The IPA president has made trips to four African markets, meeting with publishing leaders on challenges in the pandemic’s lessons.
Book Aid International Partners With African Parks in Malawi
The book charity provides close to 10,000 copies of ‘Planet Earth II’ to the Nkhotakotar reserve’s ‘Reading Around the Reserve’ program.
Africa Publishing Innovation Fund Names Five 2021 Projects
These new African Publishing Innovation Fund grants respond to the educational shortfalls in parts of Africa where the switch to digital has left students without adequate resources.
Exclusive: A New Year Opens With Bodour Al Qasimi’s IPA Presidency
This week, Bodour Al Qasimi begins her term as the second woman president of the International Publishers Association in more than 50 years.
IPA’s Hugo Setzer on His Term as President: ‘So Many Different Viewpoints’
The outgoing president of the International Publishers Association talks about the completely unexpected second half of his term.
IPA Elects Bodour, Pansa: First Female Leadership Team
A first in its 124 years, the IPA votes women executives into both roles, the UAE’s Bodour president, Brazil’s Karine Pansa vice-president.
Akoss Ofori-Mensah: The Pandemic’s Impact on African Publishers
The Ghanaian founder of Sub-Saharan Publishers outlines the importance of the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund amid the pandemic.
A Three-Market Roundtable: Mexico, China, and South Africa
The first event in a new webinar series looks at the ‘super powers’ each of three growing world publishing markets have to deploy.
IPA and Dubai Cares Announce Aid for African Remote Learning Efforts
The International Publishers Association’s African Publishing Innovation Fund with Dubai Cares is preparing a pandemic-year round of new bursaries.
At Bologna Children’s Book Fair: A Program on African Innovators
The 2020 edition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair will feature four of the most visible publishing leaders in today’s African markets.