MTA AFRICA ANNUAL REPORT 2019

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ANNUAL
REPORT

COMPILED BY: MTA AFRICA ADMIN DEPARTMENT

STNETNO01 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
02 CENTRAL DEPARTMENT REPORT
08 EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS
12 COUNTRY REPORTS
32 JALSA SALANA UK REPORT
36 STATISTICS - (GRAPHS AND PIE CHARTS)
37 2020 PROJECTIONS

MTA AFRICA | WWW.MTA.TV/AFRICA

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

MTA Africa 1 and MTA Africa 2 channels were inaugurated by Hazrat Khalifatul
Masih V (May Allah be his helper) on the 1st of August 2016 to cover the African
continent.

MTA Africa produces tailor made content for the African audience and through
it's regional studios produces programmes in a number of languages. Since the
launch of MTA Africa in 2016, it has continued to develop partnerships with
national and private broadcasters across Africa. These partnerships offer content
sharing opportunities and have been invaluable in strengthening MTA Africa's
viewership. MTA Africa continues to provide structured training courses to the
staff of Ghana, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Gambia National Television. To date it
has helped in improving the skill set of hundreds of staff in all areas of
broadcasting. New partnerships have also been formed with educational
institutions such as the GIJ (Ghana Institute of Journalism), whose students have
obtained work experience placement in our Ghana studios.

This year under the blessed guidance of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (May Allah be
his helper), MTA Africa has developed a comprehensive programming plan to
ensure that a larger percentage of content focuses on propagating the teachings
of Islam Ahmadiyyat to an external audience. MTA Africa this year has produced
programmes across multiple genres including current affairs, children’s
programmes, health, education, faith based, social and cultural content. In total
MTA Africa has produced over 30 independent series of programmes.

MTA Africa manages a total of 11 studios and bureaus with a total workforce of 65
fulltime staff and over 120 volunteers. A total of 7 languages are also catered for
across both channels; namely English, French, Swahili, Hausa, Yoruba, Twi and
English Kriol.

On behalf of the entire MTA Africa team, we would like to humbly thank Hazrat
Khalifatul Masih V (May Allah be his helper) for his prayers and continuous
guidance throughout the year and from the inception of the department. May
Allah enable us to work according to the expectations and guidance of Hazrat
Khalifatul Masih V (May Allah be his helper).

UMAR SAFIR - DIRECTOR MTA AFRICA

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CENTRARLEDPEOPRATRTMENT

In 2019, the department worked on a number of key projects in collaboration
with the local studios. A large focus was dedicated to strengthening our central
administrative setup. This included reviewing our workflows to enable better
reporting between the co-ordinators and central team. A new reporting structure
was setup to collect more accurate data for the monthly reports and a central
email account was introduced for the admin department.
Under the instruction of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (May Allah be his helper),
outreach efforts were made to increase MTA Africa's awareness within the African
broadcasting industry. As a result approval was given for MTA Africa to join the
African Union of Broadcasters (AUB) to ensure that we were able to have
representation on matters of broadcasting policy and guidelines in the continent.
The central department consists of 4 key sections which oversee the operation of
two channels, external studios, external channels and new studio projects. The
department heads communicate directly with external studios for programming,
admin and special projects. Country managers have also played a key role in
streamlining the communication between studios and overseeing monthly
projects.
During 2019 the admin department worked on the digitising and cataloging of all
instructions and approvals from Hazoor-e-Anwar which can now be searched
through keywords. Official MTA email addresses were allocated to the larger
studios for all staff to comply with the central instructions for communication.
Under the guidance of Hazoor-e-Anwar, contacts were established with new
media organisations and journalists to introduce them to MTA International. This
year a journalist from Kenya National Television visited the UK to interview
Hazoor-e-Anwar.
Efforts were also made this year to work with channels in Liberia, Zimbabwe and
Burundi where the message had not reached through the media.
The media team worked very hard to prepare the listings for both channels and
ensure schedules were submitted 3 months in advance. All programmes were
approved by the local teams with checking reports mainly compiled by the
Jamia International Ghana team. These reports are now attached to each
programme and digitised to ensure a full record of all programmes is maintained.

