The International Network for the Promotion of Oratory Art in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (RIPAO) is an apolitical association created in Egypt in 2013 by nationals of 22 countries. The Network was built on the need to frame organic or organized oratory movements on the African continent, in the Caribbean and the Pacific, as well as on the need to promote the use of the spoken word as an educational tool for personal, social and democratic development. RIPAO is headquartered in Alexandria, Egypt, with offices in Ghana, Cameroon, Italy, Burkina Faso, Chad, Togo and many other African, Caribbean and Pacific countries.