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APO Group becomes Official Sponsor of the Sports for Education and Economic Development (SEED) Project, supporting the next generation of Africans through sport and education

SEED’s main goals are to maximize school enrolment, retention, and graduation rates - and reduce the gender gap that exists all over Africa

APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, has been appointed Official Sponsor of the Sports for Education and Economic Development (SEED) Project (www.SEEDProject.org). SEED Project works with under-privileged African youth to provide quality education, high performance sports training, and the leadership tools ‘to make big dreams come…

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APO Group Founder and Chairman Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard to help select Jack Ma Foundation’s Top 10 finalists of Africa’s Business Heroes prize competition

Nicolas will be part of the panel of judges aiming to identify the ten finalists who will go forward to compete in a ‘pitch finale’ in front of Jack Ma himself

The Jack Ma Foundation’s Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) (https://bit.ly/2M0XmbR) has chosen APO Group (http://www.APO-opa.com) Founder and Chairman Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard as a semi-final judge for this year’s prestigious competition “Africa’s Business Heroes”. The ANPI organises Africa’s Business Heroes - now in its second year – a grassroot competition looking to…

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1000 press releases about COVID-19 in Africa distributed pro-bono by APO Group in only 20 days

Dozens of African governments are benefitting from the programme

APO Group (https://APO-opa.com/), the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, is proud to announce that it has distributed more than 1000 press releases regarding COVID-19 in Africa, in only 20 days, as part of its pro-bono initiative to support the dissemination of coronavirus-related information from African governments to the press…

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Coronavirus: APO Group to support African governments in the fight against COVID-19

Getting official information from African governments out to the press and public is vital in helping to combat the current pandemic

APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading pan-African communications and business consultancy, today announced they will support the dissemination of coronavirus-related information from African governments to the press and public. APO Group will aggregate and distribute all relevant content issued by African governments for free through its press release distribution service and…

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The Role the Media Plays in Supporting Female Entrepreneurship in Africa

What’s exciting about the situation in Africa, is the impact women are making in a traditionally male-dominated environment

By Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, APO Group Founder and Chairman APO Group (APO-opa.com) are delighted to be the founding sponsor of a new AWIEF award: the APO Group African Women in Media Award. The prize has been introduced to recognise, celebrate and empower women journalists who support female entrepreneurship in Africa. Here,…

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Cameroonian journalist Monica Nkodo Wins APO Group Invitation to Attend the 2019 EurAfrican Forum, one the most prestigious EU-Africa events

Each year APO Group offers African journalists the opportunity to attend major events as a part of its commitment to supporting journalism in Africa

APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading media relations consultancy and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East, today announced that Monica Nkodo (@mimiost) from Cameroon has won APO Group’s invitation to attend the 2019 EurAfrican Forum (www.EurAfricanForum.org) which will take place in Cascais, Portugal, from 4-5 July, 2019.…

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APO Group founder addresses students at the leading school for journalism in Francophone Africa

Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard spoke about his rise from journalist to entrepreneur - and the value of the African media industry in shaping economic development across the continent

APO Group (www.APO-opa.com) founder Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard spoke yesterday at the Centre d’ Etudes des Sciences et Techniques de l’Information (CESTI) in Dakar, Senegal - the leading school for journalism in Francophone Africa. The prestigious college, which was created in 1965 with the support of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…

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Senegal selected as host country for the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2022

First Olympic event in history to be organised on the African continent

Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) nominated Senegal as the host country for the 4th Summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in 2022. It will be the first Olympic event in history to take place on the African continent. One of the highlights of the YOG will be the leading rugby…

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Video News Release: APO Group becomes the Official Partner of World Rugby’s African association, Rugby Africa

APO Group and the Africa's Rugby Governing Body, Rugby Africa sign a ground-breaking strategic partnership to develop the sport across Africa

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APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading media relations consultancy for Africa and the Middle East, and Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), World Rugby’s African association, today announced a landmark multi-year agreement appointing APO Group as the Official Partner of Rugby Africa. The new partnership represents the highest level of sponsorship, and marks a…

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West AfricaCom 2016 chooses APO as Official Newswire

West Africa’s leading telecoms event will distribute all its press releases via Africa Wire®, the service for press release wire distribution and monitoring in Africa

Informa Telecoms & Media (http://www.Informatandm.com) has today announced that APO (http://www.APO-opa.com) will be the Official Newswire of West AfricaCom 2016, West Africa's leading telecoms event (https://westafrica.comworldseries.com), to be held in Dakar, Sénégal, on 8–9 June 2016. West AfricaCom the leading event bringing together the Francophone and Anglophone markets of West…