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Africanews is celebrating its 5th anniversary this week. It s been a long journey and an opportunity to look back at the world over the past 5 years and to project ourselves into the future. Ms. Vera Songwe is an economist and executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa.
Ruth Lago (Africanews Journalist): Hello Madam, you have recently declared that African countries must define their development model, should we conclude that in the last 5 years there has been no progress in this direction?
Ms. Vera Songwe: Every time we talk about Africa we always have the impression that we are talking about a monolithic whole. We have more than 50 countries. We have made a lot of progress.
Africanews is 5 years old. On 20 April 2016, the pan-African channel with an ambition to give a voice to Africa came to your screens. Today, Africanews is watched across the continent through its English and French platforms. For this special edition of Morning Call, we had a one on one with Michael Peters, the President of Euronews and Africanews, who launched the project back in 2013.
Africanews, the channel you launched in 2016, is 5 years old. How do you feel about the journey around the idea of launching a pan-African news channel?
Ruth Lago (Africanews journalist): Africa is a land of opportunity and a continent in full development” your words at the inception of the idea of Africanews. Today, the channel celebrates its 5th birthday.