LAUSANNE, Switzerland : APO Group, the leading global media relations consultancy, will award one African journalist with a round trip ticket and accommodation to cover the Web Summit 2018  to be held on November 5-8, 2018 at the Altice Arena, in Lisbon, Portugal.

Web Summit is the largest tech conference in the world with 1.200 speakers and over 70.000 delegates from 170 countries gathering for three full days of networking and business.

Over 2.500 journalists from more than 100 markets came to Web Summit in 2017, including editors from many of the world’s most influential publications, as well as market-shaping industry reporters from leading technology trade publications and blogs.

APO Group is the leading media relations consultancy in Africa and the Middle East, offering organizations a range of advisory services alongside its press release distribution and media monitoring solutions. Each year APO Group offers journalists the opportunity to attend major events as a part of its commitment to supporting journalism in Africa.