The Director-General of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation, Mr Joseph Egbenda Kapuwa (Esq), Attends Turkey-Africa Media Summit in Istanbul, 25-26th May 2002

The Director-General of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation, Mr Joseph Egbenda Kapuwa (Esq), is among professional journalists from forty-five African countries for a 2-day Turkey- Africa Summit.

Paul A.S. Minah-Sierra Leone's Deputy Ambassador to Turkey (L), Joseph Egbenda Kapuwa (Esq)-Director-General of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (C), and Mohamed L. Khan-Head of Chancery Sierra Leone's Diplomatic Mission in Turkey (R)

The conference, which is pioneered by H.E President Erdogan of Turkey, is aimed at bringing together media practitioners.

The summit seeks to build on the 2021 third Turkey- Africa partnership summit in Istanbul. In his official opening remark, the Director of the Presidential Directorate of Communication, Professor Fahrenttie Aldun, stated, “the summit is to strengthen cooperation and coordination between Turkey and African media members and promotes experience sharing and develop partnership".

                   Mr Joseph Egbenda Kapuwa (Esq)-Director-General of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation 

He reechoed that Turkey places increasing emphasis on its ties with the continent as Turkey and Africa are set to hold another comprehensive summit, focusing on media and communication strategies to boost their images and bilateral cooperation. Turkey aims to win alongside Africa and march together toward the future.

He stated that Turkey has frequently reaffirmed that Turkey’s approach in its ever-growing relations with African countries is based on equal partnership and a win-win principle, emphasizing the strong will to further develop commercial ties.

The Sierra Leone Embassy is represented by Mr Paul Minah, Deputy Head of Mission, Mr Mohamed Lamin Khan, Head of Chancery and Mrs Hawa Tucker, the Information Attaché. 

Turkey's relations with African countries have gained momentum, especially after the declaration of 2005 as the "Year of Africa" and the first Turkey -Africa Cooperation Summit in 2008. 

The vast majority of Turkey's forty-three embassies across the continent were opened following this summit. For example, twenty-seven embassies were established in African countries between 2009 and 2014. Having adopted a one-dimensional foreign policy shaped by its relations with the West for decades, Turkey has shifted to a more diversified, multidimensional and independent foreign policy since the end of the Cold War.

 

 

Information Attaché,

Hawa Georgette Tucker 

Sierra Leone Embassy,

Ankara Turkey  

+90-537-355-48-99

Email-htucker@sierraleoneembassy.org.tr