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Kenya Publishers Association Urges Action Against Counterfeit Textbooks

by Mark Williams | Dec 23, 2024 | Africa, Kenya | 0 |

The proliferation of counterfeit items, including kamusi, dictionaries, readers, textbooks, and set books, significantly harms the publishing industry and the broader economy. This illegal activity leads to financial losses for publishers, tax evasion, and economic sabotage.

Kenya – Soma Nami Books’ African Book Fair kicks off August 6.

by Mark Williams | Aug 5, 2024 | Africa, Book Fairs, Kenya | 0 |

Soma Nami, derived from a Swahili phrase meaning “Read with Me,” is a women-owned and operated Pan-African bookstore based in Nairobi. It was founded by Muthoni Muiruri and Wendy Njoroge.

Kenya – Nyrobi Book Fest fuels Africa’s self-publishing boom as regular publishers look the other way

by Mark Williams | Oct 15, 2023 | Africa, Book Fairs, Kenya | 0 |

African books should be gathering readers, not gathering dust in dark corners of unvisited shelves...

Kenya – Nairobi International Book Fair adopts the hybrid public-trade model

by Mark Williams | Sep 27, 2023 | Uncategorized | 0 |

With 46.8 million internet users, Kenya is behind only Egypt and Nigeria in the African internet...

African Publishing – The $5 Billion Digital Opportunity as Nigeria becomes 7th largest country by online population

by Mark Williams | Apr 3, 2019 | Africa, Algeria, Australia, Cameroon, Canada, Cote d'Ivoire, D.R. Congo, Ebooks, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Global Publishing, Italy, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Senegal, South America, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Tanzania, The global book market, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe | 0 |

At the IPA Africa Seminar in Lagos in 2018 it was reported that the African book market was worth...

"Realising Africa’s Potential as a Global Publishing Leader in the 21st century" will require abandoning 20th century attitudes towards publishing

by Mark Williams | Jan 12, 2019 | Africa, Ebooks, Ghana, Global Publishing, Kenya, Nigeria, Publishing Brief, South Africa, The global book market | 1 |

The International Publishers Association Seminar on Sustainable Development for African Publishers...

RadioBook Rwanda launches in Kenya with podcasts and print

by Mark Williams | Dec 26, 2018 | Africa, Digital Audio, Global Publishing, Kenya, Rwanda, The global book market | 0 |

RadioBook Rwanda is a collaboration between Rwanda’s Huza Press, Kenya’s Kwani Trust and the UK’s...

Kenya’s Swahili Literary Festival 2019 set for Mombasa in March, but don’t get your hopes up to be selling Swahili ebooks on Amazon

by Mark Williams | Dec 13, 2018 | Africa, Book Fairs, D.R. Congo, Global Publishing, Kenya, Publishing Brief, Tanzania, The global book market, Uganda | 0 |

A Swahili Literary Festival? Those who follow the African literary scene (or indeed follow TNPS)...

Kenya's remarkable internet story is publishing's opportunity

by Mark Williams | Jun 17, 2018 | Africa, Ebooks, Global Publishing, Kenya, North America, Publishing Brief, The global book market, USA | 2 |

In the year 2000 there were just 200,000 people online in Kenya. By 2010 it had risen to almost 4...

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Kenya Publishers Association Urges Action Against Counterfeit Textbooks

Kenya – Soma Nami Books’ African Book Fair kicks off August 6.

Kenya – Nyrobi Book Fest fuels Africa’s self-publishing boom as regular publishers look the other way

Kenya – Nairobi International Book Fair adopts the hybrid public-trade model

African Publishing – The $5 Billion Digital Opportunity as Nigeria becomes 7th largest country by online population

"Realising Africa’s Potential as a Global Publishing Leader in the 21st century" will require abandoning 20th century attitudes towards publishing

RadioBook Rwanda launches in Kenya with podcasts and print

Kenya’s Swahili Literary Festival 2019 set for Mombasa in March, but don’t get your hopes up to be selling Swahili ebooks on Amazon

Kenya's remarkable internet story is publishing's opportunity

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