Membership in Madrid Union

The following 24 African countries or organizations are members of the Madrid Agreement and/or Protocol concerning the International Registration of Marks: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde (as of July 6, 2022), Egypt, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius (as of May 6, 2023), Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, São Tomé e Príncipe Islands, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. OAPI is now also a contracting party of the Madrid Protocol. However, not all of them have passed the necessary enabling domestic laws.