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‘Landmark initiative’: Ramaphosa, Macron announce new SA-based Covid-19 vaccine hub

President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France would invest in boosting the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, in order to help....

Posted in: Technology and Knowledge Diffusion

After a gene from algae was added to his eye, a blind man can perceive objects

Botond Roska, professor at the University of Basel, led the research for a gene therapy to add light-sensing molecules to a patient’s retina,....

Posted in: Innovation and the Sustainable Development Goals

Ten Ways IP Has Enabled Innovations That Have Helped Sustain the World Through the Pandemic

Jaci McDole and Stephen Ezell explain how intellectual property has played an indispensable role in facilitating the development of a range of....

Posted in: Technology and Knowledge Diffusion

Closing the Gender Gap in IP – Exploring Multi-stakeholder initiatives

Holly Fechner from Invent together is speaking in a sharing session on “Exploring Multi-stakeholder Initiatives that Encourage Women....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

Spotlight on South Africa: 10 Questions for Biovac’s Patrick Tippoo

Innovation Council sat down with Patrick Tippoo, the Head of Science and Innovation at The Biovac Institute in South Africa to learn more about....

Posted in: Inclusive Innovation Ecosystems

25 inspiring stories of Latin American women

Given the importance of science and technology for advancing the SDGs – but against a backdrop of declining interest in scientific careers....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

The Long Wait for Innovation: The Global Patent Pendency Problem

Mark Schultz and Kevin Madigan write in their informative, and still very pertinent, 2016 paper about patent pendency issues and the reasons....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies

Webinar: How to make money from IP

Join EPO, TIA, SEDA, and AfricaBio on July 7th, from 10am to 1pm CAT, for an online seminar aimed at showcasing how African SMEs have....

Posted in: Technology and Knowledge Diffusion

Gender Profiles in UK Patenting: An analysis of female inventorship

This analysis by the UKIPO shows that, in the 1980s, women represented less than 4% of inventors on GB patent applications, but that this has....

Posted in: Enabling Innovation Policies