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WIPO IP+ Accelerator

Helping Gambian SMEs turn intellectual property into protected business assets.

Intellectual propertyWIPOThe Gambia

The challenge

Help small businesses understand and use intellectual property to support enterprise growth.

The approach

IP coaching and mentoring for a cohort of 50 SMEs, 95% of them women-led.

The results

49 trademark applications and The Gambia’s first utility model in renewable energy by a female inventor, as described in the supplied digital presence audit.

RELATED WIPO AGRIBUSINESS WORK / 2023

Women in Agribusiness, Kigali.

Explore photographs from the Regional Conference on Intellectual Property for Women in Agribusiness, 15–17 May 2023. This is a separate event from the programme described above.

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