Webinar on the impact of COVID-19 on radio stations and listeners

| August 2, 2020

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Farm Radio International will be presenting at a webinar hosted by the UNESCO Chair on Community Media and Fondation HIrondelle. The webinar will discuss how radio stations and their listeners in francophone Africa have been affected by the COVID-19 crisis.

The webinar will take place on Aug. 14, 8-10 a.m. EST; 12:00 – 14:00 in Burkina Faso; 13:00 – 15:00 in DRC.

Presenters include:

  • Martin Faye, National Representative, Fondation Hirondelle, Mali
  • Jacques Kakule Vagheni, Coordinator, Collectif des radios et télévisions communautaires du Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Boureima Benjamin Nama, Radio Craft Officer, Farm Radio International, Burkina Faso
  • Misa Ramisarivelo, Editor-in-chief, Studio Sifaka, Madagascar
  • Sylvie Panika, Director, Radio Ndeke Luka, Central African Republic

The event will take place in English and French. Join on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92454875038

Or follow on Facebook live: https://www.facebook.com/UNESCOChairOnCommunityMedia/