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Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Intellectual Property Rights and Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Author: Desmond Osaretin Oriakhogba; Oriakhogba Charlene Tsitsi Musiza; Sand Mba-Kalu
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781041160021

Published In: December 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This volume provides a technical analysis of intellectual property (IP) rights in Africa, focusing on their intersection with sustainable development. Through case studies, it evaluates IP frameworks in agriculture, public health, innovation financing, and data protection, and so forth, emphasizing the need for context-sensitive systems tailored to Africa's unique challenges. The research highlights IP's contribution to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including food security, SME empowerment, and gender equality. It addresses critical issues such as AI-generated content, traditional knowledge, and access to medicine, advocating for balanced IP protection that stimulates innovation while ensuring equitable development.

It features:

Explores the complex and evolving interface of IPRs and the sustainable development goals, especially SDGs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12,16 and 17 from an African perspective.
Includes chapters having diverse sectoral focus like creative industries, agriculture, finance, AI and so forth.
Emphasizes need for localised IP frameworks, capacity development, and policy reform.
Reiterates a nuanced and balanced IP system tailored to Africa’s socio-economic realities.
Draws upon case studies from Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon, Morocco, Tanzania, Egypt Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Gambia, Ghana, ARIPO and OAPI

This book is aimed at academics, researchers, legal practitioners and formulators within the innovation, IP and sustainable development context.

1. The Intricate Nexus between Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development in Africa

Desmond O Oriakhogba, Charlene T Musiza, Sand M Kalu

2. Geographical Indications and Sustainable Development in Africa: Options for Chipinge Coffee from Zimbabwe

Charlene Tsitsi Musiza

3. Geographical Indications Driving Sustainable Development Goals 5, 12 & 16 in Africa: Lessons from ARIPO, OAPI, Morocco, and South Africa

Sand Mba-Kalu, Monique Bagal

4. Harnessing Plant Variety Protection towards Food Sovereignty for Sustainable Agriculture: Insights from Kenya

Caroline Wanjiru Muchiri

5. Patent Regimes and Public Health:Unpacking the Strategies to the Realisation of SDG 3 in South Africa

Cathrine Makwara, Desmond Oriakhogba, Yeukai Mupangavanhu

6. Unlocking Innovation: Paving the Way for High-Quality Patents and Sustainable Development in South Africa

Darren Smith, Chijioke Okorie

7. Public Domain Patents and Innovation in Africa: Unlocking the Potential for Sustainable Development

Cynthia O. Igodo

8. Promoting Innovation from University Through IP And Research Commercialization Capacity Enhancement: A case of Obafemi Awolowo University

Grace O. Ogunlusi, Olugbenga Adewinle, Akanni I. Akinyemi, Oladimeji Ogunoye

9. Intellectual Property-Based Financing for Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 9 in Nigeria

Mosun Oke

10. Securitization of Intellectual Property as a Means of Financing Innovations and Creativity in Tanzania: A Prospect or a Nightmare?

Hassan Kimela

11. The Synergy of Data Protection and Intellectual Property Rights: Catalysing Business Growth in Africa

Komborerai Allan Manenji

12. Strengthening the Intellectual Property Framework for Sustainable Development in Africa: Challenges and Prospects

Tshimangadzo Donald Mukwevho

13. Critic of the Legal Framework for the Protection of Traditional Knowledge in Nigeria

Samson Oyeleke Oyeniran, Bukola Omotola Otunola

14. Intellectual Property as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development in Africa: A Call for Change

Sharon K. Sinyoro

15. AI Generated Works and African Copyright Law: A Framework for Balancing Innovation and Intellectual Property Protection

Panashe C. Zowa

16. Bridging the gap: Promoting Small Business Growth Through IPR Commercialisation in Africa – A Comparison with USA

Christianah Olawumi Akinyemi

17. Promoting Small Businesses in Africa Through Intellectual Property Rights Commercialization

Sarah Mumbi Bisamunyu

18. Criminal Enforcement of Trademark Counterfeiting : A Study of the Legal Implications in India and South Africa

Ajay K Sharma, Dipa Dube

19. Strategic Reform of Africa’s Intellectual Property Systems for Sustainable Development

Ayokunle Adetula

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