Mustafa Othman is the co-founder and manager at Shaqodoon Organization a local organization based in Somalia. He has extensive technical and management experience in the youth employment, entrepreneurship, education and mobile technology for development.
Your legal business
The ‘Your legal business’ course is aimed at founders who want to learn more about the legal implications of setting up their business and the funding concepts for a first round of investment.
The first module focuses on legal basics, the second module on the funding concepts.
Each module has a number of learning resources, which include:
• Theoretical breakdowns where concepts are introduced – relevant to the African context.
• Videos of leading business professionals, entrepreneurs and investors, sharing expert advice,
• Quizzes where you’ll be challenged to apply what you have learnt,
• Useful downloadable templates and documents.
Introduction: Intellectual Property
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Introduction: Intellectual Property 8:52 min
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ما هي الملكية الفكرية؟
الملكية الفكرية هي الفكرة أو المنتج الأصلي للفكر البشري والتي يحميها القانون من أن يستخدمها الأخرون بدون تصريح. وتقوم أيضًا بعمل حافز للأشخاص كي يشاركوا اختراعاتهم بطريقة منظمة ومحمية.
بالرغم من وجود أنواع عديدة مختلفة من الملكية الفكرية، تعد جميعها مبتكرة، تم تطويرها عن طريق عملية إبداعية، وتكون غير مادية. يمكنك حماية ملكيتك الفكرية عن طريق تسجيلها إما كب… Sign in to continue
Qu’est-ce que la propriété intellectuelle ?
La propriété intellectuelle (PI) est l’idée originale ou le produit de l’intellect humain que la loi protège d’une utilisation non autorisée. Elle constitue aussi une motivation pour que les gens partagent leurs inventions de façon structurée et protégée.
Bien qu’il y ait plusieurs types différents de PI, tout ce qui la constitue est in… Sign in to continue
Waa maxay Hantida Fikriga ?
Hantida fikrgai (Intellectual property) (IP) waa fikirkii rasmiga ahaa ama hantida caqliga bilaa aadanka ee sharcigu ilaaliyo inay isticmaalaan cid kale aan loo ogalayni.Sidoo kale waxay u abuurtaa fursad ay dadku ku bandhigaan ikhtiraacooda qaab dhisan oo sharcigu ilaaliyay.
Inkasta oo ay jiraa noocyo faro badan oo kala duwan oo IP ah, dhamaan hantida … Sign in to continue
What is Intellectual Property?
Intellectual property (IP) is the original idea or product of human intellect that the law protects from unauthorized use by others. It also creates an incentive for people to share their inventions in a way that is structured and protected.
Though there are many different types of IP, all intellectual property is innovative, developed through a cre… Sign in to continue
How to think about the IP of your business
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How to think about the IP of your business 2:03 min
Takunda Chingozo is founder of Tech village, named as one of the 100 Most Influential Young Africans for 2018 at the Youth African Awards. He is well known for his interview with Former President Barack Obama in which he told him that sanctions were making ordinary citizens suffer and hindering startups to grow. Takunda is passionate about entrepreneurship in Africa and the nurturing disruptive organisations that bring sustainable change.
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So a lot of people have had different arguments about this closed versus open system, when it comes to ideas and sharing of information. I think there are two ways of looking at it, firstly when you are working on your idea you need to understand what intellectual property you have. If there is any in your idea, and you want to do that assessment very quickly.
So that when you identify … Sign in to continue
How to protect intellectual property of a startup
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How to protect intellectual property of a startup 2:30 min
Bernard Chiira is the Incubator Manager at Strathmore University’s at iBizAfrica in Nairobi Kenya, with reputable experience in general incubator management, Startup incubation and acceleration, digital marketing and research. He has also worked as an instructor in Strathmore University’s Faculty of IT and Digital Advertising Academy. He is passionate about innovation, mentorship and supporting entrepreneurs to succeed in in building successful Startups and also has interest in working with Startups building tech solutions to solve complex and day-to-day problems.
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One of the most important things for innovators and entrepreneurs is to understand what form of intellectual property do they hold, and how best to protect it?
So, in the beginning, when it’s an idea, it’s really hard to apply some of the protections available, but once you’ve started building something, once you have a product or a solution out there, the entrepreneur needs to seek hel… Sign in to continue
Why not sharing a business idea is counterproductive
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Why not sharing a business idea is counterproductive 1:28 min
Mustafa Othman is the co-founder and manager at Shaqodoon Organization a local organization based in Somalia. He has extensive technical and management experience in the youth employment, entrepreneurship, education and mobile technology for development.
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A lot of young people are afraid to share their business ideas and they sometimes are hesitant to send you a business plan.
For us interested institutions that may want to finance it, whether it’s their local financial institutions that are looking for great business ideas that they can finance, but unfortunately they are very hesitant in sharing ideas because they feel that that this i… Sign in to continue
Why not sharing a business idea is counterproductive
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