Membership in Paris Union

According to the latest WIPO official list the 50 under-mentioned countries in Africa and surrounding islands have adhered to the Stockholm Act of the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property (Paris Convention).

Countries Effective date of adhesion to the Paris Convention:
Algeria March 1, 1966
Angola December 27, 2007
Benin  (***) January 10, 1967
Botswana April 15, 1998
Burkina Faso  (***) November 19, 1963
Burundi September 3, 1977
Cabo Verde July 6, 2022
Cameroon  (***) May 10, 1964
Central African Republic  (***) November 19, 1963
Chad  (***) November 19, 1963
Comoros  (***) April 3, 2005
Congo  (***) September 2, 1963
Congo (Democratic Republic) January 31, 1975
Djibouti May 13, 2002
Egypt July 1, 1951
Equatorial Guinea  (***) June 26, 1997
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) May 12, 1991
Gabon  (***) February 29, 1964
Gambia January 21, 1992
Ghana September 28, 1976
Guinea  (***) February 5, 1982
Guinea-Bissau  (***) June 28, 1988
Ivory Coast  (***) October 23, 1963
Kenya June 14, 1965
Lesotho September 28, 1989
Liberia August 27, 1994
Libya September 28, 1976
Madagascar December 21, 1963
Malawi July 6, 1964
Mali  (***) March 1, 1983
Mauritania  (***) April 11, 1965
Mauritius September 24, 1976
Morocco July 30, 1917
Mozambique July 9, 1998
Namibia January 1, 2004
Niger  (***) July 5, 1964
Nigeria  (*) September 2, 1963
Rwanda March 1, 1984
São Tomé e Príncipe Islands May 12, 1998
Senegal  (***) December 21, 1963
Seychelles November 7, 2002
Sierra Leone June 17, 1997
South Africa December 1, 1947
Sudan April 16, 1984
Tanzania (but not Zanzibar)  (**) June 16, 1963
Togo  (***) September 10, 1967
Tunisia July 7, 1884
Uganda June 14, 1965
Zambia  (**) April 6, 1965
Zimbabwe April 18, 1980

(*) Lisbon text
(**) Lisbon text and Stockholm text (Articles 13 to 30)
(***) OAPI member States, which do not have separate national IP laws