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00:00:00our professional weapons through these these these these
00:00:04orientations that it gives uh in different messages in the
00:00:07actions that are translated into action by the government that lead us to
00:00:11work and to promote the image of Congo at the international
00:00:15technology, a is the principle of level. An honor
00:00:17elite, for the corporation, an honor for the nation. What do you think caught the jury's attention so that you
00:00:21would be distinguished?
00:00:24Well, I'm not in the jury's head, but what's
00:00:27certain is that I received an email from... normally, I received an
00:00:31email that was sent to me by the organizers,
00:00:34announcing that I was a candidate who had been
00:00:38selected and had caught their attention to receive the
00:00:41award. They explained the concept to me
00:00:45and invited me, in any case, to be part of the
00:00:50this first edition, the Information, guests at this event to come and receive my award. And in the
00:00:52letter, I was surprised to
00:00:56see that finally there was a good summary, in any case, a good
00:01:00summary, perhaps more surprising than what I expected, of my
00:01:04career. These are people who researched me very well,
00:01:07who highlighted what I
00:01:10do, who admired some of my
00:01:14performances, whether it's the presentation of the news, the
00:01:17shows I've presented throughout my career, and also my
00:01:21social commitment with young people through
00:01:25my FIC concept, which benefits from the special attention of the
00:01:28government, with A saat. On the first Prime Minister Anatole Coliné
00:01:32Macosso, the honorary patron, the Minister of State Pierre
00:01:35Mabiala, honorary president, the Minister, the current Minister of Entrepreneurship
00:01:38and Employment, Minister Rudig Malandsomba, and all the parents
00:01:42who, in any case, supported
00:01:44of information this FIC concept, which continues to lend a hand
00:01:47to this concept, without forgetting, in any case, the office of the President of the
00:01:51Republic, which constantly sends us congratulations and
00:01:54encouragement to continue on
00:01:58this path to be able to encourage us. So, to move forward, so I think
00:02:01it's up to the jury to
00:02:04is uh the cost of answer that question, but as far as I'm concerned, I think the letter that was
00:02:07sent to me was more or less clear in
00:02:10explaining what motivated them to choose my
00:02:13humble self to receive this award. So Aline
00:02:15Franka, this distinction, uh, can it change
00:02:19something in your way of perceiving your profession? Yes, of course, it changes
00:02:23from the scene itself, right? I was talking, when
00:02:27I was talking, at the same time, he had ideas, things
00:02:31that were going through my mind, because as I said earlier, it's a
00:02:34responsibility and at this stage, we no longer have the right to horror, we are
00:02:38humans, at any moment something could perhaps happen, but it
00:02:42calls us to do everything to avoid anything,
00:02:45uh, to always honor this image of
00:02:49a prestigious concept
00:02:52that honors African
00:02:55talent on a global scale, because it's the first
00:02:58edition, and if this edition was created, it's because we thought that
00:03:02Africa has its rightful place, plays its full part, a part, in any case, in the
00:03:06development of the world, but is not sufficiently valued in some respects,
00:03:10but it was time for the organizers to think about this
00:03:13in order to highlight those who they
00:03:16believe can make Africa shine through
00:03:20their profession, and so I am one of them, I am part of this first
00:03:23cohort, what happiness! So, a final word,
00:03:26perhaps, to all those who have accompanied you in your journey.
00:03:30Uh, I will thank all of
00:03:33the Congolese media corporation,
00:03:36because, uh, working also, uh, being
00:03:39encouraged by the others, right? Because already, as we are here on the
00:03:43Excellence Plus school complex set, I see how you present, I also put myself in your shoes
00:03:46because I know what it's like to present a show, what are the constraints that are
00:03:50behind it, and today I am received by you and I also imagine
00:03:53in your head the joy that inhabits you to be in front of
00:03:57one of your own to be able to highlight this concept that you have put
00:04:01together, yes, that changes a lot because today I am in
00:04:05this position of journalist, an image that is no longer presented to the
00:04:08public, not only national but international, but I
00:04:12must carry these achievements and assets uh to the highest
00:04:16level through my way of being, through
00:04:20first edition of the Information my way of working, to be able to continue to give even
00:04:23more. I am today director of programs of Télé Congo. Télé Congo
00:04:26is the showcase of our nation. And this showcase shines through our
00:04:30performances and we must work alongside, of course,
00:04:33the general director since we work under his impetus to
00:04:37be able to ensure that the box, the Télé Congo house and
00:04:41the entire media corporation of Congo be an entity that
00:04:44is respected internationally. Yesterday,
00:04:47a few days ago it was me, tomorrow it could be another person and I was
00:04:51acclaimed alongside other emblematic figures of Africa, like
00:04:55when I'm, I have to stay in my field of... Denis Eboté
00:04:59who no longer has to prove herself, Denis Eboté who inspired
00:05:02Pudan uh in this profession, Denis Eboté who excelled
00:05:05in her profession since today she is retired, but she continues to inspire through her
00:05:09talent, but why not... dream
00:05:13of being this Denis Eboté of
00:05:16Congo tomorrow, why not? So I think that this has changed a lot in me
00:05:20and it calls for more discipline, even more
00:05:23effort and more supervision and more transfer of
00:05:26skills to the new generation that comes after
00:05:30us. Once again, congratulations to you and good luck for the future.
