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It speaks to its role in society, trade, industry, and economy and expounds on the actual meaning of IP. The book lays a solid foundation for innovators, entrepreneurs, businesses, and nations to realise their full potential through IP policy, legislation, use and practices. IN addition to his personal story and those of others, he meticulously recounts South Africa\u2019s path in transforming the management of IP emanating from publicly financed research and development (R&amp;D), development of critical human capital and other infrastructure to ensure effective IP commercialisation and technology transfer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Footprints<\/em><\/strong> is a timely masterpiece given the IP issues, and implementation of the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The book provides strategies of how African countries can use IP and innovation to develop industries to ensure health security, and trading of goods that can benefit from the AfCFTA.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Footprints<\/em><\/strong> is a must-read for any academic, aspiring intellectual property scholar, policy maker, economist, development activist, entrepreneur, researcher, innovator, professional, and technology transfer specialists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>Intellectual property is everywhere around us and impacts our lives. For entrepreneurs and businesses alike, intellectual property is about value creation &#8230; <\/em>\u2013 McLean Sibanda<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Footprints, McLean Sibanda <\/strong>brings to the fore the importance of intellectual property for researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers, funders, business, and society at large, as evidenced by Africa\u2019s scramble for vaccines<strong><em>. Footprints<\/em><\/strong> is a captivating story about intellectual property (IP). It speaks to its role in society, trade, industry, and economy and expounds on the actual meaning of IP. The book lays a solid foundation for innovators, entrepreneurs, businesses, and nations to realise their full potential through IP policy, legislation, use and practices. IN addition to his personal story and those of others, he meticulously recounts South Africa\u2019s path in transforming the management of IP emanating from publicly financed research and development (R&amp;D), development of critical human capital and other infrastructure to ensure effective IP commercialisation and technology transfer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Footprints<\/em><\/strong> is a timely masterpiece given the IP issues, and implementation of the agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The book provides strategies of how African countries can use IP and innovation to develop industries to ensure health security, and trading of goods that can benefit from the AfCFTA.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Footprints<\/em><\/strong> is a must-read for any academic, aspiring intellectual property scholar, policy maker, economist, development activist, entrepreneur, researcher, innovator, professional, and technology transfer specialists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"product_cat":[17],"product_tag":[20],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Footprints (Paperback) - Sibanda Legacy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Footprints is a captivating story about intellectual property (IP). 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