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Inventors Unleashed
Every developing region, one invention house.
Africa Inventions is the first chapter. Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and the Pacific Islands come next.
Sheet 1 of 6 · The chaptersFWD-2026-001
Six chapters. One promise.
Africa Inventions opened first, for the whole continent at once. Each region now has its own independent organisation and website, built around its own languages and its own way of thinking and advancing.
Live
Africa Inventions
All 54 African countries and the diaspora, in English, French and Portuguese. The flagship chapter, open now.
Visit this site
Next
Inventors Unleashed Latin America & Caribbean
33 countries from Mexico to Chile and across the Caribbean, in Spanish, Portuguese, English and French.
Visit the chapter's own site
Next
Inventors Unleashed South Asia
Eight countries from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, home to a large share of the world's young people.
Visit the chapter's own site
Next
Inventors Unleashed Southeast Asia
The ASEAN member states, from megacities to remote islands, built on regional examination cooperation.
Visit the chapter's own site
Later
Inventors Unleashed Central Asia & Caucasus
Central Asia, the South Caucasus and Mongolia, along the trade routes between Asia and Europe.
Visit the chapter's own site
Later
Inventors Unleashed Pacific Islands
Island nations at the front line of the climate, remote-first and ocean-minded.
Visit the chapter's own site
Sheet 3 of 6 · How a chapter opensFWD-2026-003
Proven first, then opened.
A new chapter opens only when the conditions below are met, so that no inventor is promised help we cannot deliver.
- Phase 1Founding council
Regional universities, innovation hubs, a patent partner and civil-society members agree the chapter's plan and standards.
- Phase 2Hubs and funding
Partner hubs are confirmed in anchor countries and the chapter's Patent Fee Fund receives its first commitments.
- Phase 3First intake
Submission opens in the chapter's languages, online and by WhatsApp and SMS, with free evaluation and mentoring.
- Phase 4First Prize round
National rounds lead to a regional final, and the chapter's champions go on to the Inventors Unleashed World Final.
Conditions to open a chapter
- Africa Inventions's first-year results are published
- Founding hubs confirmed in at least three anchor countries
- An independent patent partner engaged for the region
- The chapter's Patent Fee Fund seeded
- Submission available in the chapter's main languages
From one continent to every region still building.
Sheet 4 of 6 · Protection across chaptersFWD-2026-004
One method, many patent systems.
Each chapter works with the patent systems its inventors actually use. Each chapter is an independent organisation with its own website, languages and programmes.
| Chapter | Main protection routes | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | OAPI (17 member states), ARIPO, national offices, PCT | Live |
| Latin America & Caribbean | Andean Community common regime, PROSUR cooperation, national offices, PCT | Next |
| South Asia | National offices, PCT where available | Next |
| Southeast Asia | ASPEC and ASPEC+ examination cooperation, national offices, PCT | Next |
| Central Asia & Caucasus | Eurasian Patent Organization, national offices, PCT | Later |
| Pacific Islands | National offices and registries, PCT where available | Later |
Sources: FIU Law Library: International IP organizations · Baker McKenzie: ASPEC+
Sheet 5 of 6 · The Inventors Unleashed World FinalFWD-2026-005
Every chapter's champion, on one stage.
National rounds. Regional finals. One World Final.
Once more than one chapter is running, each chapter's champion will be invited to an annual Inventors Unleashed World Final, with investors, first buyers and media from every region in the room.
Chapter champions
The winner of each regional final, with their prototype.
Crown the Creators
Each chapter's Miss and Mister Creator of the Year, celebrated for what they build.
Investor days
Two days of private meetings between finalists and registered investors.
Sheet 6 of 6 · GovernanceFWD-2026-006
Standards set centrally. Decisions made locally.
Africa Inventions Foundation
Sets the shared commitments, runs the Patent Fee Funds and publishes every chapter's results.
Chapter councils
Regional partners who choose priorities, hubs, judges and languages for their chapter.
Africa Inventions Ventures
Handles licensing, company formation and introductions in every chapter, on disclosed success shares only.
Where every invention begins
Every invention began with a question.
How do we solve a problem that keeps coming back in our lives or in our communities? How do we improve a solution that exists but still falls short? Most of history's great inventions started there.
- 01Ask
What problem could you solve today? Which existing invention or solution could you make better, cheaper, safer or easier to use?
- 02Write it down
Put the problem and your idea on paper, with a sketch if you can. Date it and keep it. A written idea can be tested, improved and protected.
- 03Contact us
When you think you have the solution, or even part of it, submit it. We will help you with the rest.
Questions to start your notebook
- What wastes time, money or energy in your home, farm, school or business every week?
- What tool or service almost works, but fails the people who need it most?
- What problem do people around you simply accept because no one has fixed it?
Our responsibility
No one will build our future for us.
No one else will solve our problems, transform our raw materials, or invent and create in our place. It is time to stop waiting for others and to take action today.
- Solve a problem.
- Propose a solution.
- Build what comes next.
Every problem we solve brings us closer to well-being and a better future for the generations that follow.