00:05:33Thank you. From September 17 to 19, Brazzaville
00:05:37vibrated to the rhythm of the SICOM, the Information, Communication and Media
00:05:40Fair. And to talk about it, we're going to meet
00:05:44Waasha Mbanza, but before that, let's watch the opening
00:05:47ceremony. This press meeting with
00:05:51itself, at the International Conference Center of
00:05:53Kintélé, journalists, technicians, producers and content
00:05:57creators from Congo and several other countries were present. For
00:06:02Communication and Media Fair places media professionals at
00:06:06the heart of discussions, testifying, producing, training and
00:06:09innovating, an opportunity to revisit the path
00:06:13traveled, to understand the changes in the sector and to rethink the press of tomorrow in the digital
00:06:16age and artificial intelligence. UNESCO intends
00:06:20to support this dynamic, convinced that the development of
00:06:23media also depends on their economic autonomy. The report on the value
00:06:27of journalism published in 2026 by UNESCO and
00:06:30its partners illustrates this contribution. It shows
00:06:34in particular that one dollar invested in journalism can
00:06:37generate more than 100 dollars of public savings, thanks in particular to
00:06:41the improvement of public services, the recovery of
00:06:44funds and the reduction of corruption. Conversely,
00:06:48disinformation represents a considerable cost for societies.
00:06:52Quality journalism remains one of the main bulwarks
00:06:57integrity. It is therefore essential to
00:07:01strengthen initial and continuing training in these journalism
00:07:04professions, but also in related artistic and technical professions
00:07:08in order to preserve quality,
00:07:11responsibility and discernment.
00:07:15With its experience in this area, UNESCO is ready
00:07:18to support any initiative in this direction,
00:07:22I would say UNESCO, a launch of the United Nations system and its
00:07:25partners. For Adrien Way, president of the Pan-African Network of
00:07:29Journalists, and Gildas Maella, promoter and general commissioner of
00:07:32the SICOM. This fair allows to promote the professions of information
00:07:36and communication. The communication professions being cutting-edge
00:07:39professions, the partisans of the
00:07:43McLuhan galaxy must always question their certainties
00:07:47in order to adapt to the new deal. This is
00:07:51the case of the impact of artificial intelligence which,
00:07:53fortunately, will be at the center of the discussions of this first
00:07:57information and communication fair, a sector that stops
00:08:00looking at itself in the face inevitably ends up losing its ability to
00:08:11we're back on this set, to
00:08:14dissect this event which addresses the changes that are transforming Congolese
00:08:17media and we have the pleasure of having uh
00:08:21Joachanza, so tell us, what are the
00:08:24main challenges faced by Congolese media today?
00:08:27The main challenges, let's just say that
00:08:31uh Congolese media uh are
00:08:35facing the challenges of their
00:08:38development, their adaptation to
00:08:40technological changes.
00:08:43hmm and uh the challenge of their future. There are
00:08:47changes with technology, you see today,
00:08:50there are fewer and fewer printed newspapers, we read
00:08:53newspapers online, yeah. And because uh printing
00:08:57a newspaper costs, it costs and
00:09:00that press companies no longer have enough means, on the
00:09:04other hand, there are indeed uh new
00:09:07technologies that mean that today we can uh broadcast
00:09:10uh online at less cost, we can broadcast online
00:09:14at less cost, so these are all
00:09:17challenges to be met for the future of the press
00:09:20so that the press continues to play its role as a sector
00:09:23promoting democratic flourishing, democratic
00:09:27flourishing of the country. So the
00:09:32and Communication Fair is
00:09:35really welcome to be able to bring
00:09:37together a little bit the actors
00:09:41of this sector. Uh to think
00:09:44uh about the challenges of their future
00:09:47and uh to stir up ideas in
00:09:51order to trace the path of this media development.
