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Publishing & Book Culture in Africa. A Repository of Selected Resources

April 12, 2024

In February 2024, Hans Zell published a new third updated and expanded edition of Publishing & Book Culture in Africa: A Repository of Selected Resources....

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APIF: New podcasts

February 2, 2022

Find out more about the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund with our new podcast series of interviews with some of the recipients. The first two episodes,...

Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, African Publishing, APIF, Book Bunk, Chirikure Chirikure, Dubai Cares, Kenya, Podcast, Video, Zimbabwe

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IPA invites project proposals to nurture Africa’s reading culture ‘beyond the classroom’ in 2022-2023

June 1, 2021

USD 200,000 for the best ideas to get more Africans reaching for a book

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Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, African Publishing, APIF, Bodour Al Qasimi, Dubai Cares, Educational Publishing News, Literacy and reading news, Reading Matters, Tariq Al Gurg

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International Publishers Association President in Ghana to explore book industry’s recovery plan

April 20, 2021

Bodour Al Qasimi assures Ghanaian and African publishers of IPA’s continued commitment to boost resilience, build capacity and develop sustainable business models in the industry...

Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, Africa Rising, African Publishing, Bodour Al Qasimi, Ghana, international publishing industry, Publishing industry

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African Publishing Innovation Fund to Improve Access to Education, Books, and Literacy Skills for 11 Million Young Africans

March 8, 2021

The African Publishing Innovation Fund (APIF) – a grant program co-led by the UAE-based global philanthropic organization Dubai Cares and implemented by the...

Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, African Publishing, APIF, Bodour Al Qasimi, Book Aid International, Chirikure Chirikure, Dubai Cares, eKitabu, Learners Girls Foundation, Publishing industry, Save The Children

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President of International Publishers Association in Kenya for second leg of post-COVID damage assessment tour

February 5, 2021

Bodour Al Qasimi meets pandemic-hit publishers, presents IPA plan to support book industry’s recovery in worst-hit markets....

Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, African Publishing, Bodour Al Qasimi, COVID-19, COVID19, From Response to Recovery, Kenyan Publishers Association

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Library regeneration in Nairobi

December 16, 2020

The first round of funding in IPA’s Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, backed by Dubai Cares, included support for Book Bunk, the regeneration project of the...

Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, APIF, Beyond the Book, Book Bunk, CCC, Dubai Cares, Kenya, Kenyan Publishers Association, Publishers and Librarians, Publishers and Librarians news

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Hundreds Pitch Ideas to IPA to Confront Africa’s Remote Education Challenges

August 10, 2020

Geneva, 10 August 2020 - The International Publishers Association (IPA) has received a huge response to its call for proposals to tackle Africa’s remote education...

Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, APIF, Press Releases

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African Publishing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 24, 2020

IPA Vice President, Bodour Al Qasimi talks to the Chair of the African Publishers Network (APNET) about the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on publishing...

Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, Africa Rising, African Publishing, APNET, Bodour Al Qasimi, COVID-19, COVID19, IPA in Conversation With, Samuel Kolawole

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IPA calls for project proposals to tackle Africa’s remote learning challenges in 2021-2022

June 2, 2020

The International Publishers Association (IPA) will from today accept project proposals to address the damaging impacts of Covid-19 on education in Africa, with grants from...

Africa Publishing Innovation Fund, Africa Rising, African Publishing, APIF, Nairobi2019, Press Releases