APSI Incubator

APSI is a dynamic hub dedicated to the growth of publishing businesses in Africa and the Caribbean. Our mission is to catalyse innovation and development in the publishing sector by providing strategic and operational support to promising start-ups.
This project marks the first concrete step in the plan to ‘professionalise the book sector in Africa(s)’, initiated by the African Observatory of Publishing Professionals during the Yaoundé International Children’s Book and Comics Fair (2023).

Editions AKOMA MBA

Founded in 1995, Éditions Akoma Mba is the oldest publishing house specialising in illustrated albums and comic strips in Central Africa. Its primary aim is to promote Africa and universal African values to young children through innovative editorial content. The publisher boasts a catalogue of around one hundred titles, published in several languages, including French, English, and various local languages.

OAPE AFRICA

OAPE is now the largest network of publishing professionals on the African continent. It is dedicated to helping these professionals develop more rapidly in order to make the publishing industry more sustainable across Africa and the Caribbean. For several months, publishing professionals were consulted to assess their support for such an initiative. At the same time, the needs of the publishing sector were gathered.

'Publishers & Books' Magazine

“Publishers & Books” is undoubtedly the most well-known project of the African Observatory of Publishing Professionals (OAPE). It was the very first initiative undertaken by the organisation when it was launched in 2018.

SALIJEY.ORG

Since 1995, nearly 30 years ago, we have been working to promote children’s literature and reading among young children. The Children’s Book and Comic Book Fair now represents an additional opportunity to achieve this goal. For one week, we will share our passion for books with the youth of Yaoundé. The book, a true key to personal development, must gradually regain its privileged place among our children. SALIJEY strongly supports this vision.