00:09:54So Joachanja, regarding the scarcity of newspapers,
00:09:58we will come back to that with Freddy Mopati who has also joined us on this
00:10:01set. So during this fair, the question of law
00:10:05number 8, 2001 of November 12,
00:10:082001 was also addressed. 25 years
00:10:11later. What is your
00:10:13view? Well, I tell myself, it's a
00:10:17law that was adopted in 2001, so it's
00:10:2125 years old,
00:10:24and which allowed... the sector, the
00:10:27press sector, to flourish, in the sense
00:10:31that journalists can
00:10:34do their work peacefully,
00:10:36and there
00:10:40public aid to the press, so the principle of APP which is
00:10:43translated today by the support fund for press organizations,
00:10:47all we can wish for if we have not yet
00:10:51really, if this law has not yet produced
00:10:54all... its effects, it's because uh all the implementing
00:10:57texts have not been put in
00:11:01place and that means that there are unfortunately things that
00:11:04we expect and that are in this law,
00:11:06so uh it's true that the law
00:11:10can continue to be adapted to the technological
00:11:13changes that we talked about, uh, often we
00:11:16talk about online press and I always say this law has well
00:11:20provided for the exercise of online press
00:11:23uh so...
00:11:25on this aspect uh we can quite uh carry out journalistic
00:11:29work online and be governed by
00:11:32uh by this law. Now it's true, there are perhaps very
00:11:35specific aspects since there are new professions that are
00:11:39being created and uh that must be taken
00:11:42into account. So, among the challenges faced
00:11:46by Congolese media, there is the progressive
00:11:49disappearance of paper newspapers,
00:11:52our colleague... is actually conducting
00:11:56a survey on this. So what are the reasons that
00:11:59justify this scarcity? So uh
00:12:03Merlouli, this problem, this situation that we have
00:12:07observed on the ground, you said it, we did this field work to go and
00:12:11observe it and the result of several
00:12:14difficulties that accumulate, in fact, the cost
00:12:17of production, the cost of paper, you know
00:12:21with uh all these problems that the world is currently facing,
00:12:25paper is becoming more and more rare and expensive and there
00:12:29printing, there is the cost of transport and
00:12:32distribution. To this are added the difficulties
00:12:36of delivering newspapers to sales points
00:12:39and the irregularity uh of certain
00:12:42publications, Merlo Libali, you can read in these newspapers
00:12:46uh weekly or even daily, yet you
00:12:49read daily, but uh these publications
00:12:53sometimes come with a delay of... 3 4 days, yet it says
00:12:56daily, you read weekly but it comes
00:12:59with uh a delay of 2 3 4 weeks, yet
00:13:03it says daily. And then we will also uh point out that there
00:13:07is a change in readers' habits, readers who
00:13:11also today many more people consult
00:13:14news directly on their phones, I'm
00:13:17talking about social networks, news sites and so on.
00:13:21So all these realities that I just mentioned lead
00:13:25us to find ourselves currently in
00:13:28this situation of scarcity of papers here in Brazzaville. So at this point, what
00:13:32are the main difficulties that are currently weakening the Congolese
00:13:35written press? So
00:13:38bend, the main difficulty remains the
00:13:42economic model, newspapers need to sell
00:13:46enough copies and to work with companies to
00:13:49benefit from advertising in that area, you
00:13:53see, to cover their costs. However, with often
00:13:57low print runs or uh difficult
00:14:00distribution and a declining readership,
00:14:03revenues do not always follow, you
00:14:06understand. So there is also the weakness of public
00:14:10support, I will emphasize that because it is very important.
00:14:14Even if initiatives exist,
00:14:17notably the announcement of the press support fund
00:14:21for the press, excuse me, for the public, which is
00:14:25private, professionals are still waiting for these
00:14:27mechanisms to be fully operational and
00:14:31produce concrete effects on the ground. So this situation
00:14:34shows that the weakening of the Congolese
00:14:38written press is not solely due to
00:14:41internal difficulties, that is,
00:14:45to press companies. It is also linked to an
00:14:48economic and institutional environment that requires
00:14:51more support from public authorities, I was saying. So Joachan
00:14:55Bandja, you are the boss, you are the boss of a newspaper, don't you think
00:14:59that newspapers today must reinvent themselves to
00:15:02try
00:15:04to keep up with current developments? Well, these are not phenomena specific to Congo, right?
00:15:08Yes, even if you go to France, there are
00:15:11newspapers that no longer print or less
00:15:14and less. So it's due to many
00:15:17factors, right? On one
00:15:20side, there are the reasons he mentioned and notably economic
00:15:23reasons, press recovery
00:15:26hardly exists anymore uh in our country.
