SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF BROADCASTING SERVICES AND THE UNIVERSAL ACCESS SERVICE FUND TRUST

For immediate release
Wednesday 24 September 2020
Department of Broadcasting and Corporate Communications
BOCRA Spectrum House

The Universal Access and Service Fund Trust (UASF), represented by Mr Martin Mokgware, BOCRA Chief Executive, and the Department of Broadcasting Services (DBS), represented by Mr Oshinka Tsiang, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Broadcasting Services, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to formally establishes modalities of cooperation between the UASF and DBS to fund training of media graduates and facilitate development and production of content for the DBS.

The signing of this MoA underscores the need for financial support and collaboration to develop the Arts and content creation. 

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For more information, please contact:

Aaron T. Nyelesi
Director, Broadcasting and Corporate Communications
Tel (mobile) 71 313 765
Email address: nyelesi@bocra.org.bw

Further Notes
The UASF is a fund established by BOCRA to extend Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to unserved and underserved areas within Botswana. Through various partnerships, the UASF has funded ICT infrastructure development projects such as hotspots in hotels, airports, shopping malls areas, and has recently completed the Schools Connectivity and Computerization programme which connected 69 schools with broadband internet and computers in the Kgalagadi, Mabutsane and Ghanzi regions. The UASF has continued to extend private broadcaster FM radio signal to areas that until now did not receive private broadcaster FM radio signal. To be started soon, these projects will address Batswana in Takatokwane, Malwelwe and Salajwe villages.