David Waweru is the CEO of

WordAlive Publishers WordAlive Publishers publishes, markets, and distributes Christian books in sub-Saharan Africa.WordAlive Publishers is a Pan-African publishing house based in Nairobi, Kenya, with offices in Kampala, Uganda. The company's main focus is on person ...

based out of

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, Kenya. According to his website he refers to himself as a "publisher, trainer, coach, and speaker".

was founded in September 2001. David Waweru has been active in advocating for a strong and vibrant local publishing industry and reading culture in East Africa. In interviews with

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and Business Daily, David alludes that though the Kenyan book trade has faced major challenges in the last couple of years, the market will recover. Museum of Learning indicates David Waweru saw a need in Trade and Christian publishing that few were willing risk investment in due to a perceived poor reading culture in most of sub-Saharan Africa. In an article titled, "A Literary Contribution to Healing" in the

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, David Waweru said "We cannot always complain about a poor reading culture," he said. "It is up to us to expand the horizons and give people what they want to read." The Christian Marketplace quoted David as saying that "there is potential for indigenous writers and publishers" during the release of Eyo, by Nigerian writer

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. In an article "Publisher Keeps the Word Alive" by Business Daily, David talked about ingenuity in promoting Africa authors through events like author tours, book signings, launches and a consistent author branding programme. Events, dubbed BookTalkAfrica have already been held in

and

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where people queued waiting to speak to their favourite authors.

References

External links

WordAlive Publishers Site

David Waweru, CEO WordAlive Publishing
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