Skip to content

Africa Thinks Here

SourceCNBC Africa · first published 2022-05-09Watch on YouTube

Cabanga TV / Intellectual / Intellectual Property & Brand

The Critical Role of Intellectual Property & Innovation for Youth Entrepreneurship

44:35Intellectual Property & BrandRwanda

A World Intellectual Property Day panel argues why IP and innovation matter for youth entrepreneurship, with Rwanda shown as a market where IP understanding is climbing.

On iPhone or iPad: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.

Keep readingRead Fikiria MagazineOn-the-ground business intelligence in East Africa.Read Fikiria Go deeperMoeletsi AfricaAccountants, company secretaries, tax and IP specialists - firms across 12 countries.Visit Moeletsi Africa

More from Intellectual Property & Brand

Intellectual · The thinking behind the doing.

All of Intellectual

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Africa trade boss describes patent rules as "oudated"

AfCFTA secretary general Wamkele Mene calls for a review of intellectual property rules to end vaccine inequality and speed immunisation, pressing the case on africanews.

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

The Workshop // How to Leverage Intellectual Property IP Strategies for Business Growth

A Nairobi Garage workshop teaches how to leverage intellectual-property strategies for business growth, turning patents, trademarks and copyrights into commercial advantage.

via Nairobi Garage

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Intellectual property: Focus on IP and patents for youth

KTN News focuses on intellectual property and patents for Kenyan youth, explaining how young inventors can protect and profit from the ideas they create.

via KTN News Kenya

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Intellectual Property by Refilwe Ngoato

Refilwe Ngoato explains intellectual property and how a university's IP policies work, laying out how researchers and institutions own and protect what they create.

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Legally Speaking || Protecting your business IP | Trade Marks |

In a Legally Speaking lesson, Atlegang Govuza explains how South African businesses protect their intellectual property through trademarks, and why every brand needs one early.

via Atlegang Govuza

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Everything Startup : Protecting your Intellectual Property as a Startup in Nigeria

BusinessDay Television explains how a startup in Nigeria protects its intellectual property, the registrations a young company needs before competitors or investors come calling.

via BusinessDay Television

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Trademark Registration in South Africa

SwiftReg walks South African founders through trademark registration, explaining how to apply and what protection a registered mark actually gives a growing brand.

via SwiftReg Company Registration

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Planning for IP Protection for Startups Anticipating to Expand into Various African Countries

A masterclass with Adams and Adams' Neale Christy and Capitalfield's Kema Ufelle-Smith walks African founders through protecting trademarks and IP as they expand across multiple countries.

via Entrepreneurial Planning Institute

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

The ins & outs of intellectual property

A CNBC Africa segment runs through the ins and outs of intellectual property, translating the legal categories into what a business owner actually needs to register and defend.

via CNBC Africa

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Patent Application Process in South Africa

At the Innovation Hub, attorney Wessel van Wyk walks through the patent application process in South Africa, showing founders how to protect an invention as an asset.

via Smit & Van Wyk

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Intellectual Property Rights in SA

An archive CNBC Africa segment assesses South Africa's intellectual-property regime, asking why the country was not then known for strong protection and what it cost innovators.

via CNBC Africa

Intellectual · Intellectual Property & Brand

Africa IP SME Helpdesk Webinar: Protecting your intellectual property rights in Kenya

Kenya is the largest and the most advanced economy in East and Central Africa.

via Intellectual Property in Africa

More from Rwanda

Across the other Business Channels.

Bookshelf · Reports & Special Editions

The African Economic Outlook 2014 - Monday 19 May 2014

The Government of Rwanda hosts the launch of the African Economic Outlook 2014, presenting the flagship report's read on the continent's growth to policymakers and press.

via The Government of Rwanda

Economics · Trade & AfCFTA

Rwanda, a Country Committed to promote Cross-border Trade through the central corridor

Rwanda's East African Community ministry sets out the country's commitment to promoting cross-border trade through the Central Corridor, its route to the sea for landlocked goods.

via Ministry of East African community Mineac

Farming · Agri-Finance

Copa × Comza Africa: Transforming Access to Agricultural Finance

COPA and Comza Africa explain how their partnership is transforming access to agricultural finance, helping farmers move from subsistence toward businesses a lender will fund.

Farming · Food Systems & Sustainability

Unlocking Africa’s food systems potential

A CNBC Africa special on doing business in Rwanda examines how to unlock the country's food-systems potential, linking policy and investment to more productive, resilient farming.

via CNBC Africa

Farming · Food Systems & Sustainability

Africa Food Systems Forum showcases locally produced food products

At the Africa Food Systems Forum in Kigali, producers show off goods made from locally grown crops, while flagging the finance, technology and market access that still constrain them.

via CGTN Africa

Showcase1:18:47

Lifestyle · Hospitality & Tourism

What really makes Serena Hotels stand out in East Africa’s hospitality space?

A road trip through East African hospitality settles at Serena Hotels in Kigali, examining what keeps the five-star group distinctive in a fast-growing regional travel market.

via CEO East Africa Magazine

Money · Capital & Investment

Africa CEO Forum 2025: Investment Opportunities in Rwanda

At the Africa CEO Forum, the Invest Rwanda session lays out the country's investment opportunities, pitching the reforms and sectors that have made it a magnet for capital.

via CNBC Africa

Property · Real Estate & Development

How technology is making affordable housing a reality in Rwanda

CNBC Africa reports on Rwanda's push to lift urbanisation from eighteen to thirty-five percent, and the construction technologies used to deliver affordable housing at the scale that target demands.

via CNBC Africa

Farming · Agritech & Innovation

Learning to Farm in Africa | Holland Greentech Rwanda & Kenya Tour | 2025 Feb

Holland Greentech tours Rwanda and Kenya bringing horticultural inputs and expertise to vegetable growers, improving pruning, irrigation and crop protection across sub-Saharan farms.

via Mondo Farms

Money · Capital & Investment

Building a Resilient African Capital Market

A deep dive from the ASEA Conference in Kigali on how African capital markets can withstand geopolitical shocks.

via CNBC Africa