Type | Newsmagazine |
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Format | Magazine |
Owner(s) | Pearson plc, via Financial Times |
Headquarters | London, England |
Circulation | 20,000 |
Website | www.thisisafricaonline.com |
This Is Africa is an English-language bi-monthly business publication owned by the Financial Times and edited in London. It examines African business and politics in a global context. This Is Africa investigates foreign policy towards Africa and tracks the rise of the African consumer. Adrienne Klasa was one of the editors of the magazine. [1]
According to the magazine’s 2013 media pack, the readership circulation by job description is 25% Senior Government Officials, 24% Consultants and Intermediaries, 20% C-Suite, 20% Director of Policy and 11% Institutional Investors, while the regional readership breakdown is 25% Africa, 24% Americas, 23% Europe, 18% Asia and 10% Middle East. [2]
This Is Africa focuses primarily on FDI business and political developments that impact on how Africa interacts with the world. It has regular sections on:
Name | Description |
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Legal Bulletin | a record of all the new and upcoming legislation that might impact on business concerns across Africa. |
Development | a global perspective of development in Africa, including education, agriculture, healthcare and business. |
Policy | a review of the latest government policy across Africa. |
Perspectives | opinion pieces and interviews with Kofi Annan, [3] Muhammad Ali Pate, [4] Mo Ibrahim, [5] Gordon Brown, [6] Ban Ki-moon. [7] |
Reports | a series of in-depth reports conducted with WEF, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), and the Brookings Institution [8] on themes such as agriculture, development and education. |
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