent heading for ‘greater heights’

More on this story

Editor's picks

Editor's picks

More articles