Web TV out to boost youth interest in African farming
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
WITH the logo of his Internet TV station on his black T-shirt, Inoussa Maiga energetically plucks corn stalks in northern Burkina Faso for a programme on farming in Africa.
Mr Maiga, 30, launched Agribusiness TV in May in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou, determined to change poor opinions about agricultural work held by African youth and to help develop the continent. "All those who went to school up to a certain level consider going back to the land as a failure, as something demeaning. Yet - and we see it every day in our broadcasts - there are many opportunities for young people," he says.
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