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Covid-19 Digital Health Innovations: The African Context

“Dealing with health and economic challenges of Covid-19 has made one point abundantly clear for African countries – that we need broadband, faster, cheaper and expanded to the last mile of the populations”. This observation credited to UN Under Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Ms. Vera Songwe has never rung truer than in these unprecedented times. Leveraging technology to assist African countries in the fight against Covid-19 is imperative to finding effective solutions for containing the virus in an economically feasible manner for Africa, taking into consideration the continent’s technological infrastructure.

COVID-19 and the Amazon: Indigenous Peoples, Conservation Under Threat

The COVID-19 pandemic is undoubtedly having an effect on the human population around the world, but its impact on the environment, especially in terms of conservation, is less publicized. The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest. According to scientists, its preservation is vital to combat global warming. However, illegal logging practices continue to jeopardize the integrity of the rainforest at this time.

Indigenous Data Sovereignty: Retooling Indigenous Resurgence for Development

CIGI Papers
No. 234 (2019)

Africa, Innovation, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The Third Industrial Revolution (3IR) provided perhaps the most significant insights into Africa’s potential to fast-track its march to sustainable development. As with industrial revolutions, the 3IR has further tinkered with international division of labour. Gradually, Africa and indeed economies hitherto considered as periphery – so-called because they were traditional sources of raw materials – are now actors in knowledge-driven competition, which is the hallmark of the 3IR.

The Partnership Imperative for African Innovation in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

The third industrial revolution (3IR) provided perhaps the most significant insights into Africa’s potential to fast-track its sustainable development. As with previous industrial revolutions, the 3IR has affected the international division of labour. Gradually, Africa and a number of economies on the periphery – so described because they were traditional sources of raw materials – have become actors in a knowledge-driven competition, which is the hallmark of the 3IR.

ABS: Big Data, Data Sovereignty and Digitization - A New Indigenous Research Landscape

In Genetic Resources, Justice and Reconciliation: Canada and Global Access and Benefit Sharing
Chidi Oguamanam, ed.
(New York: Cambridge University Press, 2019)

Book ChapterChidi OguamanamFebruary 14, 2019IP and Knowledge Governance, Technology, Indigenous

ICTs in Agricultural Production and Potential Deployment in Operationalising Geographical Indications in Uganda

Open AIR (African Innovation Research) Network
Working Paper No. 14 (2018)
Co-authored w/ Tesh Dagne

Plant Genetic Resources Interdependence: Re-Integrating Farmers into the Global Food System

In Food Systems Governance: Challenges for Justice, Equality and Human Rights
J. Liljeblad and A. Kennedy, eds.
(London: Routledge, 2016)

Book ChapterChidi OguamanamSeptember 4, 2015Agriculture and Biodiversity, Technology

Intellectual Property and the Right to Adequate Food: A Critical African Perspective

African Journal of International and Comparative Law
Vol. 23, No. 2 (2015)

Toward a Constructive Engagement: Agricultural Biotechnology as a Public Health Incentive for Less Developed Countries

Journal of Food Law and Policy
Vol. 7, No. 2 (2011)

Documentation and Digitization of Traditional Knowledge and Intangible Cultural Knowledge: Challenges and Prospects

In Intangible Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property: Communities, Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development
Toshiyuki Kono, ed.
(Antwerp: Intersentia, 2009), pp. 357-383

Beyond Theories: Intellectual Property Dynamics in the Global Knowledge Economy

Wake Forest Intellectual Property Law Journal
Vol. 9, No. 2 (2009)

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