The African Union of Broadcasting (AUB, French: Union africaine de radiodiffusion, Arabic: الاتحاد الأفريقي للبث, romanizedAlaitihad al'Afriqiu Lilbathi, Portuguese: União Africana de Radiodifusão) is a professional body composed of the national radio and television organizations of African states. The organization works to develop the African broadcast industry by encouraging the exchange of indigenous programming and obtaining preferential satellite tariffs for member organizations. It is a member of the World Broadcasting Unions.[1][2][3]

African Union of Broadcasting
Union Africaine de Radiodiffusion
Formation1962; 62 years ago (1962)
TypeUnion of broadcasting organisations
HeadquartersDakar, Senegal
Membership
  • 47 active members
Official language
English, French, Arabic and Portuguese
Director-General
Grégoire Ndjaka
Websitewww.uar-aub.org
Formerly called
Union of African National Television and Radio Organizations (1962–2006)

History

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AUB was founded in 1962 as the Union of African National Television and Radio Organizations (French: Union des Radiodiffusions et Televisions Nationales d'Afrique, URTNA), an autonomous specialized agency working under the auspices of the OAU. The organization was renamed to African Union of Broadcasting at the 2006 URTNA General Assembly held in Abuja, Nigeria.[1][3]

Members

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These are members who are independent nations within the AUB broadcasting region, and consist of at least one member per country.

Country Broadcasting Organisation [4]
  Algeria Radio Algeria
Public Establishment of Television
  Angola Televisão Pública de Angola
  Benin Office de Radiodiffusion et Télévision du Bénin
  Botswana Botswana Television
  Burkina Faso Radio Télévision du Burkina
  Burundi Burundi National Radio and Television
  Cameroon Cameroon Radio Television
  Cape Verde RTC (Cape Verde)
TV Record
  Chad Radiodiffusion Nationale Tchadienne
  Comoros ORTC [fr]
  Democratic Republic of the Congo Radio-Télévision nationale congolaise
  Djibouti Radio Television of Djibouti
  Egypt Egyptian Radio and Television Union
  Equatorial Guinea TVGE
  Eritrea Eri-TV
  Eswatini Eswatini Broadcasting and Information Service
  Ethiopia ETV (Ethiopia)
  Gabon Radio Télévision Gabonaise
  Gambia Gambia Radio & Television Service
  Ghana Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
  Guinea Radio Télévision Guinéenne
  Guinea-Bissau National Broadcasting of Guinea-Bissau
  Ivory Coast Radiodiffusion Television Ivoirienne
  Kenya Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
  Lesotho Lesotho Broadcasting Service
  Liberia Liberia Broadcasting System
  Libya Libya Al Ahrar TV
  Madagascar Télévision Malagasy
  Malawi Malawi Broadcasting Corporation
  Mali Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision du Mali
  Mauritania TV de Mauritanie
Radio Nationale (Mauritania)
  Mauritius Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation
  Morocco Société Nationale de Radiodiffusion et de Télévision
2M TV
  Mozambique Televisão de Moçambique
  Namibia Namibian Broadcasting Corporation
  Niger Office of Radio and Television of Niger
  Nigeria Nigerian Television Authority
  Republic of the Congo Télé Congo
  Rwanda Radio Rwanda
  São Tomé and Príncipe TVS (São Tomé and Príncipe)
  Senegal Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise
  Seychelles Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation
  Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation
  South Africa South African Broadcasting Corporation
  South Sudan South Sudan Television
  Sudan Sudan TV & Radio
  Tanzania Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation
  Togo Togolese Television
  Tunisia Radio Tunisienne
Télévision Tunisienne
  Uganda Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
  Zambia Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation
  Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

Participant members

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The following nine AUB broadcast members have status as Participants as of May 2022.[5]

Broadcasting Organisation Country of Origin
E-MEDIA INVEST Senegal
LABEL TV Gabon
METRO TV Ghana
MULTI TV Ghana
MUVI TV Zambia
NET 2 Ghana
SOICO Mozambique
SKYY Ghana
TV3 Ghana

Associate members

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Below is a list of associate members of the AUB. These are international broadcasters beyond the AUB regions, and national broadcasting associations.[6]

Country Broadcasting organisation Abbr.
  Canada Videoship
  France Eutelsat
  France France Médias Monde FMM
  Italy RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana Rai
  Vatican City Vatican Radio VR

References

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  1. ^ a b "African Union of Broadcasting - formerly URTNA". Tracking Resources for Radios in Africa at the benefit of Associative, Community and Educative radios stations (TRRAACE). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ "History". African Union of Broadcasting. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b "AUB Presentation". African Union of Broadcasting. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. ^ "OURS MEMBERS". Dakar: African Union of Broadcasting. 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  5. ^ "PARTICIPATING MEMBERS". Dakar: African Union of Broadcasting. 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. ^ "ASSOCIATE MEMBERS". Dakar: African Union of Broadcasting. 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
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