Kenya – Nairobi International Book Fair adopts the hybrid public-trade model
With 46.8 million internet users, Kenya is behind only Egypt and Nigeria in the African internet...
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Tag: eKitabu
Two thirds of Kenyans pay to download online video. Almost none read ebooks. Proof Africans don’t read? No. Proof ebook retailers are looking the other way
It’s the twenty-first century. Even in Africa. And contrary to popular opinion, the internet is...
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Kenya Publishing Association launches quarterly e-journal. IPA holds regional seminar in Nigeria. Audiobooks in Ghana. The African Renaissance steps up a gear
2018 is proving to be a notable year for African publishing. NB: for the purposes of this essay I...
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Kenya’s eKitabu and USA’s SIL LEAD win the Book Boost: Access To All Challenge
Improving literacy is a challenge in even the richest and most stable monolingual countries. For...
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Kenya – book sales fall as VAT and piracy bite. Does salvation lie with digital?
The 20th Nairobi International Book Fair wrapped up yesterday after a five-day event themed...
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The Mogadishu and Nairobi Book Fairs – Publishing Challenges In Africa
The Nairobi Book Fair is underway in Kenya this week. It comes hard on the heels of another East...
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