JPO and IP Offices in Africa

Meetings

FY2024

• Active cooperation with Africa reaffirmed during the Administrative Council of OAPI (December 13, 2024)
• Active cooperation with Africa reaffirmed during the Administrative Council of ARIPO (October 28, 2024)

FY2023

• At the Administrative Council of OAPI, the JPO expressed the willingness to actively cooperate with Africa.　（December 18, 2023）
• Active cooperation with Africa expressed at the ARIPO Council of Ministers (December 7, 2023)
• YASUDA, Director-General of the Trial and Appeal Department of the JPO, expressed his expectations for the success of African women entrepreneurs at the Intellectual Property Conference in Africa (May15-17,2023)

FY2022

• YASUDA, Director-General of the Trial and Appeal Department of the JPO expresses active cooperation with Africa at "the Masters in Intellectual Property (MIP) Programme at Africa University Alumni Event (December 7, 2022)
• At a meeting of the Administrative Council of ARIPO/OAP Member States, Mr. YASUDA, Director of the Board of Trial and Appeal Department of the JPO expressed his willingness to actively cooperate with Africa (November 21/ December 8, 2022)
• Mr. YASUDA, Director-General, Trial and Appeal Department of the JPO, Expresses Expectations for the Growth of SMEs in Africa at IP Webinar for Africa (September 27, 2022)
• The JPO Director-General announced expectations for young Africans to start up businesses, at the IP Forum for Africa（April 25, 2022）

FY2021

• JPO Commissioner MORI Announced Active Support for African Countries at the ARIPO Member States Council（December 6, 2021）
• Attended the Graduation Event of the MIP Program of the Africa University（June 3, 2021）

FY2020

• The Administrative Council of OAPI Held（December 8, 2020）
• Director-General delivered a speech via video message at the WIPO event（November 23, 2020）
• The Administrative Council of ARIPO was Held（November 16, 2020）

[Last updated 30 April 2025]

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