New African is an English-language monthly news magazine based in London.
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.
[ "History of the Group", IC Publications.]
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. 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.
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.
[ "New African, Le Magazine de l'Afrique".]
List of editors
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1970 March–July: Editor director - Richard Hall, Editor - Alan Rake
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1970 August: Editor - Alan Rake
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1977 January: Managing editor - Alan Rake, Editor - Sam Uba, Publisher - Afif Ben Yedder
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1978 January–April: Executive director - David Coetzee, Managing editor - Alan Rake
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1978 May: Editor-in-chief - Peter Enahoro
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1980 January–October: Editor-publisher - Peter Enahoro
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1980 November: Editor-in-chief - M. Mlamali Adam
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1981 February: Acting editor-in-chief - Alan Rake, Deputy Editor - Baffour Ankomah
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1995 January: Editor-in-chief - Alan Rake, Deputy editor - Baffour Ankomah
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1999 July/August: Editor - Baffour Ankomah
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2018 July/August: Editor - Anver Versi
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