Dr. Chijioke Okorie (Director)

Dr. Chijioke Okorie is a Lecturer in the Department of Private Law at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. Prior to that, she was the inaugural postdoctoral research fellow under the South African Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development at UCT (2019 and 2020).

Before becoming a full time researcher and policy consultant, she was a Senior Associate in the law firm of CLP Legal (formerly, Consolex Legal Practitioners). She is also the Lead Advisor at Penguide Advisory, a firm that provides research, educational, legal and regulatory advisory services in various fields including intellectual property and (emerging) technologies. At Penguide, she has the responsibility of leading research, training and legal advisory services for a range of clients including government and government agencies, companies and non-profit organisations, entrepreneurs within Nigeria, across Africa and internationally.