The IPA Africa Publishing Innovation Committee is responsible for selecting which applicants will receive grants under the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund. It is made up of senior publishing leaders from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa, and is led by IPA President, Bodour Al Qasimi.
Bodour Al Qasimi is the CEO and Founder of UAE-based Kalimat Publishing Group, and the Chair of the Africa Publishing Innovation Committee.
Managing Director, Sub-Saharan Publishers; Member of the Council of Management of African Books Collective, Oxford, UK.
Chief Executive Officer at Juta and Company (Pty) Ltd
Chairman of Nigeria Book Fair Trust ; CEO Rasmed Publications Limited.
Chairman, African Publishers Network (APNET); Founder and MD, Mountain Top Publishers (Kenya)
General coordinator of Tunisia's International Book Fair ; President of the Arab and International Exhibitions Committee in the Arab Publishers Association; CEO of Kounouz Publishing.