00:15:29We can say that there have been newspapers that were quite
00:15:33structurally established, we will mention La Semaine
00:15:36Africaine. The old newspaper that has existed since the
00:15:3950s and then there are the Brazzaville dispatches,
00:15:42there was a newspaper that was also quite
00:15:46well established, Le Patriote. Le Patriote had its headquarters in
00:15:50Wenz, I believe, uh and a whole
00:15:53editorial staff and Le Patriote ended up closing
00:15:56down simply because the
00:16:00reasons are the drop in revenues, newspaper sales,
00:16:04but also practically the decrease in advertising revenue. You know,
00:16:08the main source of revenue for a newspaper is advertising,
00:16:11but in our economic context, advertising has dropped
00:16:14significantly, almost to the point of
00:16:18disappearing, you see, uh,
00:16:20now the other factor is the development
00:16:24of information and communication technologies, the Internet, yes.
00:16:28Uh, well, it's competition,
00:16:31so the phone doesn't mean social networks,
00:16:35today you can follow the media, the... classic media through
00:16:38your phone, you can follow Congo, there are shows that are put
00:16:42online, so you follow a classic newspaper, you can
00:16:46read L'Horizon Africain, there is a website, you can read
00:16:49BrazzaNet, it's a established
00:16:52media and so on, I can continue to list them,
00:16:56unfortunately there is an example Radio Congo, I don't know if Radio
00:17:00Congo is online, no and many other
00:17:03newspapers that are not online and whose audience is very...
00:17:08So now the challenge is to master
00:17:12and to establish oneself well in these technologies,
00:17:15unfortunately Congolese media show a lot of
00:17:19fragility uh uh uh
00:17:22in the migration, in the
00:17:26migration towards these technologies, no, it's not a cost
00:17:29problem, it's really an economic problem, you see, because it requires investments
00:17:33that many media cannot
00:17:45pay their staff's salaries. So it's a whole economic point
00:17:49that is collapsing.
00:17:53Well, it's true that we thank the government, the president of the
00:17:56republic, the government for having put in place the press support fund,
00:18:00but at some point, the speeches,
00:18:04you know, we hear them, we hear them as long as we haven't seen the actions,
00:18:08it's very difficult. So the promoters of the press
00:18:12organizations are really waiting for this gesture from the
00:18:15government, the prime minister the first to be made, that will
00:18:18probably provide a solution for the media to
00:18:21invest. So uh we can say that the
00:18:25main points are there, but we must not also
00:18:29only rely on the written press, there are also
00:18:32audiovisual media, television stations that have closed, radio stations that have
00:18:36closed. Difficulties, yes. Yes, we thank you very much for having
00:18:40followed us and we wish you a good continuation of the program on
00:18:44the national channel Télé Congo, goodbye.
00:19:15Hello everyone and welcome to Télé Congo, the
00:19:21closed the 2025 school year during
00:19:24a ceremony rich in emotion. Between
00:19:28artistic performances, announcement of results, awarding
00:19:31of prizes, students, parents and supervisors
00:19:35experienced unforgettable moments. The ceremony, introduced
00:19:39by the pedagogical director's speech,
00:19:42for almost 4 years, the Excellence
00:19:45Plus school complex took a step back and
00:19:48organized end-of-year events, so why the
00:19:52strategic reason
00:19:54to mark the prodigy of this Saturday, July 11,
00:19:582026, thus
00:20:02today they will be more
00:20:05closed.
00:20:37both cultural and intellectual, remains
00:20:40a school as a world of education destined
00:20:44for youth, it is Congolese
00:20:47first, then African next. To
00:20:50be international in the
00:20:52end.
00:20:55A viable cultural environment, because
00:20:59through that, Excellence Plus clearly
00:21:01is a school of new information
00:21:05school of
00:21:07of knowledge. Mr.
00:21:09General Director, on this
00:21:12dusty land, your gaze
00:21:16turned, moving away from the infernal blow. our students, our children here assembled
00:21:20have not been found wanting in the
00:21:342025 to 2026 school year.
00:21:36have their
00:21:39place in private
00:21:42schools, Excellence Plus students
00:21:45worked to succeed. A power, they have their tomb by
00:21:53merit, the professional body.
00:21:57In this regard, the pedagogical direction throws
00:21:59flowers at them. Our students remain
00:22:03the different word:
00:22:06knowledge, know-how, savoir-faire.
00:22:08Pedagogy, like a great
00:22:12science, remains in perpetual
00:22:15evolution that promises to become
00:22:18current, because... a method your
00:22:21population, ladies and gentlemen of
00:22:24inspectors, coordinators of teaching always present here,
00:22:28unfortunately we are going up, please receive our
00:22:31messages for your profound advice to
00:22:35produce multiple exchanges at the
00:22:37base, we will not forget our
00:22:40leaders, the fierce defenders of the causes of the promoters
00:22:44of the schools of Congo for the proper
00:22:47functioning of the educational system, long
00:22:51live Excellence Plus, long live its General