GLOBAL ALLIANCE HOLDS FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN CHINA. MEETINGS OF BOARD AND REGIONAL COUNCIL ALSO BEING HELD IN HANGZHOU.
The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communications Management which represents over 280,000 professionals in 126 countries is holding its first regional conference in China from today (Friday, 25 October 2019) until Monday (28 Oct 2019). A Global Alliance board meeting and a meeting of the Alliance’s newly-formed Asia-Pacific Regional Council led by Chair, Prita […]
President of Global Alliance and Irish business leader honoured in USA with top global award for lifetime achievement in international public relations
Justin Green, President of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management and CEO of Wide Awake Communications in Dublin, Ireland, has been honoured by the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) with their Atlas Award for Lifetime Achievement in International Public Relations. He received the prestigious award today (Mon, 21 Oct) at the […]
APRA TANZANIA 2020
Dear Professional Colleagues, Warm greetings and trust your week has been great so far? This is to announce the early bird registration for APRA Tanzania 2020 Conference starting from November 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020. Early bird registration cost 750USD per delegate and only applies within the period stipulated. Any payment after January 31, […]
APRA Tanzania 2020
APRA Tanzania 2020 May 11-15 Key Theme: ‘One Africa! March To Economic Integration & The Role of Public Relations’. The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) between member states, aims at creating a single continental market for goods and services as well as customs union with the free movement of capital and persons. Signed in […]
Nobel Peace Prize: Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed wins
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who made peace last year with bitter foe Eritrea. He was awarded the prize for his efforts to “achieve peace and international cooperation”. Mr Abiy’s peace deal with Eritrea ended a 20-year military stalemate following their 1998-2000 border war. He was […]
Rwanda launches ‘first made-in-Africa’ smartphones
Rwanda has opened Africa’s first smartphone manufacturing plant in the capital, Kigali, in an event attended by President Paul Kagame. Manufactured by technology company Mara Group – the Mara X and Mara Z smartphones – will use Google’s Android operating system and cost 175,750 Rwandan francs ($190; £155) and 120,250 Rwandan francs ($130;£106) respectively. “This […]
APRA 2020 Conference Host
The African Public Relations Association (APRA) wishes to inform its members and the general public that APRA 2020 Conference will no longer be hosted by Ghana as announced in Kigali, Rwanda earlier this year. This decision was taken by the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana owing to grounds that 2020 is an election year […]
GLOBAL ALLIANCE NEWSLETTER
Representing over 280,000 practitioners and academics across 126 countries worldwide Global Alliance News New membersGlobal Alliance welcomes its two new members: CMC Connect Limited (Nigeria) and PR Media (Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia).CMC CONNECT is a communications holding company established in 1992. This organisation which embedded its foot prints in the Nigerian business climes began as a PR firm and in time grew to […]
APRA President Calls for Peace on Xenophobic attack.
The African Public Relations Association (APRA) President, Mr Yomi Badejo-Okusanya has called for peace amongst Africans living in Africa following the xenophobic attacks currently going on in South Africa. The gory site of Africans killing fellow Africans within its continents is a deep cut in our veins. Mr Yomi Badejo-Okusanya made this call recently at […]
Ghana, South Africa to conclude negotiations on visa waivers
Ghana and South Africa are to meet next month to conclude negotiations on a visa waiver between them. South Africa’s High Commissioner to Ghana, Lulu Xingwana, said his country’s Head of Immigration, will be in Ghana to conclude the agreement. Ms Xingwana, told the Daily Graphic during a South African Tourism roadshow in Accra, that […]