Broadcasters Convention · Southern Africa 2027 · 19–20 October · Livingstone, Zambia
Why attend
Who you will meet, what you will learn and why it matters.
Two days with the people building Southern Africa’s broadcast and digital future.
Who will attend
Who is in the room
Senior, diverse decision-makers: over half of participants are C-suite, founders, directors or VPs, from across SADC and beyond.
- Public and private TV and radio broadcasters
- Pay-TV, OTT and streaming platforms
- Telecoms and signal distribution operators
- Technology, satellite and cloud providers
- Regulators and policymakers
- Content producers, distributors and rights holders
- Advertisers, agencies and measurement firms
Reasons to take part
What you will take home
Learn
- How broadcasters can widen income beyond advertising and public funding
- What broadcaster-led FAST and streaming launches have taught the region so far
- How to get more value from local content and archives
- Where digital migration and network costs stand across SADC
Hear
- Executives and innovators shaping the sector, through keynotes, case studies and panels
- Southern African, continental and international perspectives on the sector
Meet
- Public and private TV and radio broadcasters
- Regulators and policymakers
- Telcos, signal distribution and streaming platforms
- Content producers, distributors and rights holders
- Advertisers, agencies and measurement firms
Topics
What the programme covers
Select a topic to see its sessions in the programme.
Also on the agenda
- Sustainable broadcasting: diversifying income beyond licence fees, grants and advertising
- AI in broadcasting: newsroom, production, archives and audience insight
- Broadcaster-led FAST and streaming platforms: early lessons from the region
- Cloud, IP and remote production for leaner operations
- Digital migration and network costs: where SADC markets stand
- Sport, live events and national moments: rights and distribution
- Keeping audiences: young viewers, social video and multi-platform strategy
- Regulation, local content and platform accountability
- Advertising, measurement and the competition with global platforms
- Archives and local content as assets in a wider content economy
- Regional content co-production, exchange and distribution across SADC
See you in Livingstone
19–20 October 2027 · Zambia