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IFIA Mag azine
MOTHAPO March 2019 IFIA Mag azine
DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION
FROM LESOTHO
JOINS IFIA
MEMBERS
During IFIA’s 17th Virtual Executive Committee meet-
ing, organized on March 15, 2018 Mothapo Develop-
ment Organization (MDO) obtained the majority of
votes by the Executive Committee members to join
IFIA full members.
MDO, a non-profit organization established in Leso-
tho on 7 February 2018, is responsible for encouraging
the creation of new industries through commercializa-
tion of new technology and inventions, encouraging
inventions for sustainable economic growth, creating
employment opportunities through the promotion
of inventions in both local, regional and international
markets, and protecting new inventions through as-
sisting the inventors in registering intellectual prop-
erty rights locally, regionally and internationally.
The organization plans to answer to the challenge of
inventors and innovators’ isolation due to an original
belief in a United Africa, creating a lasting and benefi-
cial network of inventors and inventors’ associations
across the continent.
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