WIPO 2024 Acceleration Program for Nigerian Startups for Course

  •  Course
  •  20-Sep-2024
  •   Nigeria
  • $$  Varies

IP Labs is a WIPO IP-based capacity-building program for startups in Nigeria. The program models WIPO’s IP management clinics (IPMCs) to empower innovators, entrepreneurs, and startups to harness the power of intellectual property as a business development and financing strategy. It was designed and launched to address the identified need for capacity building within the tech, innovation, and entrepreneurial ecosystem, focusing on the relevance of intellectual property.

The project will be implemented in two stages for a duration of seven months:

  • Stage one, from October to December 2024, entails acceleration training modules while also introducing intellectual property to 300 early-stage SMEs.
  • Stage two, occurring from January to April 2025, focuses on the IPMC training and mentorship with specialized IP and Business Developments Experts.
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Eligibility Criteria

IP Labs Project welcomes all individuals or teams with technology driven innovative ideas that addresses real world challenges in their communities and globally, ranging from finance, job-creation, climate change, agriculture, health, education etc. To qualify, these solutions must have some form of intellectual property component to them.

The main selection criteria include the following considerations or requirements:

  1. Startup must be an early-stage startup with a solution to an identified local problem.
  2. Startup idea must be subject matter of an intellectual property possible of industrial application.
  3. Green technologies are greatly encouraged.
  4. Women-owned startups are strongly encouraged.
  5. Founders of the startup must be available for the virtual 7-month curriculum.
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Offered Benefits

  • One-on-one mentorship with renowned IP and business expert(s) selected by WIPO on how to better use IP for growth.
  • Training opportunities and access to practical tools and services
  • Networking opportunities amongst peers.

Application Process

Go to World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) on surveys.wipo.int to apply
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