APO Group, a pan-African communications and business consultancy, and Opera, one of the leading browser providers and platforms in the field of integrated AI-driven digital content, are partnering up to boost the prominence of truthful news articles related to the spread of COVID-19 across Africa.
The APO Group Newsroom website will now be integrated into the Opera News platform used by 200 million users worldwide.
This partnership stems from the need to reduce the consumption of misleading news articles that include deliberate disinformation about COVID-19 in different African countries.
It will provide millions of Opera users in the African region with official information from trusted and reputable online sources.
“Providing the public with accurate information about COVID-19 is crucial, especially as Africa′s coronavirus response is regularly obstructed by fake news,” said APO Group Founder and Chairman, Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard.
“This initiative will provide the millions of Africans who use Opera mobile applications with access to genuine, credible news content.
We are proud to join forces with Opera to ensure that truthful, helpful and potentially life-saving information gains wider prominence in Africa.”
Regarding the integration of the APO Group Newsroom into the Opera News platform, Jørgen Arnesen, EVP of Mobile Browsers at Opera said,
“We just hit a new record of 200 million users with Opera News, which positions our news service as one of the largest in the world.
We believe our partnership with APO Group is a great fit for our mobile apps and will benefit hundreds of millions of users who search for COVID-19 information every day on the Opera Mini browser and the Opera News app.”
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