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Achieving Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want

Victoria Chigozirim Onyeagbako

Doctoral Researcher in Law

The African Union Agenda 2063 highlights the role of Africa’s strong cultural heritage and creativity in achieving socio-economic development. This brief makes recommendations for the protection and enforcement of performers’ rights under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) as a strategy for socio-economic and cultural development in Africa.

Who should read this brief?

The intended audience for this policy brief is the African Union (AU), policy makers of AU member states, the AfCFTA Secretariat, stakeholders of the African creative economy, IP officers, private stakeholders, performers, collective management organisations (CMOs), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), existing Regional IP Organisations (ARIPO, OAPI), National Trade Offices and Trade Ambassadors, researchers, students and the public. By focusing on the strengths of the continent, building structure for the respect and protection of performers – who give life to our creativity, this brief provides insights which can steer conversations around performers in the right direction, and shape the negotiations on the AfCFTA IP Protocol and future copyright/ IP policies in Africa.

Achieving Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want

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The African creative economy can, and indeed should, be harnessed to its full potential to advance social, economic and cultural development in Africa. This policy brief sheds light on the key role(s) performers play in the creative industry, why and how performers may be protected under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to achieve the African Union’s Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want.
— Victoria Chigozirim Onyeagbako

About the researcher

Victoria Chigozirim Onyeagbako

Victoria is an IP Specialist. She advises on IP portfolio creation, rights management and commercialization. She has served as the Project and Stakeholder Engagement Officer of the WIPO Nigeria Office and Consultant on the WIPO IP Management Clinics.

Victoria is the Founder of a thriving NGO – MIPLG – focused on supporting IP education, capacity development and youth engagement in Africa. She is the founding Patron of the National IP body for tertiary institutions in Nigeria – NIPC and three-time awardee of the Global IP Leaders Award by WIPR. Victoria acquired LLB degrees from MCU (Ghana) and IMSU (Nigeria), LLM from NTU (UK). She is a recipient of the Herchel Smith IP Scholarship and PhD Candidate at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). 

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