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Tencent, video games, the metaverse and diversity: an insider’s view
- WIPO Magazine
Tencent is a global technology firm that operates the world’s leading video game development, publishing and operations platform. It is also a global leader in invention and technology investment with prominence in fintech, cloud services, digital communications (it has its own free messaging and calling app, WeChat, known as Weixin in China) and its own Netflix-like streaming platform, Tencent Video. Tencent’s Interactive Entertainment Group (IEG) is responsible for developing the interactive entertainment side of the company’s business, including games and esports
Fashion forward: pioneering African designer eyes luxury brands market
- WIPO Magazine
Today, Taibo Bacar’s eponymous fashion house is holding its own on international catwalks and in highbrow stores, belying its humble Mozambican origins. Taibo Bacar is one of Africa’s leading fashion houses, renowned for its imaginative combination of high and fast fashion goods. The brand’s statement pieces recount personal stories with a pop of color, intricate cuts and details, which have won numerous awards and propelled it to the international stage. A trailblazer in the industry, the pioneering fashion brand was the first African brand to showcase at the Milan Fashion Week in 2010
Brazilian agri-tech startup digitizes farm management with dividends for cattle farmers and sustainability
- WIPO Magazine
Brazilian agribusiness generated USD 102.4 billion in exports from January to October 2021, according to a report by the National Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA). Following the same growth trend, investments in Brazilian agritech startups surpassed USD 160 million in contributions made since 2009, according to the annual AgTech 2021 report by open innovation platform, Distrito Mining. One of these agritech startups, JetBov, founded in 2014 by Xisto Alves de Souza Jr., offers a tech management solution for over 2,700 beef cattle farms across Brazil
Why vaccine independence is so important for Africa
- WIPO Magazine
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw warp-speed development of vaccines in some parts of the world. But for Africa, the pandemic highlighted the urgent need to build capacity on the continent to develop and manufacture much-needed vaccines. This is something the African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI) has been advocating for over 10 years. In a wide-ranging interview with WIPO Magazine, AVMI Executive Director and co-founder Patrick Tippoo, who is also Head of Science and Innovation at the South African bio-pharmaceutical company, Biovac, explains why vaccine independence for Africa is so important
Green trademarks and the risk of greenwashing
- WIPO Magazine
The last decade has seen a rapid increase in demand from consumers for “environmentally friendly” products and services. Climate change and its impacts ─ record-setting tsunamis and hurricanes, out-of-control wildfires, floods and landslides, droughts and scorching temperatures ─ are driving demand for goods that are sustainably produced and can be used without harming the environment
International Social Science Review Submission & Publication Guide.
- International Social Science Review
Strategic Instincts: The Adaptive Advantages of Cognitive Biases in International Politics.
- International Social Science Review
The Roots of American Individualism: Political Myths in the Age of Jackson.
- International Social Science Review
Extended Commentary: Pandemic, Paradigm, and Philosophy in Social Science Research.
- International Social Science Review
From Development to Democracy: The Transformation of Modern Asia.
- International Social Science Review