Boosting African leadership in innovation and entrepreneurship: a look back at the high-level panel organized by OAPI in Brazzaville
Congo – Brazzaville, December 11, 2025 – Africa doesn't wait for innovation. It creates it. This conviction guided the high-level panel held by OAPI (African Intellectual Property Organization) on the sidelines of the 65th session of its Board of Directors, on the theme: “Stimulating Development…
Intellectual Property Training in Brazzaville: OAPI strengthens the capacities of judges of the Supreme Court of Congo
Brazzaville, December 9, 2025 – The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) has launched a strategic capacity-building session for judges of the Supreme Court of Congo. This initiative reflects OAPI's commitment to supporting national courts in the improved application of intellectual property rights…
MBOTE BRAZZAVILLE: the caravan that brings Intellectual Property closer to citizens
On the sidelines of the 65th session of the Governing Body, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) is launching an innovative, grassroots initiative: MBOTE BRAZZAVILLE, an urban caravan that travels to emblematic neighborhoods of the Congolese capital to directly raise awareness among the population about the strategic value of intellectual property…
Brazzaville hosts the meeting of Experts for the 65th session of the OAPI Board of Directors
The Congolese capital, Brazzaville, hosted the opening of the proceedings of the Commission of Experts for the 65th Ordinary Session of the Governing Body of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) on December 4, 2025. This strategic meeting was opened by Nicéphore Antoine Thomas Fylla Saint-Eudes, Minister of Industrial Development…
Continued collaboration between INPI France and the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) on drafting patent examination guidelines.
Within the framework of the cooperation agreement signed between INPI France (National Institute of Industrial Property) and OAPI, a project to update OAPI's patent examination guidelines was launched at the end of 2023, facilitated in particular by the similarity of their respective legislation.







