From 02 to 06 September 2024, the fifteenth Basic Meeting of the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) (www.UAR-AUB.org) was held in Gaborone, Botswana, with the theme “The way forward for African media within the face of the challenges of recent applied sciences and local weather change.”
This assembly was marked by strategic discussions for the way forward for African media.
THE MAIN AXES OF THE GABORONE MEETING
1. The Government Council (02 September 2024)
The Government Council of the AUB opened the Gaborone assembly on 02 September 2024. Throughout this assembly, two necessary initiatives have been introduced:
– The launch of the African Observatory of Synthetic Intelligence. This observatory, housed throughout the AUB, has the mission of monitoring, analyzing and anticipating the impacts of synthetic intelligence on African media.
It goals to advertise the mixing of recent applied sciences within the continent’s media whereas making an allowance for native realities.
– The continuation of the implementation of the AUB Basis for the Struggle in opposition to Most cancers. The Council instructed the Director Basic of the Union, Mr. Grégoire Ndjaka, to proceed the implementation of this basis, launched in March 2024 in Cameroon, to accentuate the struggle in opposition to most cancers, which impacts practically 1 / 4 of the African inhabitants at the moment. That is performed primarily by way of the coaching of journalists, but additionally by way of consciousness campaigns and concrete actions to assist sufferers and well being techniques in Africa.
2. The Basic Meeting (September 3-4, 2024)
– The Basic Meeting noticed a powerful African and worldwide mobilization, highlighting the rising significance of the AUB on the worldwide media scene. Throughout this session, six new members have been formally built-in:
– China Media Group (CMG)
– Voice of America (VOA)
– Russia Right now (RT)
– China Nationwide Radio Tv (NRTA)
– SPUTNIK
– MUSLIM TELEVISION ASSOCIATION
These new memberships strengthen the AUB community and open up new views for worldwide cooperation within the media.
The AUB Awards
An awards ceremony honored the very best African media productions and improvements. These awards acknowledged distinctive initiatives within the fields of journalism, technological innovation, and the manufacturing of content material coping with local weather and environmental points.
4. Messages of recognition and congratulations
The Chairman of the Government Council of the AUB warmly thanked the Botswana individuals and its President, His Excellency MOKGWEETSI MASISI for the group, the standard of the welcome reserved for the members, in addition to for all of the efforts made to make sure the success of this main occasion for the media sector in Africa.
The fifteenth Basic Meeting of the AUB in Gaborone was a convincing success, notably by way of group, the variety of members, the arrival of half a dozen new members from a number of continents together with the Americas and Asia, which testifies to the openness and rising affect of the AUB.
This Basic Meeting was a wonderful alternative that allowed the strengthening of the world’s media and people of Africa.
Grégoire NDJAKADirector Basic
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of African Union of Broadcasting (AUB).
Launching AUB African Synthetic Intelligence Observatory:
New Government Council:
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