On Thursday 20 May 2021, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Ms Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, installed the members of the Board of Directors of the company Bénin Diffusion.
On Thursday 20 May 2021, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Ms Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, installed the members of the Board of Directors of the company Bénin Diffusion.
This ceremony follows the adoption by the Council of Ministers on 10 February 2021 of the decree appointing the members representing the State on the board of directors of Bénin Diffusion, a mixed-capital company, the State having decided to involve private television broadcasters in the initiative.
Before installing them, the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation, Ms Aurelie ADAM SOULE ZOUMAROU, urged the members of the board of directors to fully discharge their mission in order to make this important link in the DTT value chain operational. “The Government has high expectations of Bénin Diffusion. It is a structure that must start working immediately to fulfil its missions,” she said.
The transition to DTT is one of the six flagship projects of the Government Action Programme (PAG 2016-2021) in the digital sector. To date, the Government has set up 29 terrestrial digital television broadcasting sites, covering around 95% of the population. Bénin Diffusion will handle all DTT programme collection, multiplexing and broadcasting to Beninese households.
The Board of Directors is made up of five (05) members, including three (03) representatives of the State and two (02) from the private sector:
- Mr Houégnon Geoffroy BONOU, representative of the Ministry of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation
- Mr Jean TOBOULA, representative of the Ministry of Economy and Finance
- Mr Eric AHOKPE, representative of the Ministry of Communication and Postal Services;
- Ms Claudine Afiavi PRUDENCIO, representative of private broadcasters;
- Mr Agapit Napoléon Gbessou MAFORIKAN, representative of private broadcasters.