African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)

Member States

State

Lusaka Agreement Harare Protocol Banjul Protocol on Marks
Botswana

February 6, 1985

May 6, 1985

-

Gambia

February 15, 1978

January 16, 1986

-

Ghana *

February 15, 1978

April 25, 1984

-

Kenya

February 15, 1978

October 24, 1984

-

Lesotho

July 23, 1987

July 23, 1987

March 6, 1997

Malawi *

February 15, 1978

April 25, 1984

March 6, 1997

Mozambique

February 8, 2000

February 8, 2000

-

Namibia  

January 22, 2004

 
Sierra Leone

December 5, 1980

February 25, 1999

-

Somalia

March 10, 1981

-

-

Sudan

May 2, 1978

April 25, 1984

-

Swaziland

December 9, 1987

December 9, 1987

March 6, 1997

Uganda

August 8, 1978

April 25, 1984

August 21, 2000

United Republic of Tanzania

October 12, 1983

September 1, 1999

September 1, 1999

Zambia

February 15, 1978

January 25, 1986

-

Zimbabwe *

November 11, 1980

April 25, 1984

March 6, 1997

* ARIPO Member States that have incorporated the Harare Protocol in their national legislation

Contact

Mr. Christopher Kiige 
Acting Director General
(Mr. Gift Sibanda - Director General Elect - with effect to January 2005)
African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO)
P.O. Box 4228
Harare
Zimbabwe

Tel.: (263-4) 794054/65/66/68/70/71
Fax: (263-4) 794072/3

Africa Bureau

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