INVENTION IN AFRICA

Anyone who has seen wire toys of Africa must recognize a kind of inventive talent in the region. Here are a few web sites that attest to a more "modern" inventive potential in the region.

WIPO Regional Seminar on Invention and Innovation in Africa
http://wipo.int/innovation/en/meetings/1999/inn_abj/index.htm

International Federation of Inventors Associations - AFRICA DEPARTEMENT
http://www.invention-ifia.ch/africa.htm

Technology Policy and Practice in Africa
http://www.idrc.ca/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=508&CATID=15