| African Press Organization - APO | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dakar |
| Location | Senegal |
| Official languages | English, French |
| Executive Director | Eloïne Barry |
| Website | www.apo-opa.org |
Based in Dakar (Senegal), the African Press Organization - APO (in French "Organisation de la Presse Africaine") is the leading press release wire in Africa, and the global leader in media relations related to Africa.
APO is partners[1] notably with PR Newswire[2], LexisNexis, Dow Jones Factiva, Comtex[3], EDD, Afrik-News.com, Afrik.com, A24Media.com, Starafrica.com, Afribiz.info, and BurellesLuce. APO also manage APO-Source, the first online database of press releases related to Africa.
APO owns a media database of over 25,000 contacts and is the most trusted and important Africa-related news online community. It offers a complete range of media relations tools such as press releases distribution and monitoring, online press conference[4], webcast, op-ed placement, events promotion, eReputation and media monitoring.
The African Press Organization provides free services to African journalists, innovative communications products to companies and supports many International institutions in their strategic communications.
The African Press Organization has concluded a Headquarters Agreement[5] with the Republic of Senegal and has a Regional office in Europe, located in Lausanne (Switzerland), and Offices in India, located in Mumbai[6].
The current Secretary-General of the African Press Organisation is Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, both French and gabonese.
The current Executive Director of the African Press Organisation is Eloïne Barry[7].
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The African Press Organization (APO) owns a media database of 25,000 journalists and media professionals who actively follow events in Africa. This media database is selected by country and by topic. APO's media database is rated as the first African media database.
The African Press Organization offers a range of media relations tools including press release distribution, virtual press conference, webcast, events promotion, and media monitoring.
The African Press Organization provides free services to African journalists, innovative communications products to Public authorities and supports various African and International institutions and companies in their strategic communications, including United-Nations, European Commission, Africa Development Bank Group, International Criminal Court[8], or, for instance, African Union Commission.
The African Press Organization is partner with PR Newswire, LexisNexis, BurellesLuce, Starafrica.com, Afribiz.info, Comtex, Afrik-news.com and Afrik.com.
The International Advisory Board of the African Press Organization is chaired by the former President of the Pan-African Parliament, Hon. Dr. Gertrude Mongella, of Tanzania, and welcome representative of The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations, Google.org Foundation, Soros Foundation, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, United Nations Foundation, as well as representative from United Nations, World Bank, and high level representative of african media such as the Director General of Panapress, the spokesperson of the South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), or the President of The International Federation of Journalists.
The African Press Organization does not represent the African journalists and does not intervene in the field of press freedom.