APO, LexisNexis Ink Wire Service Deal

The African Press Organization (APO) has announced an alliance with LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com) to distribute its wire service via nexis.com in a move to cement its position as the global leader in distribution of Africa related news
Through an agreement with the multi-lingual wire service, news releases issued by governments, political organizations, NGOs and United Nations duty stations across Africa concerning the continent’s political, legal and social events and news will be made available to the more than one million journalists, government and corporate researchers who depend on nexis.com as their source of information.
‘The agreement means that customers will be offered quick access to current news releases from the African’s most important institutions such as the African Union Commission and the African Development Bank’, says Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, APO’s Franco-Gabonese general secretary.
The African Press Organization is also partner to PR Newswire, global leader in news and information distribution services for professional communicators (www.prnewswire.com).
The African Press Organization owns a media database of 25,000 journalists and media professionals who actively follow events in Africa.  The organization offers a complete range of media relations tools including press release distribution, press videoconference, webcast, events promotion, and media monitoring.
The African Press Organization provides free services to African journalists, innovative communications products to Public authorities and supports many African and International institutions in their strategic communications.