Quick facts Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) Country South Africa (Pretoria) Established Launched May 1998 under the Public Service Act (1994); transferred to the Presidency in April 2020 Type…
Quick facts Department of Broadcasting Services (DBS) Country Botswana (Gaborone) Type Central-government department overseeing state broadcast media Television BTV1, BTV2, BTV News (three channels launched October 2022) Radio Radio Botswana…
Quick facts New Era Publications Corporation (NEPC) Country Namibia (Windhoek) Established 1992, under the New Era Publication Corporation Act (Act No. 1 of 1992) Type State-owned statutory publishing corporation Publishing…
Quick facts Lesotho National Broadcasting Service (LNBS) Country Lesotho (Maseru) Type State broadcasting department (radio and television) Television Lesotho Television (LTV), began transmission 1988 Radio Radio Lesotho (national) and Ultimate…
Quick facts Ghana News Agency (GNA) Country Ghana (Accra) Established 5 March 1957 — first news agency in Sub-Saharan Africa Type State-owned national news agency Network Bureaux in all regional…
Quick facts Independent Media Country South Africa Type Commercial newspaper and digital publishing group Newspapers Daily and weekly titles including The Star, Cape Times, The Mercury, Pretoria News, Daily News,…
Quick facts Department of Information Services (DoI) Country Botswana (Gaborone) Type Central-government department for state print media and the national news agency Established April 2004 (from the split of the…
Quick facts Namibia Press Agency (NAMPA) Country Namibia (Windhoek) Established Founded 1987 as the Namibia Press Association; relaunched under its current name in 1991; constituted under the Namibia Press Agency…
Quick facts Radio Télévision Gabonaise (RTG) Country Gabon (Libreville) Scope SMM umbrella label for Groupe Gabon Télévisions and Radio Gabon Established Radio Gabon 28 November 1959; television 9 May 1963…
Quick facts Lesotho News Agency (LENA) Country Lesotho (Maseru) Type State news agency (national newswire) Established 1985 (initial offices in Mohale’s Hoek and Leribe) Handover to government Transferred to the…