Nigeria to host African stakeholders at event next year

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December 8, 2015 2:05 PM

The event will hold from 11 – 13 May, 2016 in Abuja, the capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Former NBC DG, Mr. Emeka Mba

Various media reports reveal that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) will host the African Digital Broadcasting Switchover Forum 2016, after it signed a hosting agreement with the Commonwealth Telecommuncations Organisation (CTO) last week.

The event will hold from 11 – 13 May, 2016 in Abuja, the capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Since it launched in 2006, the event has held almost exclusively in South Africa and will be coming to West Africa, and specifically Nigeria, for the first time ever.

“The economic potential for broadcasting on the continent is yet to be fully tapped into. Nigeria has a lot to offer, and so we are excited at hosting this event next year and we look forward to engaging media regulators and broadcasters from the continent and beyond, here in Abuja,” said Emeka Mba, DG, NBC.

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Shola Taylor, Secretary General of the CTO, commended the NBC for seizing the opportunity to host the African broadcasting industry in Nigeria for the conference.

“When it comes to broadcasting, Nigeria is a destination of choice and a reference on the continent and increasing also in the world, and on behalf of members of the CTO Council, I must commend you for seizing this opportunity so promptly,” Taylor said.

The NBC was established in 1992 as a parastatal of the Federal Government of Nigeria mandated to regulate the broadcasting sector in Nigeria.

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