The 5th All Africa Intellectual Property (IP) Summit 2024 was held in Serena Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda from 28th – 30th November 2024 with the theme Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs): The Catalyst for Sustainable Development Goals in Africa. The summit was an epoch-making event which gathered policymakers, legal experts, entrepreneurs, innovators and academia across Africa and beyond.
The summit had in attendance delegates from Nigeria, Rwanda, Lesotho, South Africa, Cameroon, Tanzania, Senegal, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Ghana, India, Uganda, Madagascar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, Finland, Namibia and France.
Through panel discussions, paper presentations and interactive sessions, delegates discussed and explored the critical aspects of intellectual property and its nexus in sustainable development across Africa.
After in-depth dialogues and deliberations, the summit came to the following resolution:
- Develop Africa-centric IP framework
- Promote IP Awareness and Education
- Simplify IP Processes for SMES
- Encourage Public-Private Partnerships
- Leverage Technology to Enhance IP Systems
