Past News

New Start for APNET
The African Publishers’ Network (APNET) met on the 14th and 15th of June at the Cape Town Book Fair to chart a new way forward. - [Read more]

APNET 2005: A Time of Crisis and Opportunity
Statement to Members and Partners at the Conclusion of the 6th General Council
Meeting of the African Publishers’ Network, Nairobi, 26–27 July 2005 - [Read more]

Past Events

27 - 28 March, 2008 NEW - APNET will organize another Copyright workshop on "The Management of Intellectual Property in the Publishing Industries" at a hotel in Accra, Ghana. This workshop will be sponsored by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Participants will be drawn from authors, publishers, printers, booksellers, readers and law makers. Other participants will come from Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone. [ Download PDF]

31 October to 1 November 2007 - APNET organized a Copyright seminar in Accra, Ghana. KOPINOR and the Norwegian Publishers Association sponsored the seminar in Accra. Additional funds were received from SEDCO/Longman, Afram Publications and EPP Books. The theme of the seminar was, "Maximize the Benefits of Creativity - Say no to Piracy".