Bryan Pearson Email & Phone Number

Reach, Cambridge, Uk

A follow-on company after the sale of Africa Health journal to ACHEST in Kampala, and the exhibition business to Informa plc.A vehicle to keep busy with a number of pro-bono assignments, and undertake consultancies on a range of subject areas for a variety of clients in the healthcare, education, agriculture and good-governance sectors.Currently pro bono board member of The Bloodcare Foundation (ensuring rapid delivery of quality blood and rabies immunoglobulin when needed); and Fortify… Show more A follow-on company after the sale of Africa Health journal to ACHEST in Kampala, and the exhibition business to Informa plc.A vehicle to keep busy with a number of pro-bono assignments, and undertake consultancies on a range of subject areas for a variety of clients in the healthcare, education, agriculture and good-governance sectors.Currently pro bono board member of The Bloodcare Foundation (ensuring rapid delivery of quality blood and rabies immunoglobulin when needed); and Fortify (countering maternal anaemia via the delivery of iron supplements in tomato paste in Africa) Show less

Tadzewu, Volta Region, Ghana

Farming mango, pineapple, and coconut as well as crops such as pepper, beans etc. Trying to prove that smallholdings can be profitable.

Watamu, Kenya

We have purchased a couple of acres of land in the beautiful resort of Watamu on the Kenyan coast a couple of hours drive north from Mombasa. A small boutique (and eco) tourism project is now under development.

Accra, Ghana

Penplusbytes is a pre-eminent African NGO. We have multiple projects, often involving IT solutions (hence the 'bytes' bit). Key sectors covered: i) Training journalists, especially in the extractives sectorii) Developing innovative ideas for increasing civil society's role in encouraging good-governanceiii) Increasing electoral transparency

Africa Confidential is the leading political newsletter on Africa. Now in its 60th year, it is a respected source of analysis of political, economic and social affairs in Africa. Available in print or online.

Reach, Cambridge, Uk

Publishing and editing Africa Health journal until handing it over to the excellent Ugandan NGO, the African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST) in 2018. The journal has been an information lifeline for many health professionals throughout the Engish-speaking African nations. We also developed a series of trade exhibitions which took place up and down the African continent. They were the cash-cow that enabled us to keep the publishing business going. Our biggest… Show more Publishing and editing Africa Health journal until handing it over to the excellent Ugandan NGO, the African Centre for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST) in 2018. The journal has been an information lifeline for many health professionals throughout the Engish-speaking African nations. We also developed a series of trade exhibitions which took place up and down the African continent. They were the cash-cow that enabled us to keep the publishing business going. Our biggest event was a series of events called Medic Africa which was launched in 1986. The exhibitions business was sold to Informa plc in 2016. Show less

Started as a Feature Writer on Africa Health journal... promoted to Editor... then bought the title (actually they gave me some money to take it off their hands as they couldn't understand the African marketplace

Diploma, Communication Studies

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