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McKinsey & Company , a management consulting firm recently published its research on the growing relationship between China and Africa. Their research focuses on 8 African countries towards providing real insight into the growing relationship and invalidates a wide range of perceptions about China's influence on the continent. The report evaluates Africa’s economic partnerships with the rest of the world across five dimensions: Trade, Investment stock, Investment growth, Infr

Mozambique's : IPI Increases Official Fees The Mozambique Industrial Property Institute (IPI) responsible for Trade mark and Patent registrations recently announced that they will increase their official fees for the filing and prosecution of Trade Mark and Patent applications. The schedule of new fees was passed on 15 May 2017 and came into force on 15 July 2017. The new fee schedule is now in line with the IPI code which describes the trade mark system as only allowing for