{"slug": "china-africa-media-cooperation-building-skills-for-the-ai-era", "title": "China-Africa media cooperation: Building skills for the AI era", "summary": "The 7th Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation opened in Beijing under the theme 'Share Development Opportunities, Shape the Audio-Visual Future,' bringing together media leaders to discuss digital transformation and AI. Gregoire Ndjaka, CEO and Director General of the African Union of Broadcasting, emphasized that Africa must develop skills to understand and use AI for its own development, not just consume the technology.", "body_md": "####\n[\nChina\n](/tag/china/)\n\nAfrica and China are deepening cooperation in the media sector as digital transformation and artificial intelligence reshape how news and content are produced.\n\nThe **7th Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation** opened in Beijing under the theme **“Share Development Opportunities, Shape the Audio-Visual Future,”** bringing together media leaders and professionals from across Africa and China.\n\nFor **Gregoire Ndjaka**, CEO and Director General of the African Union of Broadcasting, media cooperation goes beyond technology — it is also a bridge between cultures.\n\nHe highlighted growing opportunities for African journalists to receive training in China and across Africa, including recent programmes focused on using artificial intelligence to produce content.\n\nNdjaka stressed that Africa must not simply consume AI technologies, but **develop the skills to understand, adapt and use them for its own development**.\n\nFor him, AI represents a potential shortcut to accelerating Africa’s development — provided African media professionals are equipped to master the technology.\n\nAs the media landscape becomes increasingly digital and intelligent, the message from Beijing is clear: **skills, technology and knowledge-sharing will be central to Africa’s ability to shape its own digital future.**", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-africa-media-cooperation-building-skills-for-the-ai-era", "canonical_source": "http://www.africanews.com/2026/08/21/china-africa-media-ccooperation-building-skills-for-the-ai-era/", "published_at": "2026-08-21 16:54:34+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-21 17:13:27.532280+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["African Union of Broadcasting", "Gregoire Ndjaka", "China", "Africa", "Beijing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-africa-media-cooperation-building-skills-for-the-ai-era", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-africa-media-cooperation-building-skills-for-the-ai-era.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-africa-media-cooperation-building-skills-for-the-ai-era.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/china-africa-media-cooperation-building-skills-for-the-ai-era.jsonld"}}