African Publishers Network as a means of information-sharing became paramount. It was necessary to set up an umbrella body which would be a network of publishers in Africa". In 1992, delegates from 9 countries founded the African Publishers Network at a conference in Harare, Zimbabwe. It relocated from Zimbabwe to Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire with a research and documentation centre located in Harare, Zimbabwe. However, due to the political situation in Côte d'Ivoire, APNET's headquarters is now in Accra, Ghana. APNET is a diverse network representing all regions from across Africa with 27 national publishers associations as members. The governance of APNET consists of
African Export–Import Bank African Export–Import Bank African Export–Import Bank, also referred to as Afreximbank, is an African financial institution, headquartered in Cairo, Egypt, whose primary objective is to promote and finance trade within the African continent and trade between Africa and other continents. The headquarters of Afreximbank is located at 72 (B) El Maahad El Eshteraky Street, Heliopolis, Cairo, the capital and largest city in Egypt. The bank maintains a branch office at 2 Gnassingbe Eyadema Street, Asokoro, Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria. The bank's second branch office is located at Eastgate Building, Third Floor, North Wing, Gold Bridge, Harare, the capital