New African is an English-language monthly news magazine based in London.^[2] Published since 1966, it is read by many people across the African 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).^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[5]

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