Armstrong, ChrisSchonwetter, Tobias2016-01-182016-01-182015-12-15Armstrong, C., & Schonwetter, T. (2015). Current African intersections between intellectual property rights and knowledge access. The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), 16, 3-15. https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19310ISSN 2077-7213 (online version)ISSN 2077-7205 (print version)http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19310https://doi.org/10.23962/10539/19310In this introductory article, the two Guest Editors of this 2015 thematic issue of The African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC) – a thematic issue focused on the theme of “African Intersections between Intellectual Property Rights and Knowledge Access” – provide practical and conceptual context for the articles and thematic reports that follow.enintellectual property (IP), access to knowledge (A2K), access to medicines, Africa, openness, commons, Creative Commons, development, human rights, human security, WIPO, WTO, UNFCCC, climate change, TRIPS Agreement, Doha DeclarationArticle