African partners

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Yankah & Associates is led by Dr Kojo Yankah, the President of the African University College of Communications in Accra, former Deputy Minister of State for Information in the Government of Ghana and former Editor of The Daily Graphic.

Headquartered in Accra, Yankah & Associates has reach across West Africa, with affiliates in Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria.

Client experience includes Agriculture Development Bank (Ghana), UNDP Ghana and UNDP Liberia, Ghana Telecom, World Bank and Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Ltd.

Cactus Communication is led by Yasser Bagersh, one of Ethiopia’s leading communications practitioners. He has overseen and managed some of the biggest communications campaigns in Ethiopia for international investors and development agencies.

Headquartered in Addis Ababa, Cactus Communication offers a full spectrum of PR and strategic communications services. 

Client experience includes Ethiopian Airlines, DSTV, The Coca-Cola Company, Western Union and UNDP Ethiopia.

Organizational Consultants is led by Maha Abouelenein. With more than twenty years' experience in the US and Egypt, Maha has devised and implemented communications strategies for governments, companies and NGOs.

Headquartered in Cairo, Organizational Consultants offers a range of strategic communications services within Egypt and the Maghreb.

Client experience includes Abraaj Capital, The Coca-Cola Company, Egyptian Resorts Company, Vodafone and Commercial International Bank.

Laufer Goko Associates is led by Stephen Laufer, the former Director of Communications to the first post-apartheid Housing Minister in South Africa and a former Foreign Editor of Business Day.

Headquartered in Johannesburg, Laufer Goko Associates has reach across southern Africa.

Client experience includes Monitor Group, Econet Wireless, Saab South Africa Telkom and Department of Home Affairs (South Africa).

Pygma Group is led by Alain Yav Ndua, who gained extensive experience in communications and marketing in South Africa prior to founding the Pygma Group in Kinshasa in 2005.

Headquartered in Kinshasa, Pygma Group offers a full range of communications services within the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.

Client experience includes Vodacom Congo, Nestlé DRC, Western Union, International Finance Corporation and Anglo Gold Ashanti.

Proact boasts an Advisory Board including some of Nigeria’s most experienced communications practitioners, comprising Nn’emeka Maduegbuna, Lere Awokoya, Ike Osakwe and Jide Ogundele.

With offices in Abuja and Lagos, Proact is one of Nigeria’s leading PR agencies.

Proact team experience includes clients such as Etisalat, Pfizer, Unilever, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Emirates.

Cunha Vaz & Associados Luanda is led by António Cunha Vaz, who previously worked in senior positions for the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and the European Commission, as well as in communications roles in Portuguese banks and telecommunications companies.

Cunha Vaz & Associados is one of the world's leading Lusaphone communications consultancies, with offices in Lisbon, Luanda, Maputo, Madrid and São Paulo.

Client experience in Angola includes Grupo Visabeira, Millennium bcp, Emirates, Inapa Angola and KPMG.

Cunha Vaz & Associados Maputo is led by António Cunha Vaz, who previously worked in senior positions for the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation and at the European Commission, as well as in communications roles in Portuguese banks and telecommunications companies.

Cunha Vaz & Associados is one of the world's leading Lusaphone communications consultancies, with offices in Lisbon, Luanda, Maputo, Madrid and São Paulo.

Client experience in Mozambique includes Millennium bcp, HMNK, Visabeira, Mota-Engil, Africa Awards for Entrepreneurship and the Mozambican Ministry of Tourism.

Portland’s Nairobi office acts as Portland’s repository of insight, news and information on Africa, guiding client strategies and providing world-class tactical capability in Kenya and East Africa.

Our Nairobi office comprises top communications consultants drawn from the international and African news media with experience of directing multilateral, NGO and private sector communications programmes.   The office is fully integrated into the company’s London and New York offices.