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AllAfrica preserves a voice for Africa in the
international marketplace of news and ideas - at a time when that
voice is needed more than ever.
Think about this. Reporting the news,
aggregating it, making it available to you and compensating
participating publishers across Africa - it all costs money. No news
organization can cover Africa without charging fees or collecting
subsidies. If you do your part, we can do our job.
Unlike most of your news sources, we provide All
Africa, All the Time. But, like your public broadcaster, we
can't do the job that needs to be done without your help.
AllAfrica's news and information archive is a
large and growing collection containing
some 1.5 million articles and documents from allAfrica.com, the
leading Africa information source on the Internet. AllAfrica collects and
aggregates articles from over 100 African news organizations, as well as
documents and releases from several hundred governmental,
nongovernmental and international institutions, plus reporting from the award
winning AllAfrica news team.
Click here to subscribe. Access the archive. Use the advanced search engine. Sign up for daily email updates.
AllAfrica has become the source-of-record for African news and information, relied on in
government offices, boardrooms, educational institutions and
international organizations around the world, as well as by interested
individuals. This site serves over 14 million page views a month
(some 200 million monthly "hits"). For the second year in a row, AllAfrica was
nominated as Best News Site by the International Academy of Digital
Arts and Sciences - this year alongside a respected Poynter Institute
journalism site and the media powerhouses BBC, MSNBC and Google!
And AllAfrica has given a global voice and revenue
to over 130 African media organizations. Their work is read on our
site and, in addition, distributed through such commercial services as
LexisNexis, Comtex, Européenne des Données, Factiva (Reuters and Dow
Jones), Bloomberg and the Financial Times, which reach tens of
millions of end users.
Our increasing prominence is evidence of the needs
we serve - but it poses challenges. Although AllAfrica Global Media
has moved steadily towards being cash-positive - and therefore
sustainable - we must increase revenues quickly to cope with
unexpectedly rapid growth. Defaults on committed investments have
accelerated that imperative.
Earnings from ads and content sales are rising but
do not yet cover expenses. Nor do they sustain the steady flow of
revenues that we aim to keep pumping into the coffers of the network
of African newspapers who provide content. In addition, we want to
keep the basic site free to all comers, so as not to widen the digital
divide. The premium service is a way of closing the gap.
Unlike most of your news sources, we provide All
Africa, All the Time. But, like your public broadcaster, we
can't do the job that needs to be done without your help.
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The full archive, which dates from 1996, is available only on allAfrica.com.
Current news stories on the site (up to 30 days old) remain free and accessible
without registration or subscription. A subscription is required to access the
complete archive.
Both individual and institutional subscription plans are available. Subscribers
receive the following:
- unlimited access to archived articles and documents;
- a sophisticated search engine for retrieval by key word, publisher country and/or category,
by any range from one day to entire archive, dating from 1996)
- the option to choose from 15 categories of daily, customized email
alerts of top news from allAfrica.com
Subscribing gives you these advantages, while
preserving free access to currrent news for those for whom payment would be
an impossible burden.
Email Updates: Subscribers can select to receive any or all of the following daily email updates, with headlines and first paragraphs from 15 top stories from allafrica.com.
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Individuals
Subscribers select their own login (email address and password) for easy access
to archived materials and the premium search engine. Choice of any or all the
daily email alerts can be changed at any time.A one-year subscription is $95.
We also offer short-term trial subscriptions -- $25 for 30 days or $8 for seven days. Either will allow you
to explore our archive and sample the other subscriber benefits. If you decide to renew at the end of the trial period, we will offer you a
credit towards a full-year subscription. You'll pay only $80 for an additional 12 months if your trial was for 30 days, or $87 if your trial was seven days.These short-term options also serve the needs of those needing to access the archive to retrieve one or several articles.
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Institutional Subscriptions
Educational Institutions
For a rate of $1500 a year, educational institutions can sign up for campus-wide
IP authenticated access to the archive (no log in required), plus the option to
receive any or all of AllAfrica's email updates through a single email address,
which can be configured as an email alias for onward distribution within the
institution.
Small Businesses and Organizations
Discounted packages are available for group subscriptions (single payment) at
the following rates:
- 5-19 subscriptions - $70 each (25% discount)
- 20-35 subscriptions - $57 each (40% discount)
- 35 up subscriptions - $48 each (51% discount)
Global Institutions and Corporations
Customized packages are available to provide IP Authenticated access to the
archive and the premium search engine (no login required) throughout a global
institution or corporation. Included are personalized email update subscriptions
for individuals throughout the institution.
Payment Arrangements for Institutional Subscribers
Institutional subscriptions may be paid by credit card online using AllAfrica's secure online
payment platform, or by check or wire transfer. For information about payment arrangements,
contact our customer service team .
Your donation in any amount to the AllAfrica Foundation, tax-deductible for U.S. donors, supports non-profit "channels", hosted by AllAfrica, that provide a digital commons for issues like sustainable development, peace building and HIV/Aids; support for African journalists, particularly women; technology-for-development projects; and - most relevant to your daily information needs - the expert reporting of the AllAfrica staff.
The AllAfrica Foundation is expanding its work amid severe declines in opportunities for funding from traditional donors. Visit the Foundation-run SustainableAfrica and PeaceAfrica. Read more about the work of the Foundation, and about the planned launch of HealthAfrica.
