RegenAfrica

The Magazine

Regen Africa is the leading magazine on regenerating Africa. Each issue provides incisive reporting, detailed analysis and up to date facts and figures on the regeneration of Africa.

Regen Africa’s A4 size features 100 pages of the sharpest and most incisive coverage of the people, businesses, politics, and economics involved in the transformation of the world’s richest continent.

In Regen Africa you’ll find a commitment both to fine writing and innovative art direction and design.  In the ever more crowded business magazine market, a distinctive approach is the only way to guarantee a loyal following. With arresting covers, intelligent, factual and at times entertaining editorial content, Regen Africa keeps ahead of the rest.

The Regen Africa reader

Regen Africa has a targeted print run of 10,000. Heads and Ministers of State, donors and funders, CEOs, CFOs, MDs, international development agencies and regeneration organisations, investment funds and banks, and entrepreneurs are our readers. These are people who are already involved in a total of $300bn in Africa’s development

Aimed at:

The magazine is to be aimed at the top 150 political, social, business, finance and regeneration leaders and organisations in the 54 African countries and a similar group of the top 100 business leaders and organisations in the USA and selected European countries.

RegenAfrica will bring together and network for the first time business and market information, government and organisational strategy, reports and debates, funding and funders, entrepreneurship, developers and investors and constructors all involved with and under the one banner of REGENERATION.

As with the Conference the magazine will build on the themes established during the annual conference held in October and extend then over the following year, and so on ad-infinitum. 

The key editorial themes underpinning the features will include:

• Maximising the potential of Africa
• Public Private Partnerships and Private Finance Initiatives/Investments
• The discipline of economic and political leadership & governance
• Re-inventing Africa - regenerating African countries
• Building sustainable Communities & Supporting infrastructure development
• Focus on investment & growth in Africa
• Attracting investment for Small Business Development in Africa
• Social investing in Africa (CSR) - developing the 3rd sector economy
• The role of religious organisations in developing African communities

The following points indicate a case for the magazine:

• Need to build a relationship with customers
• Link top customers by mindset and behaviour
• RegenAfrica ‘Brand’ which can be given a ‘personality’
• Creation of a two-way dialogue
• Building of a sector database
• Controlling the distribution of our communication

Experienced Reporters/Writers Required

RegenAfrica is looking for experienced freelance journalists and editors to work on the magazine to be published quarterly. Areas of expertise should include:

• Economic development
• Business development
• Planning and regeneration
• Politics
• Finance
• Environment
• Agriculture
• Natural resources
• IT and telecommunications

We are also compiling a list of reputable reporters and contributors on various sections of the magazine and would encourage you to get involved now, be informed about changes happening in your area and more importantly help promote the good cases of development already happening in your country.

In the first instance, please send your full resume to the publisher at editor@regenafrica.com outlining your areas of expertise and interest.

NEWS RELEASE…NEWS RELEASE…NEWS RELEASE

BUSINESS CHIEFS URGED: OPEN YOUR EYES

TO THE DARK AND SEE THE LIGHT

 UK business chiefs are being urged to open their eyes and see the light afforded by the Dark Continent.

 “Financial investment alone in Africa isn’t good enough. It’s the investment in its people and long-term solutions that will ensure sustainable changes and development in Africa”.  

RegenAfrica is the UK’s first ever regeneration and development initiative aimed at targeting key political and business leaders and decision-makers across Africa and Europe. Its vision is to promote sustainable economies in Africa.

RegenAfrica Chief Executive, Emmanuel Matthews, said: “If Make Poverty History is the message and Live8 is the voice, RegenAfrica is the BUSINESS. Our exhibition and conference will be one of the most important African trade events ever staged in London. RegenAfrica’s aim, building on Bob Geldof’s similar but short-term strategy, is to regenerate Africa through building sustainable growth in infrastructure, human wealth and through effective leadership and governance. RegenAfrica has both medium and long-term visions. “Investments in people combined with the rule of law, economic freedom and above all domestic leadership, in support of sound policies, will assist Africa’s regeneration process and improve standards of living for millions of the continents’ poor people” Answers are needed today but RegenAfrica aims to reduce aid dependency through the development of effective in-country solutions made for Africans with the support of Africans and the know how of the rest of the world.

The three day RegenAfrica event takes place at the Barbican on October 20-22 and includes a three-day business exhibition targeting national and international businesses across Europe, the USA and Africa, a one-day conference on the 21^st focusing on economic and political leadership in Africa, a celebration of Black History Month on the 22^nd and a African business leaders network dinner. The event will also see the launch of RegenAfrica Magazine, the first of its kind focusing on investment in socio-economic regeneration and development opportunities in Africa.

Mr Matthews added: “The exhibition is aimed at promoting Africa as a regeneration, trade and investment destination for the world and will also create the best platform for African and international governments, corporations, businesses and individuals with an interest in the African continent to come together to forge commercial links for the future.

“As an African who experiences Africa at first hand, during my formative years, and been able to embrace Western management, leadership and business practices I and my fellow Africans want to give something back to those who supported our growth and invest in the Africans of tomorrow.”

“The conference and business dinner will create an environment where collaboration between governments, Africa’s international development partners, business and other stakeholders can help propel Africa to self-sustaining growth and development which will make aid less necessary.

“This event will present an unparalleled opportunity to help foster more rapid progress in African countries by tackling the economic and political leadership issues pertinent to Africa in the 21^st century.”

Additional information on the event can be obtained on info@regenafrica.com

June 21 2005. Emmanuel Matthews - CEO/Founder RegenAfrica Foundation

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