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African  IP  Trust.  Welcome!    The  African  IP  Trust  advocates  for  and  directly  assists  African  producers,  farmers  and  artisans  to  secure  their  intellectual  property  rights.  

 

 

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The Right Honorable Lord Paul Boateng (AIPT co-chair)

Paul Yaw Boateng is a British Labour Party politician, who was the

Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent South from 1987 to 2005,

becoming the UK's first black Cabinet Minister in May 2002, when

he was appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury. Following his

departure from the House of Commons, he served as the British High

Commissioner to South Africa from March 2005 to May 2009. He

was introduced as a member of the House of Lords on 1 July 2010.

Congresswoman Diane E. Watson

(AIPT co-chair)

Diane Edith Watson (born November 12, 1933) is a former US Representative

for California's 33rd congressional district, serving from 2003 until 2011.

Ron Layton

Founder & Chief Executive

Ron Layton has combined successful careers in economic development and

IP business to design the Light Years IP vision of engaging IP business

techniques to reduce poverty and secure income for poor people through export trade in

developing countries. Since forming LYIP as an NGO in 1999, Ron Layton has been creating

mechanisms for poor producers in developing countries to improve the amount and security

of export income from commodities and finished products.

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Claude G.B. Fontheim

Chief Executive Officer

Claude Fontheim is the CEO of Fontheim International, LLC; and he serves

as Chairman of GlobalWorks Foundation, which is dedicated to fighting

global poverty.

Mr. Fontheim advises global companies on international trade and business; government

relations; and corporate social responsibility issues. He was among the first CSR practitioners

and his work includes environment, energy, labor, human rights, health, and economic

development issues.

Mark Florman (AIPT Advisory Board)

Chief Executive officer, British private Equity and

Venture Capital Association

Mark Florman is Chief Executive of the British Private

Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), the leading industry body and public policy

advocate for the private equity and venture capital industry in the UK. Since 2009, Florman

has been a Senior Advisor for 8 Miles, a private equity firm focused exclusively on

investments in Africa, with over $200m invested.

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Leonora Akello

Leonora is from Pader, in northern Uganda and has been producing

Shea butter for generations. She was selected to represent the

women of Gulu and Lira who attended IP Value Capture workshops

in Washington, DC. Leonora spoke at both the State Dept. and AIPT

launch events about the importance of shea butter for the women of northern Uganda and S.

Sudan.

 

Elizabeth Tamale.

Deputy Commissioner, Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry

Kampala, Uganda  

Elizabeth Tamale is currently working as a Principal Commercial Officer in

charge of WTO activities in the Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry. Prior to that, she worked as

an Associate consultant with The Ssemwanga Center as a Business Development Advisor focusing

mainly on export market development.

Esteriano Emmanuel Mahingila.

Esteriano is a lawyer specializing in Intellectual Property and

Corporate Laws. He is an Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania a

member of the Tanganyika Bar Association as well as the East African

Bar Association. He is currently a CEO of the Business Registration and Licensing Agency BRELA, a

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Tanzania Executive Agency responsible for the administration of Intellectual Property and Corporate

Laws; HE is also the Registrar of Companies, for Business names, Trade and Service Marks and

Patents. Member of the Board of the Tanzania Capital Markets and Securities Authority and serves as

a member of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization Administrative Council and also

was its Chairman for two years from 2003 to 2005

Getachew Mengistie

IP Consultant

Getachew was the first Director General of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property

Office (EIPO).When Light Years IP designed the Ethiopian Fine Coffee Initiative

in 2004, Getachew led the Ethiopian side, collaborating with Ron Layton and

establishing a solid friendship. Getachew is currently working as an Intellectual Property consultant,

training and assisting a number of African countries with their Intellectual Property policies and

regulations.

Isaac ole Tialolo

Co-chair, Maasai Intellectual Property Initiative

Isaac has been coordinating outreaches in Kenya and

Tanzania. He has been endorsed by the council of elders to

represent the Maasai community in Kenya and Tanzania.

Dr Marcelin Tonye Mahop

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International Advisory Board, the African

Conservation and Development United Nations.

Dr Marcelin Tonye Mahop is a versatile researcher on development policy issues, capable of blending

his background in biology and his academic and professional achievements in intellectual property

law and policy and in environmental law and policy.

Norbert Mao

President, Democratic Party of Uganda.

Norbert Mao is the current President of the Democratic Party, and the Local

Council 5 Chairman for Gulu District. Norbert Mao was elected as President of

the Democratic Party (DP) on February 20, 2010 and ran for President of

Uganda in the 2011 general election.                                                                                                                                      

  Eskedar Nega  

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)  

Ms. Eskedar Nega is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,where she works as a

Program Officer in the ICT, Science and Technology Division at the UN Economic

Commission for Africa (ECA). Before joining the Economic Commission for

Africa in 2000, Ms. Nega lectured in International Public Law and

Communications at the University of Law in Toulouse, France. She worked at the CERD-Com, a

Center dedicated to research on global and national trends in areas such as the economic and

legislative regimes of the ICT sector.

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