Seno Namwandi is an Intellectual Property (IP) professional from Namibia.

Seno was employed full-time at the International University of Management

(IUM) where she served as the Director of Innovation and IP. She was the

youngest director on the board of the Business Intellectual Property Authority

(BIPA) in Namibia. She was selected as a 2018 Mandela Washington Fellow.

Seno recently completed her MBA with the University of Cape Town (UCT)

where served the class as its President. She also holds a Master's degree in

IP from Africa University, Zimbabwe, other qualifications in IP and Bachelor’s

is in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Stellenbosch University, South

Africa. She’s a self-confessed lover and protector of ideas

In her 2018 Ted Talk, Security Guard of ideas she addresses the importance of protecting ideas.