AGENTPR wins media-intel role for WPRF Abuja

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations said on August 30 that it had appointed AGENTPR, an AI-powered media-intelligence platform developed by Cihan Media Communications, as the official media-intelligence platform for World Public Relations Forum Abuja 2026. The forum is scheduled for November 15-21 in Abuja and is being hosted by NIPR in partnership with the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management. (prnewswire.com) AGENTPR is due to provide real-time monitoring across global, continental and Nigerian media streams tied to the event. The appointment gives organizers a dedicated system for following how the forum is being covered before, during and after the event. (worldprforum.com) NIPR said the platform is meant to track narratives, detect issues, interpret media meaning and preserve a record of the forum as Nigeria hosts the gathering. ### What exactly did NIPR give AGENTPR responsibility for? NIPR said AGENTPR will serve as the event’s official media-intelligence platform rather than as a general publicity partner. The press release described the role as providing “structured media intelligence” around the forum, including real-time issue detection, monitoring across multiple platforms and international trade-press tracking. (prnewswire.com) Cihan Media Communications said AGENTPR is an African-built platform. The release said its coverage will span global, African and Nigerian media sources so organizers can follow sentiment, coverage volume and emerging narratives tied to the event. (prnewswire.com) ### When and where is the forum taking place? World Public Relations Forum 2026 is scheduled for November 15-21 in Abuja, according to NIPR, the Global Alliance and the event website. The worldprforum.com site says the gathering will take place from November 16-21 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja and will run alongside the 37th African Public Relations Association conference. (prnewswire.com) Voice of Nigeria reported in August that the event is expected to bring together about 3,000 delegates from 126 countries. That figure was cited as part of Nigeria’s preparations to host the global communications meeting. (prnewswire.com) ### Why does a forum like this use a media-intelligence platform? AGENTPR’s role, as described by NIPR and repeated in syndicated copies of the release, is to give organizers a live view of coverage and fast alerts around developing issues. The release said the platform is intended to help track narratives and interpret media signals while the event is underway. (prnewswire.com) PR and event teams typically use such systems to watch for spikes in attention, identify influential outlets and compare domestic coverage with international pickup. In this case, the sources say the monitoring scope includes Nigerian, continental and global outlets, which suggests organizers want a broad view of how the forum lands across markets. (von.gov.ng) That is an inference based on the stated monitoring footprint. ### Who is behind AGENTPR? Cihan Media Communications was named in the release as the developer of AGENTPR. The company described the product as an AI-powered PR intelligence system and said the WPRF assignment forms part of NIPR’s preparations for hosting the 2026 forum in Nigeria. (prnewswire.com) Independent event pages confirm that NIPR is the host body for the Abuja forum. The Global Alliance page says Abuja secured the right to host the 2026 edition, while the event site says the program will coincide with the organization’s 25th anniversary activities. ### What happens next before delegates arrive in Abuja? (prnewswire.com) The next visible milestone is the November 2026 forum itself, with ticketing pages listing the event as the 14th World Public Relations Forum and dating it from Sunday, November 15, to Saturday, November 21. The event site also says the first speaker lineup has already been announced. Before then, AGENTPR is expected to support monitoring in the run-up to the conference and continue through the live event and its aftermath, according to the partnership description published on August 30. (prnewswire.com) (wprf2026.niprng.org.ng) (globalalliancepr.org)