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BBC confirms Africa venture and China deal
The broadcaster sets itself up to tell the African economic story, and builds on its natural history programming alliance with Chinese state TV
State of the nations: digital transition in Africa
An interactive map and round-up for Commonwealth African countries and transition to digital TV
Kenya to begin analogue TV signal switch-off in December
Nairobi to lead the nation’s digital TV switchover process, which is due for completion in March next year
Digital TV booms in Sub-Saharan Africa
Over a third of homes with televisions in Sub-Saharan Africa accessed digital signal by the end of 2012, a report has found. The publication, Digital TV Sub-Saharan Africa predicts that DTV penetration in the region will skyrocket to 95.5% by 2018.
A broadcaster’s journey from Lusaka to London
Hyde Haguta, website manager at the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC), won a CBA-Chevening Scholarship to study a master’s in International Broadcast Journalism at the University of Westminster.
Gender on the agenda in Malawi
Malawian content producers and NGOs, and their counterparts in Zambia and Botswana explored ways of redressing gender imbalance in TV and radio
Getting airtime for African women’s voices
A workshop for local content producers and NGOs from Malawi, Zambia and Botswana will start in mid-November. It aims to help broadcasters and organisations redress gender imbalance in TV and radio