Japan grants Botswana P17m set-top boxes

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Japan and Botswana signed a grant aid amounting to 150 million yen (approximately P17 million) for distribution of set top boxes (receivers) to be aligned with deployment of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTV) and analogue switch-off in the country.

Ambassador of Japan to Botswana Takeda Kozo and Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr Thapelo Matsheka yesterday in Gaborone signed the grant agreement. The signing was done separately between Takeda and Matsheka to avoid close contact with each other due to the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In February 2013, Botswana announced the adoption of the Japanese standard for its DTV and first broadcasted by Botswana Television (BTV).

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