URTNA MEMBERSHIP IS OPEN TO

- any public or private broadcasting organization or group of broadcasting organizations of any African country ;

- any public or private broadcasting organization or group of broadcasting organizations situated outside the African continent and which provide a broadcasting service of a national character ;

- any public or private institution, be it African or foreign, national or international, whose activities include audio-visual communication.

As at 31 January 1999, URTNA’s membership was composed of the broadcasting organizations of 48 countries.

ACTIVE MEMBERS

Public broadcasting services of the following member countries : Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo (Democratic Republic), C๔te d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

PARTICPATING MEMBERS

African private broadcasting organizations : Africa Nฐ 1 Radio Service (Gabon), Africa Independent Television (Nigeria), Degue Broadcasting Network Television (Nigeria), Dar-es-Salaam Television (Tanzania), Independent Television (Tanzania), MINAJ Holdings Limited (Nigeria).

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Foreign public and private broadcasting organizations : Germany, France, Holland, Palestine, Portugal, Switzerland, Radio Vatican, BBC-Afrique Radio (Great Britain) and WorldSpace.