{"id":1416,"date":"2014-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/2014\/07\/31\/discop-africa-selects-ivory-coast-as-guest-country\/"},"modified":"2014-07-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T00:00:00","slug":"discop-africa-selects-ivory-coast-as-guest-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/discop-africa-selects-ivory-coast-as-guest-country\/","title":{"rendered":"DISCOP Africa Selects Ivory Coast as Guest Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLOS ANGELES: DISCOP Africa is to honor Ivory Coast at the upcoming Johannesburg-set event, taking place November 5 to 7.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBasic Lead, organizers of DISCOP Africa, selected Ivory Coast as Guest Country as it is set to play a key role in the development of TV content production and distribution across Africa. DISCOP Africa will partner with RTI (Radio Television Ivoirienne), Ivory Coast&rsquo;s public broadcaster; ONACI (Office National du Cinema), the country&rsquo;s leading funding institution for film and TV content; the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Communications and the Ivory Coast Government on a host of events to mark the 2014 Guest Country. This includes a gala reception honoring the country, to be held on November 5, in the presence of Ivoirian screen talent, industry leaders and public administration representatives. There will also be a national pavilion set up in DISCOP Africa&#039;s main exhibition hall.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPatrick Zuchowicki, founder of DISCOP Africa, said: &ldquo;With one of Africa&rsquo;s most dynamic television content production and distribution industries, a tribute to Ivory Coast is well deserved, especially in a landmark year when for the first time ever an Ivoirian feature was selected to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;Progress has been made recently to build a strong audiovisual sector in the Ivory Coast, thanks to the authorities&#039; commitment to transform the country into a strategic production hub to serve Africa&#039;s homegrown content needs,&quot; added Affoussiata Bamba Lamine, Ivory Coast&rsquo;s minister of communication.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tMaurice Kouakou Bandaman, minister of culture and Francophonie, added, &quot;Continued growth is partially dependent on raising the Ivory Coast&#039;s profile within the African Continent and we welcome the opportunity to be DISCOP Africa 2014&#039;s Guest Country which will help us achieve this aim.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: DISCOP Africa is to honor Ivory Coast at the upcoming Johannesburg-set event, taking place November 5 to 7. Basic Lead, organizers of DISCOP Africa, selected Ivory Coast as Guest Country as it is set to play a key role in the development of TV content production and distribution across Africa. DISCOP Africa will &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DISCOP Africa Selects Ivory Coast as Guest Country<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"DISCOP Africa Selects Ivory Coast as Guest Country . LOS ANGELES, July 31: DISCOP Africa is to honor Ivory Coast at the upcoming Johannesburg-set event, taking place November 5 to 7. . 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