African Publishers Network - APNET

The African Publishers Network, established in 1992, brings together national publishers associations and publishing communities to strengthen indigenous publishing throughout Africa. APNET is a pan-African, non-profit making network with a Secretariat in Accra, Ghana. Our main objectives are to promote trade through intra-African links and to the International world, through book fair exhibitions; to share information among its members through the African Publishing Review (APR) and to train African publishers through the African Publishing Institute (API). The main objectives or mission also includes capacity building (training), trade promotion and advocacy, in order to meet Africa's need for quality books, relevant to African social, political, economic and cultural realities. APNET has a current membership of 42 countries and its activities cover all the geographic and linguistic zones of the continent (English, French, Portuguese and Arabic). Its Secretariat is being hosted by the Ghana Publishers Association (GPA).