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GIBA commemorates World Radio Day 2024

Accra, Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Happy World Radio Day! This year, as we celebrate “Radio: A century informing, entertaining, and educating,” we not only acknowledge the global significance of this enduring medium but also pay special tribute to its profound impact in Ghana. Since its inception, radio has played a pivotal role in shaping societies,

GIBA Condemns Attack on UTV Ghana

ACCRA, Monday, October 9, 2023 The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA), in no uncertain terms, condemns the invasion and attack on the presenter, panellists, and studios of UTV Ghana. This politically motivated attack against freedom of speech and the protections guaranteed the media in the 1992 Constitution of Ghana is another indicator of an increasingly

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association – Operational Familiarisation Visit to Asaase Broadcasting company Accra

Familiarisation Visit to Asaase Broadcasting Company Accra.

GIBA Commemorates World Radio Day 2023 in Tamale

The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) with support from UNESCO and UNDP is commemorating World Radio Day 2023 in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. World Radio Day was proclaimed in 2011 by the member states of UNESCO of which Ghana is a part, and adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012

GIBA – PRESS STATEMENT BY THE MEDIA COALITION AGAINST GALAMSEY

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE MEDIA COALITION AGAINST GALAMSEY Accra, October 13, 2022 - The Media Coalition Against Galamsey (MCAG) since 5th April 2017 (when it was launched) has on numerous occasions demonstrated its commitment towards the fight against Galamsey by creating awareness through public education campaigns, stakeholder engagements and townhall meetings, about the destruction of

GIBA Wins Case against Conditional Access System (CAS) Inclusion in Free-To-Air TV Receivers

Press Release   GIBA Wins Case against Conditional Access System (CAS) Inclusion in Free-To-Air TV Receivers The High Court presided over by His Lordship Eric Baah, J.A., has on Tuesday, 16th August 2022, delivered its ruling in favour of the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) in a matter in which GIBA sought among other things,

GIBA – World Press Freedom Day 2022 – Solidarity Message

World Press Freedom Day 2022 Solidarity Message GIBA World Press Day Solidarity Message 2022 Mr. Chairman, Chairman of the National Media Commission, Hon. Deputy Minister of Information, UNESCO Resident Representative in Accra, Public Affairs Officer of the US Embassy, President of the Ghana Journalists Association, Chairman, Ghana Community Radio Network, Representative of the Private Newspaper

GIBA – Regional and Deputy Regional Coordinator Elections held across the Country

Regional and Deputy Regional Coordinator Elections held across the Country The Executive Council of the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) between February and March 2022 met members of GIBA across the country to hold discussions and elect Regional and Deputy Regional Coordinators in all 16 regions of Ghana to help steer the affairs of the

The Media Capacity Enhancement Programme

The Media Capacity Enhancement Programme The media is the Fourth Estate of the Realm in Ghana’s governance system. The media as it exists today faces some capacity challenges. It is in light of this that media stakeholders (the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association, Ghana Journalists Association, Private Newspaper Printers Association of Ghana, Institute of Public Relations

New GIBA Executive Council Members sworn in

On Thursday, 14th October 2021, the newly elected members of the Executive Council of the Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) were sworn into office at a ceremony at the GIBA Secretariat in Kokomlemle, Accra. The members of the new Executive Council were elected at an Annual General Meeting held in Kumasi on 26th August 2021