China-aided project helps 100,000 people in rural Uganda access satellite TV

STORY: China-aided project helps 100,000 people in rural Uganda access satellite TV DATELINE: Oct. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:41 LOCATION: WAKISO, Uganda CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wagagai Health Center 2. various of St. Luke Nkumba Primary School 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROY KYABANGI, Wagagai Health Center facility administrator 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): REBECCA NAMUSISI, Deputy head teacher of St. Luke Nkumba Primary School 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): WANG JIANGNAN, Marketing manager at StarTimes Uganda STORYLINE: China on Saturday completed the installation of the satellite television project in 900 Ugandan villages that face connectivity challenges. The "Access to Satellite TV for 10,000 African Villages" project in Uganda, launched in 2018, is implemented by Chinese satellite television, StarTimes. More than 100,000 people in 18,000 households, 2,700 schools and health centers now have access to satellite television. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ROY KYABANGI, Wagagai Health Center facili

UGANDA-SATELLITE TV-STARTIMES

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(221015) -- WAKISO, Oct. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A satellite dish provided by Chinese satellite television StarTimes is seen at Wagagai Health Center in Katabi, 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. TO GO WITH "Feature: China-aided satellite TV connects remote Ugandan villages to outside world" (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua)