african review

What african review does

African Review is a B2B media platform covering African industrial sectors, established in 1964 and published by Alain Charles Publishing Ltd., a privately held UK-based B2B media company. Operating for over 60 years, the platform produces business and technology news targeting corporate management, technical directors, and government officials across eight verticals: construction, mining, energy, manufacturing, logistics, finance, technology, and transport. Distribution covers 18 African countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, and Zambia.

The product portfolio includes a flagship print and digital magazine (African Review of Business and Technology), a website with e-newsletter, a hosted webinar series, industry reports, an event listings directory, an annual Buyers' Guide, a digital magazine archive, and video content. Distribution is delivered through seven channels: print, web, email, social media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn), webinars, trade shows (e.g., Electra Mining Africa), and exclusive interviews.

Revenue is generated through advertising placements and sponsorships from industrial brands; visible advertisers include JA Solar, Metalgalante, Wavemaker, and Condra. No subscription pricing, programmatic revenue figures, or financial disclosures are publicly available. The platform operates without external venture funding, public listing, or disclosed M&A activity, and sits within the Alain Charles Publishing portfolio as a country-vertical title.

Name

african review

Legal name

Alain Charles Publishing Ltd.

Website

https://africanreview.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Short description

African Review is a B2B media platform, published by Alain Charles Publishing since 1964, delivering business and technology coverage of African industrial sectors across 18 countries to corporate management, technical directors, and government officials via print, digital, webinars, and events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

B2B Industrial Trade Media

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Periodical Publishers (51312), Directory and Mailing List Publishers (51314), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Business, Financial & Trade News Publishers (MPAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Business, Finance & Industry Trade Magazines (MPAJAEAM)

Keywords

• African B2B media
• Industrial trade publication
• Business news reporting
• Industry news coverage
• Sector vertical journalism

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising and Sponsorship: The platform generates revenue through advertising placements from industrial brands, sponsorships, and promotional content within its print and digital magazine, website, e-newsletter and social media channels.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

African Review publishes business and technology news for African industrial and commercial sectors via a multi-channel B2B media platform comprising a print and digital magazine, a website, e-newsletter, webinars, exclusive interviews, industry reports, event listings, a buyers' guide directory, a magazine archive and video content. Editorial coverage spans construction, mining, energy, manufacturing, transport and logistics, finance, digital transformation and technology, targeting corporate management, technical directors and government officials across Africa.

Product overview

African Review is a multi-channel B2B media platform that has served Africa's industrial landscape for over 60 years. The platform operates as a unified media offering that combines a print and digital magazine, website with e-newsletter, webinars, industry reports, event listings, buyers' guide directories, magazine archives, and video content. The portfolio is centered around delivering actionable industry content to corporate management, technical directors, and government officials across construction, mining, energy, power, manufacturing, transport, logistics, finance, and technology sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Print and Digital Magazine African Review's flagship print and digital publication covering construction, mining, energy, power, industrial and manufacturing, transport and logistics, finance, digital transformation and technology sectors across Africa for corporate management, technical directors and government officials.
• Website and E-Newsletter

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Alain Charles PublishingcoreOthersAfrican Review is published by Alain Charles Publishing, a global B2B media company. The platform is part of a network that includes the ACP (Alain Charles Publishing) icon linking to alaincharles.com.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/africanreview
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/africanreview
• Facebookfacebook.com/AfricanReview
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/african-review-of-business-and-technology

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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