ETHIOPIA
Ethiosat – the first dedicated Ethiopian TV platform
to host the country’s most popular local channels – has
been launched. This has been made possible by agreements
between the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB),
the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), and the world’s
leading satellite operator, SES. Ethiosat is hosted on SES’s NSS-
12 satellite at 57 degrees East and delivers over 30 channels for
Ethiopian audiences only, with 12 of those channels already
in High Definition (HD) quality. To access Ethiosat direct-
to-home (DTH), Ethiopian TV viewers must have their
respective local satellite antenna installer change
the position of their antenna.
KENYA
At Kenya’s Mara Elephant Project, staff are turning to
drones as a vital tool for keeping wild elephants safe. Staff
can now track elephants, locate poachers, and avoid potential
conflicts before they occur. Workers have even been able to
herd elephants with drones as the noise these devices make is
similar enough to a swarm of bees to spur evasive movement.
Since the organisation began, they’ve arrested over 300
poachers, seized more than 1,000 kilograms of ivory, and
helped bring the percentage of illegally killed elephants
down from 83% to 44%.
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