Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Despite the economic devastation wrought by COVID-19, the new technology sector continued to thrive and prosper last year, the UN’s intellectual property agency said in a new report published on Monday. According to the findings of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) latest Global Innovation Index, (GII) [...] Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - The French Development Agency (FDA) has launched a 15 million euros fund to support young and  innovative digital companies in Africa, with the objective of creating value for the economy and society, PANA learned on Tuesday. "Targeting digital start-ups from the outset of their activity, incubators, hubs [...] Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The 8th edition of the Maghreb Conference on New Technologies started on Friday in the Tunisian city of Hamammet around the theme Technologies at the service of man.   In a radio statement, conference chairman Neiman Fehri said the meeting brings together leaders of structures evolving in the [...] Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)   -   The Tunisian capital, Tunis, will on 25-26 June host an African conference on leadership in the new technologies, an official source told PANA here Thursday. Participants from 30 countries are expected to attend the event during which 60 projects including 15 from Tunisia will be presented. Observers and [...] Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The pan-African telecommunications operator, Liquid Telecom, has been selected as the official partner in Africa of the American Research Institute and University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT), for the 2019 Inclusive Innovation Challenge (IIC), according to an official source. The partnership with Liquid Telecom will focus [...] Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Ivorian government on Wednesday announced the adoption of a bill governing the organisation and functioning of a Fund for Science, Technology and Innovation (FONSTI), whose aim is to finance research activities. According to the communiqué at the end of the weekly meting of the Council [...] Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Global innovation is soaring as the 2015 edition of a UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) report reveals that 2.9 million patent applications lodged worldwide, which is a 7.8 per cent increase over the previous year. WIPO also said that trademark applications rose 15.3 per cent [...] Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind among global leaders in innovation, according to a new report released on Monday by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). A WIPO statement on the report said Mauritius took the top spot among all economies in the African [...] Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Internet Society is calling for the adoption of policies and frameworks that expand access and create greater demand for the internet in Africa, according to a statement issued by the society and made available to PANA in Dakar, Senegal, on Wednesday. The call was made as [...] Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - With science taking the centre stage, the Next Einstein Forum’s Global Gathering, Africa’s premiere global science and technology forum, wound up here in Dakar Thursday with a clear path forward on how best to drive development through science, technology and innovation across the continent. The event was [...] Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The three founding members of the Akon Lighting Africa - Akon, Thione Niang and Samba Bathily - who have ended a 15-day African Road Show have announced the launching of a project for the provision of education tablets and the setting up of intelligent classrooms [...] Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A report, released Tuesday by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, said that royalties and licence fees from intellectual property rights have generated an estimated US$ 180 billion in revenue. WIPO, in a statement on the report, said that "the growing demand [...] Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A report, released Tuesday by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland, said that royalties and licence fees from intellectual property rights have generated an estimated US$ 180 billion in revenue. WIPO, in a statement on the report, said that "the growing demand [...] Full text...