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AfCFTA Faces Challenge of Harmonizing Africa’s Diverse Intellectual Property Systems to Support Cross-Border Innovation
Experts highlight the need for integrated IP frameworks under AfCFTA to enable seamless trade and investment across Africa’s fragmented IP landscape
Africa’s innovators increasingly operate across borders, but intellectual property protections remain largely national or regional, complicating business expansion. During the Africa IP Day webinar, experts discussed how the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) could bridge these gaps by fostering harmonizatio…