Shortly after the Geneva trip to WIPO headquarters, WIPO invited me to teach patent drafting to selected participants from ARIPO member and observer states from across the African continent. This was my sixth workshop in Zimbabwe, which I always find interesting and enjoyable to visit. As always, this program introduced to many brilliant minds from across Africa. I took advantage of the time before my return on Saturday night to mountain bike around the Mukuvisi woodlands, where I was treated to delightful trails across the Savannah and prime viewing locations of the varied African wildlife. WIPO also posted an article about the workhop.

Meeting with ARIPO Director General Bemanya Twebaze

Instructing participants for a claim-drafting exercise

WIPO-ARIPO patent-drafting workshop opening ceremony

Some of the ARIPO patent examiners

ARIPO Director General, WIPO instructors, and participants in ARIPO internal courtyard

ARIPO conference room where we conducted most of the presentations and exercises

A few of the ARIPO examiners

My room at the Monomotapa Hotel

The view from my room on the 12th floor

I was both amused and perplexed by the air exhaust vent configuration for the in-room air conditioner at the Monomotapa Hotel.

The pool at the Monomotapa Hotel

Views from the Harare Gardens Park behind the Monomotapa Hotel

I always feel compelled to capture at least one photo of Harare residents carrying large packages on their heads.

Masaharu delivering a presentation on the parts of a patent application

With most of our instructions team at my favorite restaurant in Harare, Victoria 22.

The sprinkler here seems to be spraying the "high-voltage" electrical equipment under the enclosure.

Mopane worms--I still have not tried them

An evening reception and IP presentation on Wednesday night for the workshop participants and entrepreneurs from Harare.

Hand-painted signs advertising various services on most of the trees along the main roads in Harare

I loved the chorus of birds in the ARIPO courtyard

Groups of participants working together to draft patent claims directed to an invention that we presented to them.

Typical lunch at the cafeteria at ARIPO.

A representative of one of the participant groups presenting his group's claims.

Masaharu's Kariba bream at Gava's

Pork ribs, brown sadza, beans, and greens at Gava on Friday night

A jacaranda tree in its splendorous purple bloom

The crocodile pen at the Mukuvisi Woodlands

I saw lots of impalas and zebras. I couldn't always identify what was further in the distance.

The mountain bike I rented for $5. It wasn't in the greatest condition but certainly rideable.

The view from a bird-watching blind along the trail

Looking out at one of the walking trails

Stream crossing along the trail in the Mukuvisi Woodlands

A dazzle of zebras at the watering hole in the Mukuvisi Woodlands

Bushbuck

Sculptures formed of scrap metal at Mukuvisi Woodlands

A visit to Fish Inn and Chicken Inn with Masaharu for a Harare fast food lunch that cost me just US$3.

In the National Gallery

Metallic cockerel

Imaginative racer on permanent display

In the sculpture garden of the National Gallery

This sculpture of a family of resilient amputees in the sculpture garden of the National Gallery is one that I find inspiring.

A view of the Monomotapa Hotel, where we stayed walking back from the National Gallery

Interesting elevated home in the Harare Central Business District

Overlook of a dazzle of wild zebras at a watering hole at Mukuvisi Woodlands in Harare

Harare, Zimbabwe 2023