Feature: Is IP education sufficient for African young inventors?

BY Vera Albino
The African economy is losing billions of dollars for not protecting their intellectual property (IP), the late Africa University vice-chancellor Munashe Furusa is on record as having said. Young inventors are among the most concerned.

The number of inventors from all over the continent that struggle to develop, manufacture, protect and commercialise their inventions, is considerable.

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