IP Outreach in Practice > IP Creation
Overview
Organizer: | African Union Commission, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
Country/Territory: | Algeria, International, Kenya, Nigeria |
Language: | English |
Focus: | Inventions |
Outreach Tools: | Awards / Scholarships / Grants, Competitions |
Target Audience: | Inventors, Kids / Tweens / Teens |
Details
"AU-WIPO Invention Awards" ("Best invention by an African inventor”, “Best invention by a woman inventor”, “Best invention by a young inventor”, “Best technology invention based on indigenous knowledge”) to reward inventions that address critical problems in Africa, such as those in the fields of food technology, health care, water supply/sanitation and energy; objective: to address the small size of Africa's scientific manpower by stimulating interest in science
[Date Added/Updated: Dec 5, 2008]