For the fourth consecutive year IC Publications magazines have registered an increase in their audited circulation. The new ABC certificates, for January to December 2007 show a cumulative growth of 8.6% in comparison to 2006 figures, and a 42% rise since the group re-joined ABC in 2004. The three IC magazines, New African, The Middle East and African Business, continue to be the undisputed leading pan-African and pan-Arab monthlies in English.

The African Business Awards 2008 is designed to contribute to the acceleration of the rapidly transforming business landscape in Africa by celebrating entrepreneurial excellence, promoting world class best practices in business and by creating global visibility for African brands. We believe that the African business sector plays a crucial role in the realization of the African century. The African Business Awards attracts Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Corporate Directors, Policy Makers, Legislators, Government Officials, Diplomats and many more. The Awards presentation will be held in Maputo, Mozambique on the 13th of May 2008.

For more information please go to: www.theafricanbusinessawards.com

We are launching a new quarterly magazine in French: New African, Édition Internationale en français, Le Magazine De L’Afrique. It will contain the best features, reports and comments of the New African, African Business and The Middle East as well as our own in-house editorial, opinion and debates. For an overview of the content please click here. The magazine is now on sale!

Please download the full press release here: African Banker Award Winners (PDF)

African Banker is a new quarterly magazine dedicated to banking and finance in Africa. It covers news from the banking, finance, insurance, stock markets, currency, capital markets, direct and indirect financial investment sectors. It taps into the growing demand for information about Africa’s banking and financial world.

The awards are designed to recognise the rapid modernisation, consolidation, integration and expansion of the African banking sector which has inspired the introduction of the specialist publication, “African Banker”.  The African Banker Awards 2008 will be hold in Washington D.C. on Monday 13th of October.

For more information, please follow the link to www.africanbankerawards.com

IC Publications magazines have once again registered an increase in their audited circulation for 2006. The new ABC certificates, for January to December 2006 show a cumulative growth of 6.4% over the 2005 figures. The three IC magazines, New African, The Middle East and African Business, continue to be the undisputed leading pan-African and pan-Arab monthlies in English. These increases in circulation follow an impressive 23% growth in 2005.

We would like say goodbye to Antonio de Figueiredo a long standing collaborator and columnist to New African who passed away at the end of November.  He wrote his first article for the magazine in 1966 and the last one in our 40th anniversary issue this month.  He will be missed by all at IC Publications and by our readers. His columns were always interesting and his insight great. We thank him for his work and send our condolences to his family in this sad moment. Adeus Antonio.

October 2006 issues saw our highest print run in a decade with a combined print run of 150,000. The breakdown across all three magazines was 99,383 for New African, 27,079 for The Middle East and 24,215 for African Business. These figures bring our readership close to 1 million readers across Africa, the Middle East and around the world.

African Business is yet again in the shortlist for Best Publication at the Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards. The prestigious prize, which African Business won in 2005, will be awarded at a ceremony in London on the 29th of June.

The 2005 ABC circulation figures have just been released. IC Publications are happy to show a year on year 23% increase in circulation across the group, with sales of all three titles growing considerably. We are happy to maintain our position as the best selling pan Arab and pan African magazines in English.Click here to read the full story(pdf format, 32KB).

The 2005 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards were won by African Business (best magazine) and by its editor Anver Versi (best journalist). Click here for Anver Versi's latest editorials.