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From June 26 to 28, 2025, Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo welcomed the 5th edition of the REF, a major event which brought together more than 2,800 participants around the promotion of investment in infrastructure and innovation within the French -speaking space. The opening ceremony was held ...

Yaoundé June 27, 2025 - The OAPI celebrated the closing ceremony of the 15th edition of its prestigious professional master in intellectual property (PI). An event imbued with solemnity and pride which marked the culmination of a demanding course, for 39 impetrants from his Academy of PI (Apid), Venus…

From June 24 to 26, 2025, the city of Penja in the Moungo -Région du Littoral in Cameroon, vibrated to the rhythm of the 1st International Penja Pepper Festival. Placed under the high patronage of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Minader), this event gathered producers, chefs ...

OAPI auditorium, Yaoundé June 26, 205. The OAPI marked a historic turning point with the official launch of its "OAPI Lex" online jurisprudential database. This innovative tool promises to transform access to legal information in terms of intellectual property (PI) in the 17 member states of ...

From June 4 to 7, 2025, the director general of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), Denis Bohoussou, made a working visit to Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. Assisted by the director of patents and other technical creations, Guy Francis Boussafou, this mission was part of ...

From May 29 to June 1, 2025, OAPI staff went to Equatorial Guinea for an innovative tourist outing which perfectly combined team cohesion, relaxation and awareness of intellectual property. A deliberately innovative approach as the Director General pointed out during his Bata speech, etc.

The city of Luanda in Angola welcomed the regional seminar on the exchange of good practices in the fight against counterfeiting for the Lusophone African countries from 27 to 29, 2025. In this wake, the OAPI counts within its area, Guinea Bissau as a Member State ...

From 13 to 15 May 2025, the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) marked its presence at the prestigious 50ᵉ General Assembly of the SCAPR (International Confederation of Authors and Composers), which was held in the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana. This participation is part of the influence strategy ...

The Study Examination and Validation Workshop carried out as part of supporting the process of recording geographic indications (IG) in Chad opened this Tuesday, May 13, 2025 in N'Djamena. The meeting which is a joint organization of the OAPI and the intellectual property rights project in Africa (Afripi)…

The African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) and the African Guaranto Fund (AGF) signed today, May 06, 2025 at the OAPI headquarters in Yaoundé, a strategic agreement in the amount of 40 billion FCFA, marking a decisive turning point in supporting financing of invention and innovation in ...