Rwandan people attend the completion ceremony of a China-funded village television project in Rulindo District, central Rwanda, on May 24, 2019. The completion ceremony was held in Rulindo District, where China and Rwanda signed a handover document. The project of Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Village, part of the outcomes of the 2015 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit, provides 300 Rwandan villages with free access to satellite TV. (Xinhua/Gabriel Dusabe)
BEIJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Over the years, many African countries including Rwanda, Uganda, Cameroon, Senegal, and Malawi have benefited from China-aided satellite TV projects, which aim to provide digital TV access to 10,000 African villages. The satellite TV project is one of the fruits of the resolutions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Johannesburg Summit held in 2015 in South Africa. China has completed the installation of the satellite television project in many African villages that will help rural communities bridge the information gap and overcome connectivity challenges.
Pupils attend class about Ebola using a StarTimes projector at St. Claire Primary School in Kampala, Uganda, Oct. 13, 2022. The "Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages" project in Uganda is implemented by Chinese satellite television, StarTimes. This project is one of the fruits of the resolutions of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Johannesburg Summit held in 2015 in South Africa. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)
Villagers watch the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Kigali, capital of Rwanda, Feb. 4, 2022. Residents of Indatemwa cell, Rutunga sector, Gasabo district, in the Kigali city suburbs were treated to a thrilling opening ceremony of 2022 Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing through the China-aided satellite TV project of "Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages" in their community. (Photo by Huang Wanqing/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Jan. 12, 2022 shows a StarTimes TV satellite dish attached on the roof of a house in Nkoat-Abang, on the outskirts of Cameroon's capital Yaounde. (Photo by Kepseu/Xinhua)
Students watch satellite television via projector provided by Chinese media company StarTimes under a China-funded project at a school on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 22, 2021. The satellite TV project is one of the fruits of the resolutions of the 2015 summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in which the Chinese government pledged to provide satellite TV in 10,000 African villages. (Xinhua/Li Yan)
Students watch satellite television via projector provided by Chinese media company StarTimes under a China-funded project at a school on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Li Yan)
Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2020 shows a satellite dish on top of a school building in Blantyre, Malawi. In 2018, the Malawi government with assistance from the Chinese government launched a satellite television project aimed at reaching 500 rural communities. (Xinhua/Joseph Mizere)
Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2020 shows a plate with information about satellite television project by China Aid in Blantyre, Malawi. (Xinhua/Joseph Mizere) ■
