3-day meet on Africa digital migration ends in Arusha

DigitalSENSE Business News:

A three-day collaboration between Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) and the Government of United Republic of Tanzania on “Achieving Africa’s Digital Migration” came to a close today, February 13 in Arusha, reports DigitalSENSE Business News.

The event officially opened by the Honourable Dr Fenella Mukangara, Tanzania’s Minister of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports who emphasized the importance of local content production, was attended by some 200 delegates from 26 countries.

Welcoming participants, Professor Unwin, the Secretary-General of the CTO urged delegates to ensure that the transition to Digital terrestrial television (DTTV) is as inclusive as possible.

He warned that the most difficult thing to get right is how to ensure that everyone, and particularly the elderly, the spatially marginalised and those with disabilities, could really benefit from digital switchover.

“I hope that you will all use this opportunity to learn and share – and having participated actively in this Forum will return home, commit to doing something different, and above all ensure that all of our citizens can benefit from digital broadcasting,” Unwin said. 

DigitalSENSE Business News recalls that the Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum Africa is an annual event launched by the CTO in 2005 in South Africa, to provide a platform for knowledge and experience sharing on digital broadcasting switchover for the region. 

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Pix: Left to right: Professor John Nkoma, Director-General of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), The Honourable Dr Fenella Mukangara, Minister of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports of Tanzania, and Professor Tim Unwin, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) at the opening of the Arusha event.