New African

{{Short description|English-language monthly news magazine based in London}}
{{Infobox Magazine
| image_file =
|             editor = [[Anver Versi]]
|       editor_title = Editor
|          frequency = Monthly
|        circulation = 40,218 / month (2012) <ref>[http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/410/39/13729.html IC Publications 2012 ABC audit shows a rise of 6.4% (bizcommunity.com)]</ref>
|           category = [[News magazine]]
|            company = [[IC Publications]]
|          publisher = IC Publications
|          founded = {{start date and age|1966}}
|            country = United Kingdom
|            based  = London
|           language = [[English language|English]]
|            website = {{URL|http://newafricanmagazine.com/|newafricanmagazine.com}}
|               issn = 0142-9345
}}
'''''New African''''' is an [[English-language]] monthly [[news magazine]] based in [[London]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Tokunbo Ojo|title=Framing of the Sino–Africa relationship in diasporic/pan-African news magazines|journal=Chinese Journal of Communication|date=2016|volume=9|issue=1|pages=38–55|doi=10.1080/17544750.2015.1049628|s2cid=142831334}}</ref> Published since 1966, it is read by many people across the [[Africa]]n continent and the [[African diaspora]]. It claims to be the oldest pan-African monthly in English, as well as "the bestselling pan-African magazine". It is published by [[IC Publications]], which also publishes ''African Banker'', ''[[New African Woman]]'' and ''[[African Business]]'' ({{ISSN|0141-3929}}).<ref>{{Cite web|title=New African|url=https://newafricanmagazine.com/new-african-2/|access-date=2021-01-05|website=New African Magazine}}</ref>

==History==
The magazine was founded in 1966 under the name ''African Development''. In 1977 it was renamed ''New African Development'', a name that it retained until the following year. In 1978 it was rebranded ''New African''.<ref>[http://www.icpublications.com/en/the-group/history.html "History of the Group"], IC Publications.</ref>

==Event production==
===COMESA Investment Forum===
IC Publishing and specifically ''New African'' magazine served as the host and promoter of a number of trade and investment fairs and/or conferences on behalf of [[COMESA]] (Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa). In particular, the COMESA Investment Forum meetings held in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have involved a high amount of pro-Chinese programming and media content.{{cn|date=February 2023}} Of note, the financial "arm" of COMESA that manages COMESA's trade agreements and investment portfolios is the Preferential Trade Area Bank ([[PTA Bank]]), of which the sole non-African member and largest non-regional shareholding state is China.{{cn|date=February 2023}}

===AFRICASEA Business Forum===
IC Publishing is also the organizer and promoter of the Africa and Southeast Asia Business Forum, an annual business conference focused on Sino-African trade relationships. Of note, the primary financial supporter and endorser of the AFRICASEA Forum is [[BRICS]].

==Other languages==
In 2007 [[IC Publications]] launched a French-language edition of the ''New African'' entitled ''Le Magazine De l'Afrique'' ("The Magazine of Africa"), which features content relating to Francophone Africa.<ref>[http://www.icpublications.com/publishing/magazines/le-magazine-de-lafrique-new-african.html "New African, Le Magazine de l'Afrique".]</ref>

==List of editors==
*1970 March–July: Editor director - Richard Hall, Editor - [[Alan Rake]]
*1970 August: Editor - Alan Rake
*1977 January: Managing editor - Alan Rake, Editor - Sam Uba, Publisher - Afif Ben Yedder
*1978 January–April: Executive director - David Coetzee, Managing editor - Alan Rake
*1978 May: Editor-in-chief - [[Peter Enahoro]]
*1980 January–October: Editor-publisher - Peter Enahoro
*1980 November: Editor-in-chief - M. Mlamali Adam
*1981 February: Acting editor-in-chief - Alan Rake, Deputy Editor - Baffour Ankomah
*1995 January: Editor-in-chief - Alan Rake, Deputy editor - Baffour Ankomah
*1999 July/August: Editor - Baffour Ankomah
*2018 July/August: Editor - [[Anver Versi]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://newafricanmagazine.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.exacteditions.com/exact/browse/432/532  The digital edition of ''New African'']
* [http://iibp.chadwyck.com/infopage/publ/naf.htm New African, Publication Information]


[[Category:1966 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:News magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Africa-focused media]]
[[Category:Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1966]]
[[Category:Magazines published in London]]