Media Centre

The WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 Media Centre is located on the fifth floor in the Orange Executive Room. All journalists and media practitioners wishing to cover the event in person will be required to first report to the Media Centre to complete a registration form, whereafter they will be accredited to cover the event.

Daily operating hours are from 09:00 to 18:00, except for the days of the Opening Ceremony and the Closing Ceremony, on the 28 March 2022 and the 02 April 2022, respectively, when the Media Centre will close at 21:00.

Our Media Centre provides journalists and media practitioners with the latest event information, images, downloads and relevant links. It offers a professional, yet relaxing environment for those wishing to access media content and resources, related to WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022; including ceremonies, excursions and media conferences.

Furthermore, through a dedicated and fit-for-purpose cloud solution, the Media Centre offers access to high resolution photographs and videos of all of our activities, which are to be uploaded on a daily basis. Photos or videos downloaded through the cloud solution are to be credited with the following statement:
“Photos and footage by WorldSkills Africa. All rights reserved. Used by permission”.

Download, print and bring along to the event your own copy of the WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 Media Information and Resource Pack, which elaborates on key media activities and coverage opportunities across multiple digital and traditional channels for journalists and other media practitioners.

It contains fact sheets and detailed information on the Media Centre, media registration, live broadcasts, streaming channels and support contacts.

Download the Media Information and Resource Pack by clicking on the link below:

https://wsas2022.com/download/media-information-resource-pack/

Official press releases are uploaded on this website in order of date.

The WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 Opening Ceremony on 28 March 2022, as well as the Closing Ceremony on 2 April 2022 are to be broadcast live on NBC1. Coverage for both events start at 18:00. (Time Zone: Central African Time (UTC +2)). Journalists and media practitioners wishing to cover the two events are to be accommodated on the media room balcony on the fifth floor, from where they will have an unobstructed view of the main stage. No journalists, will be allowed on the guest floor for the duration of the two events.

Access:

• Broadcast feeds for both events are to be streamed simultaneously on the WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 official social media account platforms. These are:

Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/WorldSkillsAfrica/, and

YouTube – htpps://www.youtube.com/channel/UccVEwRtF8YywY5wmGD7v1aw

• The live broadcasts of the two ceremonies are accessible to Namibian audiences via the NBC1 television broadcast channel. Subscriber viewers in countries forming part of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) will also be able to watch these live broadcasts on Multichoice’s terrestrial DsTV platform on Channel 282.
• For continental/international media houses, access to these broadcasts can be made available upon request via a Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) feed, which is supplemented by a dedicated Cloud service (20 terabytes capacity), making it possible to share a high-quality feed with about 100 media houses/journalists, at any given time. Participating countries who have arranged for access to the RTMP feed should be able to relay this television feed via their national broadcasters to television audiences in their respective countries. Media houses and/or journalists interested in accessing the RTMP feed for this purpose, should contact the Namibia Training Authority’s Communications Specialist, Jethro Kwenani at mobile, + 264 81215276, or email, jkwenani@nta.com.na
• Further streaming access is also possible for paid subscribers through the NBC’s Mobile Application ‘NBC Plus’, downloadable from both the Android and Apple app stores.

In partnership with the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC), WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 will feature three different daily television/streaming broadcast slots, from 29 March 2022 to 01 April 2022. (Time Zone: Central African Time (UTC +2)):

• 09:00 – 10:00 – WSAS2022 Television Magazine Show
• 12:00 – 13:00 – WSAS2022 Television News Bulletin
• 18:00 – 19:00 – WSAS2022 Television Evening Talk Show

As is the case with the live broadcasts of the Opening Ceremony and the Closing Ceremony, the daily broadcasts are accessible to Namibian audiences via the NBC1 television broadcast channel, as well. Similarly, continental and international audiences and media houses also have access to these broadcasts which can be made available upon request via a RTMP feed. Media houses and/or journalists interested in accessing the RTMP feed for this purpose, should contact the Namibia Training Authority’s Communications Specialist, Jethro Kwenani at mobile, + 264 81215276, or email, jkwenani@nta.com.na

The live daily television broadcasts can also be accessed through the official WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 official social media account platforms, listed above; as well as through the ‘NBC Plus’ App. Subscriber viewers in countries forming part of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) will also be able to watch these live broadcasts on Multichoice’s terrestrial DsTV platform on Channel 282.

WorldSkills Africa Swakopmund 2022 includes an international Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Conference, from 29 March 2022 to 01 April 2022, under the theme: ‘Promoting Skills Development in the 21st Century for Sustainable Economic Growth and African Ownership’.

TVET experts are to engage conferencegoers by means of topical presentations, with an overarching purpose of generating knowledge, sharing experiences, benchmarking and innovation. Since the official event social media pages are to be used for streaming of the daily live television broadcasts already, the International TVET conference is to be streamed live on the official Facebook account of WorldSkills Namibia – https://www.facebook.com/WorldSkillsNamibia/

Interviews can be arranged with conference presenters and panelists. For coordination assistance, kindly contact Conference Accreditation Coordinator, Kristofina Junias at + 264 811487204, or kjunias@nta.com.na