My IP Story celebrates African experiences that demonstrate how intellectual property can contribute to value creation and business growth.
Chioma Rosemary Onyekaba · Nigeria · Gold Medal
Enterprise: Beauty & Brains Foundation Printing Press Nigeria, Founder
Field: Publishing and creative enterprise
An author, entrepreneur, creative and publisher, Chioma Rosemary Onyekaba founded Beauty & Brains Foundation Printing Press Nigeria. She represents the growing community of African creatives who treat intellectual property as part of building a business rather than as an afterthought to it.
Publishing is one of the sectors where the distance between creating something and owning it is shortest and most consequential. A manuscript, a design, an imprint and a catalogue are assets before they are products, and they hold their value only where they are protected. [Detail on the specific intellectual property rights used and on the growth of the enterprise to be added on confirmation by the awardee.]
