New African

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New African
Editor Anver Versi
Categories News magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 40,218 / month (2012) [1]
PublisherIC Publications
Founded1966;57 years ago (1966)
Company IC Publications
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
Language English
Website newafricanmagazine.com
ISSN 0142-9345

New African is an English-language monthly news magazine based in London. [2] Published since 1966, it is read by many people across the African continent and the African diaspora. It claims to be the oldest pan-African monthly in English, as well as "the bestselling pan-African magazine". It is published by IC Publications, which also publishes African Banker, New African Woman and African Business ( ISSN   0141-3929). [3]

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History

The magazine was founded in 1966 under the name African Development. In 1977 it was renamed New African Development, a name that it retained until the following year. In 1978 it was rebranded New African. [4]

Event production

COMESA Investment Forum

IC Publishing and specifically New African magazine served as the host and promoter of a number of trade and investment fairs and/or conferences on behalf of COMESA (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa). In particular, the COMESA Investment Forum meetings held in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have involved a high amount of pro-Chinese programming and media content.[ citation needed ] Of note, the financial "arm" of COMESA that manages COMESA's trade agreements and investment portfolios is the Preferential Trade Area Bank (PTA Bank), of which the sole non-African member and largest non-regional shareholding state is China.[ citation needed ]

AFRICASEA Business Forum

IC Publishing is also the organizer and promoter of the Africa and Southeast Asia Business Forum, an annual business conference focused on Sino-African trade relationships. Of note, the primary financial supporter and endorser of the AFRICASEA Forum is BRICS.

Other languages

In 2007 IC Publications launched a French-language edition of the New African entitled Le Magazine De l'Afrique ("The Magazine of Africa"), which features content relating to Francophone Africa. [5]

List of editors

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References

  1. IC Publications 2012 ABC audit shows a rise of 6.4% (bizcommunity.com)
  2. Tokunbo Ojo (2016). "Framing of the Sino–Africa relationship in diasporic/pan-African news magazines". Chinese Journal of Communication. 9 (1): 38–55. doi:10.1080/17544750.2015.1049628. S2CID   142831334.
  3. "New African". New African Magazine. Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  4. "History of the Group", IC Publications.
  5. "New African, Le Magazine de l'Afrique".