IP system to unlock Africa citizens’ creativity, innovation

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African leaders and about  50 government ministers from across the continent that attended November 3 2015, African Ministerial Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) for an Emerging Africa” have concurred that such initiative will unlock  citizens’ creativity and innovation, ITRealms reports.

 
The Conference which was held in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, saw Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim and Senegal Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne join World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General, Francis Gurry in stressing the importance of intellectual property (IP) in incentivizing innovation and creativity to promote economic and social development across Africa, ITRealms gathered.

“Ultimately, the source of all innovation and creativity is human. And Africa is the cradle of humanity, so it is in this sense the origin of all innovation and creativity that characterizes our species as human beings. Well-developed national intellectual property systems can help African countries unlock their citizens’ creativity and innovation, boosting economic growth, he said,” said Gurry in welcoming the delegates.

“Intellectual property is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition of a healthy and vibrant innovation ecosystem. It is a means of capturing a competitive advantage that is conferred by innovation and it is a means of rewarding investment, human and financial resources, in the generation of new knowledge and innovation,” Gurry stated.

ITRealms also reports that Mauritius President, Gurib-Fakim cited positive economic growth prospects for African countries over the next decade and highlighted the “imperative need for Africa to protect IP rights in order to build sustainable knowledge economies by leveraging the benefits of science, technology and innovation.”

“In this globally fiercely competitive international economic landscape, the creation and management including protection of knowledge will be central to building and spearheading wealth creation and integration in the global economy,” said Gurib-Fakim.

Senegalese Prime Minister Dionne, on his part, ITRealms learnt, called the conference timely, due to the challenges facing Africa. He added that intellectual property can help ensure sustainable and inclusive development resulting in poverty reduction and increased economic competitiveness. “Innovation is the basis of all development,” he said.

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Signal Alliance to host dinner in honour of Tufekci

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The Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Eastern, EMEA, CA Technologies, SeviTufekci and Nigeria’s senior business executives would be hosted to a dinner in Lagos by Signal Alliance on Tuesday, November 3, 2015, ITRealms reports

The meeting which is being put together by Signal Alliance, CA Partner in sub-Sahara Africa,according to a press release, is to enable senior executives in the financial, manufacturing and public sectors rub minds with Tufekci on security, service flow and disruptive technologies.

The  Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Signal Alliance, AdanmaOnuegbu, said, “The financial services sector is facing a lot of security issues and the CBN has given deadlines for a new security framework which all banks must adopt before June 2016. Also, pre and post-election activities the economy has slowed down making it imperative for businesses to improve internal service delivery for more efficient and effective external customer service, especially for those who operate from multiple locations. We want to engage and also share knowledge on how these can be successfully achieved.”

The office of the CTO in Europe works closely with CA Technologies’ largest customers and partners to ensure that the relevant solution strategy are designed and maps out appropriately to our customer needs. Tufekci is responsible for assisting customers to maximise their investment in CA Technologies’ solutions and exploit emerging technologies and techniques to improve IT performance and efficiency.

ITRealms reports that with over 18 years of experience in the fields of strategy, business development, sales and pre-sales, Tüfekçi has held management positions at CA since 1999.  She has successfully managed many IT management projects with major enterprise customers, developed technical sales and enablement strategies. She has also, defined and optimized routes-to-market and sales cycles.  Sevi is a CA Technologies spokesperson, authorized to address the media and the market on the continuous evolution and ability of CA solutions to drive maximum business value to its customers.

Tüfekçi has Bachelor Degree in Control & Computer Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (Turkey), a Master Degree in Computer Networking from University of Sheffield (UK) and an Executive MBA Degree from Boğaziçi University (Turkey).  She is a member of numerous industry association, ITRealms learnt..

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