Urgent need for training to advance intellectual property rights in Africa

By Karen MacGregor – Africa Editor. In Africa Analysis, Chidi Oguamanam describes Africa’s dismal experience with intellectual property rights and the urgent need for more independent and less suspect capacity building on IP.
In Africa Features, Wachira Kigotho reads briefing papers from a high-level World Bank forum in Kigali and finds universities at fault for not meeting the continent’s high-level skills needs. Tunde Fatunde reports on growing anger over a two-month public sector strike in Benin that has closed campuses. Read more...