africapractice and Richardson & Briggs merge

africapractice, the pan-African corporate communications company and Richardson & Briggs (R&B), a public relations firm in Nigeria have announced a merger to create a new company, africapracticeR&B. africapracticeR&B will become the only international corporate communications consultancy to operate a fully staffed office in Nigeria.

Managing director of the africapractice group, Marcus Courage said: "Nigeria has continued to demonstrate immense innovation and creativity in public relations and we believe that the country is now positioned to transition to a higher level of strategic counsel to bring communications campaigns in line with international best practice. We have spent three years building our presence in Nigeria and this is the culmination of a long term commitment. I am delighted that we have found such a strong local partner to work with and look forward to growing our business over the coming years."

africapracticeR&B will provide corporate communications services including investor relations, public relations, corporate communications, media relations, public affairs and issues management, business strategy and research and event management.