The Africa Channel to Provide American TV Viewers with Daily Window into Modern Africa
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 18, 2005–The Africa Channel:
1,200 Hours of Original and First Run Television Programming to Include Popular Genres: News and Information, Travel, and Lifestyle, Music, Feature Films, Documentaries, Soaps, Talk, Reality and Event Specials
The Africa Channel, a new independent cable television network showcasing the rich and diverse perspectives of the people of the African continent, has set its launch for the third quarter of this year. The network has already secured a corporate agreement with Atlanta-based Cox Communications Inc. and anticipates it will conclude additional carriage agreements shortly. (more…)
G8 Aid, debt relief not seen as panacea for Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Mariam Isa, Reuters) - Aid and debt relief will do little to ease Africa’s problems for as long as the world’s poorest continent lacks the infrastructure and controls to ensure donor money is used properly, analysts say.
Agreement by the Group of Eight industrial countries last Friday to more than double annual aid to Africa — after writing off the debt of 14 African states earlier — was welcomed by many officials and aid organizations.
But analysts warned the main challenge would lie in channeling the money effectively to countries that lacked the institutional capacity to distribute the aid, or where corruption was rife. (more…)
Geldof, Bono Praise G-8 Aid for Africa
GLENEAGLES, Scotland - Rockers Bob Geldof and Bono, two of the world’s best known Africa fund-raisers, declared victory Friday in their campaign to push leaders at the G-8 summit to double aid to the continent.
“We’ve pulled this off,” said U2 frontman Bono.
He and Geldof praised the Group of Eight summit for pledging to double aid to Africa to $50 billion, saying the move will save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people who would have died of poverty, malaria or AIDS.
“The world spoke and the politicians listened,” Bono said. (more…)
Africa welcomes G8 aid, questions implementation
JOHANNESBURG (By Andrew Quinn - Reuters) - Africa welcomed the Group of Eight’s $25 billion boost in annual aid on Friday, but worried the rich world’s latest promise may fizzle in the face of Africa’s desperate needs.
“Intentions and actualisation are not the same thing,” said Kenyan Finance Minister David Mwiraria. “We would like to see a situation where there is money now.”
The Group of Eight (G8) ended its Gleneagles summit in Scotland announcing members would more than double aid to Africa by 2010 and promising to work to end the farm export subsidies that undercut Africa’s own agricultural products. (more…)