Tag: Africa book market
Africa’s Book Market Value Exceeds TNPS Forecast, But the Best is Yet to Come
by Mark Williams | Jun 21, 2025 | Africa, AI, Digital subscription | 0 |
Africa’s book market hits $7B in 2025, with AI driving growth to $18.5B potential. UNESCO report highlights opportunities, challenges, and digital innovation.
Read MoreNigeria’s Copyright Commission chief urges publishers to “understand”, “value” and “own” AI
by Mark Williams | Dec 2, 2024 | AI, Nigeria | 0 |
Dr. Asein believes AI will empower authors to become publishers and vice versa.
Read MoreLet the lion not sleep tonight. Africa’s publishing opportunity redux
by Mark Williams | Nov 26, 2023 | Africa, Algeria, Algiers International Book Fair, Gambia, Global Publishing | 0 |
This is a vast continent of 54 countries and more languages than you can begin to count. And a...
Read MoreGhana announces 15% increase in the prices of books
by Mark Williams | Dec 10, 2022 | Africa, Ghana, Global Publishing | 0 |
So far book prices in the mature western markets have not been consumer-impacted by the global...
Read MoreBodour Al Qasimi and the Challenge of African Publishing – a TNPS Personal Perspective Revisited
by Mark Williams | Sep 25, 2022 | Africa, Global Publishing | 1 |
This is one of those awkward reports where the opener plays to western stereotypes of...
Read MoreCan Africans Write Millennial Fiction?
by Mark Williams | Sep 11, 2022 | Africa, Global Publishing | 0 |
What will it take to make publishers join the dots and take this incredible market of 590 million...
Read MoreRegistration opens for hybrid Nigeria International Book Fair
by Mark Williams | Apr 26, 2022 | Africa, Book Fairs, Nigeria | 1 |
Nigeria and other national publishing events organisers across sub-Saharan Africa would do well to...
Read MoreBotswana – Gaborone Book Festival dates announced
by Mark Williams | Apr 20, 2022 | Africa, Book Fairs, Botswana, Global Publishing | 0 |
One of southern Africa’s biggest publishing events will be hybrid this year. The Gaborone...
Read MoreAlgiers Int. Book Fair clocks 1.3 million in-person visitors and a digital success too
by Mark Williams | Apr 2, 2022 | Africa, Algeria, Book Fairs, Global Publishing | 0 |
Running March 24 through 31 the eight day event averaged over 160,000 in-person visitors per day....
Read MoreEgypt’s hybrid Cairo Int. Book Fair clocks 1.7 million real visitors, 1.6 million online visitors, 225 million online hits, 270,000 virtual tours and 1.5 million online book views
by Mark Williams | Jul 18, 2021 | Africa, Book Fairs, Egypt, Global Publishing | 0 |
With internet penetration at only 52% it’s easy for publishers to dismiss Egypt as an online...
Read MoreAfrica has 590 million people online. Here’s the Top 21 Countries for all those publishers looking the other way
by Mark Williams | Jun 22, 2021 | Africa, Global Publishing | 0 |
What will it take to make publishers join the dots and take this incredible market of 590 million...
Read MoreShowmax Pro rolled out video streaming across more than 40 African countries last month as digital publishing remained a novelty
by Mark Williams | Aug 5, 2020 | Africa, Digital subscription, Film & TV, Global Publishing, The global book market | 0 |
A big part of the problem lies in content rights. How is it, for example, that Amazon can provide...
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