0Andreas ThomasSADC will not be able to achieve its regional integration agenda unless the citizens of the region are well informed and are actively participating in the process. The SADC’s Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) is the blueprint for the region’s integration agenda for a 15-year period – 2005-2020. The SADC Secretariat has realised the important role that the media can play in the success of regional integration. The strategy aims to strengthen information channels that enhance public knowledge and consciousness of SADC’s vision and achievements in order to attain regional integration and eradicate poverty. In addition, the Angola-Zambia-Tanzania Optical Fibre Cable Intra-SADC connectivity Link project sought to bring bandwidth from submarine cables into the SADC region.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 20, 2018 10:18 UTC