African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)
The African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) was set up by the Lusaka
Agreement on the 9th December, 1976. The objectives are, inter alia, to promote, harmonize
and develop the industrial property systems in the region. Membership of the Organization
is open to States members of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa or the
Organization of the African Unity. The present member states are :-
- Botswana
- Malawi
- Tanzania
- Gambia
- Sierra Leone*
- Uganda
- Ghana
- Somalia
- Zambia
- Kenya
- Sudan
- Zimbabwe
- Lesotho
- Swaziland
*With effect from 25 February 1999
