Press Release The Supreme Court composed of a seven-member panel presided over by the Chief Justice Kwasi Anin-Yeboah (CJ), delivered its judgment today, Tuesday 23rd June 2020 in a matter in which the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) sought a declaration that the implementation of the Conditional Access (CA) system to block free access to

Like a game of dominoes, many businesses and organizations are taking a hit as the dreaded COVID-19 continues to sweep across the globe killing a significant number of the earth’s human population and incapacitating many. Ghana had recorded 5,735 cases of the virus with 29 deaths at the time of this publication. The fear of

GHANA INDEPENDENT BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 3rd MAY, 2020 On 3rd May every year, the United Nations, UNESCO and the rest of the world celebrate World Press Freedom Day. It is a day set aside to assess the state of press freedom around the world, defend the media from attacks, reinforce the principles

CORONA VIUS RESPONSE GIBA member stations actively covering the COVID-19 related health concerns of their community often need to address complex health care issues. As broadcasters, they are called upon to provide information to their constituents. This requires them to more often than not be on the frontlines of emergency situations, sometimes taking risks in

According to Dr. Roland Affail Monney, President of the Ghana Journalists Association, “migration has assumed significant importance as its potential for economic and social development is increasingly acknowledged in the global agenda. The Ghanaian media therefore has a crucial role to play in the promotion of safe, secure internal and international migration. However, many Ghanaian

Gambia’s public signal distributor for terrestrial television (DTT), Digital Gambia Limited (DGL), and its partner EXCAF-Gambia telecom recently revealed that Gambia plans to migrate from analogue to digital TV broadcasting by 2020. The migration from analogue TV to digital broadcasting is the process in which TV services that were operating on analogue networks are transferred

Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby has criticised President Akufo-Addo, Kweku Sakyi-Addo and Albert Kan Dapaah for abandoning their pedigrees as press freedom fighters. According to the outspoken former Chief Executive of the Ghana@50 Committee and renowned press freedom advocate, the positions the trio occupy and the current happenings in the media space ran contrary to their long

There have been significant changes in Kenya’s media landscape, and a recently published report by TIFA Research and Reelforge provides insights into what the changes have been. The differences in the Kenyan media landscape before and after the digital broadcasting migration are like day and night. According to data provided by the Communications Authority of