The role of Intellectual Property rights in the success of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AFCFTA)

Article compiled by Tanaka Kachara, Associate at Zimbabwean member firm, Scanlen & Holderness. What is the African Continental Free Trade Agreement? The AfCFTA is the worldโs largest free trade agreement[1] bringing together the fifty-five countries which make up the African Union[2]. For purposes of completion, a free-trade agreement is defined as an arrangement between two […]
Short review on Mozambique’s new IP Code
The Mozambique new Industrial Property Code (hereinafter CPI) approved by the Council of Ministersย by the Decree no.47/2015 dated 31 December 2015, has been effective since 31stย March 2016. As a result of the foregoing, there have some changes and new additional IP rights, which although were in use, were not properly addressed in the old CPI. […]