Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | Nov 04, 2015

African Leaders Launch High-Level Conference on Intellectual Property for an Emerging Continent

Some 50 government ministers from across the continent attended the November 3 opening of the three-day “African Ministerial Conference 2015: Intellectual Property (IP) for an Emerging Africa”

Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Senegal Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne joined World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry (http://www.wipo.int) in stressing the importance of intellectual property (IP) in incentivizing innovation and creativity to promote economic and social development across Africa. Some 50 government ministers from across…