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Microsoft launches intellectual property portal for Africa

Louis Otieno, Corporate Affairs Director, Afrika Initiative; Microsoft Corporation (Centre) taking Juliana Rotich, Executive Director of Ushahidi (Left) and Gabriel Mranda, Director, Mranda Technologies through the features of the Microsoft IP Hub during the launch event in Nairobi. The IP Hub will offer developers and independent software vendors the skills and tools necessary to develop, protect and monetize their innovations.

Nairobi, Kenya: Microsoft Corp. unveiled an online intellectual property (IP) portal called the Microsoft 4Afrika IP Hub, in an effort to create an IP protection culture in Africa. The IP Hub will offer developers and independent software vendors the skills and tools necessary to develop, protect and monetize their innovations. The portal will pilot in Kenya for two years, after which it will be handed over to the local government with similar pilots being rolled out to other African countries.

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