Wilson Global Communications LLC, (WGC) – consultants to the African Union Mission to the USA – is a strategic integrated marketing communications and public relations consultancy headquartered in Washington, D.C. WGC was founded in 1994 by journalist and social entrepreneur Julia Wilson in Johannesburg, South Africa and specializes in U.S.-Africa-European relations and international media product development. WGC has worked with clients in South Africa, Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Malawi, Tunisia, Great Britain, France and the United States of America.
CNBC-TV Nabs TV Commentator Julia Wilson on Investing in Africa
July 10, 2009
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As President Barack Obama arrived in Accra, Ghana (West Africa) on Friday, July 10, 2009 for his historic visit to sub-Saharan Africa as the first African American president of the United States, CNBC-TV set the African trade and investment stage nationally by discussing opportunities and risks with international TV commentator and African Specialist contributor, Julia Wilson. …
National Public Radio Award-Winning Journalist Interviews
Julia Wilson on Africa's Image
June 17, 2009
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As part of the National Public Radio (NPR) continuing series called "Conversations," award-winning reporter Michael Cottman discusses images of Africa with Julia Wilson, CEO and founder of Wilson Global Communications, a marketing communications firm focused on promoting positive images about Africa. Wilson is a consultant to Ambassador Amina Salum Ali and the African Union Mission to the USA who collaborates on behalf of the African Union with the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government, the African Diplomatic Corps, Bretton Woods Institutions, the Organization of American States (OAS), and other stakeholders, including the African Diaspora... Click here for interview audio.
Julia Wilson, CEO & Founder
For more than a decade, Julia Wilson has been As one of America’s leading advocates for Africa and focused WGC’s energies and resources on re-shaping worldwide perceptions of Africa and people of African descent.
A former print and broadcast journalist who lived and worked in Africa for several years, Wilson covered the first democratic elections in South Africa and made history as one of the first Americans to pioneer the New South Africa. Click here to read her biography.