Overall the department has made good progress in 2019, however a lot of work
remains in improving output from studios and delivery of programme targets.

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MTA AFRICA KEY PROJECTS FOR 2019 WERE AS FOLLOWS:

INTRODUCTION OF TWI & YORUBA LIVE TRANSLATIONS - This year
MTA Africa introduced LIVE translations of the Friday Sermon in Twi
and Yoruba languages from the Wahab Adam Studios Ghana.

ATTENDANCE AT DISCOP CONFERENCE - MTA Africa presented the
message of the Jama’at Ahmadiyya to the leading media houses of
Africa at the DISCOP International conference in Johannesburg.
DISCOP is one of the premier events that provides a platform for
large media houses to attend and build relations with other media
houses across Africa.

CONTRIBUTION TO MTA WORLD NEWS - MTA Africa has become the
second largest contributor after Indonesia to the MTA news
department with over 80 news reports submitted in 2019

INTRODUCTION OF NEW FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - MTA
Africa launched a new financial management system for Ghana,
Burkina Faso and The Gambia studios. This allows the central
departments and studios to streamline their accounting workflows.

JALSA SALANA UK COVERAGE - MTA Africa provided coverage of the
UK Jalsa Salana 2019 to external channels across Africa. This year by
the grace of Allah, MTA Africa broadcast the Jalsa proceedings on 19
external channels in 13 countries.

NEW TEAMS ESTABLISHED - MTA Africa established 3 new bureaus
in Togo, Ivory Coast and Benin with new co-ordinators.

LAUNCH OF INDEPENDENT SCHEDULE FOR MTA AFRICA 2 - On the
1st of April 2019, a separate 24 hour schedule was launched for MTA
Africa 2. Since then, both MTA Africa 1 & 2 have independent
schedules and different language programmes and translations

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COUNTRY VISITS

Country Member Duration Purpose

Ghana Umar Safir 2 weeks * Meetings with licensing authorities and local
teams.
Burkina Faso Umar Safir 1 week
The Gambia Umar Safir 1 week * Meeting with new management team

Oversee recruitment of new staff members.
Meeting with Licensing authority

Sierra Leone Faiz Nasir 4 days Meeting of local teams and National TV
3 days channel
Liberia Faiz Nasir
Oversee broadcast agreement for Jalsa
Salana coverage

Burkina Faso Luqman Ahmed 3 weeks Workflow handover and training for new
management team

Ghana Luqman Ahmed 5 days Quarterly visit to oversee programming
plan
The Gambia Luqman Ahmed 2 weeks
Launch of new weekly slots on the national
tv. Setup of call teams and local meetings.

Zimbabwe Umar Safir 1 week Jalsa Salana broadcast meeting with
National TV channel

The Gambia Umar Safir / 2 weeks Africa Peace conference
Nabeel Ahmad 1 week * DISCOP Media Conference

South Africa Faiz Nasir

The Gambia Umar Safir 23 days Oversee final handover of studio from
2 days production teams. Training of new teams.
France Umar Safir
UNESCO event coverage

Germany Faiz Nasir / 4 days Jalsa Salana Germany
Waleed
PAGE 04 Jowaheer/Umar
Safir

MTA AFRICA ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

UMAR SAFIR

DIRECTOR

NABEEL AHMAD FAIZ AHMAD WALEED JOWAHEER LUQMAN AHMED

ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMMING MEDIA MANAGER PROJECT
AND SCHEDULES MANAGER

FULLTIME CENTRAL TEAM

AHMAD OWUSU ALI MUWANDA JAMIL MWANJE IMRAN BHUNNOO
KONADU
HEAUDGOAF NHUDMAAN TANZANIA MAURITIUS
GHANA / NIGERIA
RESOURCES

COUNTRY MANAGERS

QASIM AKINRETI NAEEM BAJWA KALEEM QURESHI ASIF BUTT YUSUF ALI KAIRE

CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR
NIGERIA BURKINA FASO GHANA TANZANIA UGANDA

NOOR TOURABALLY ABDOURAHMAN ABDUL HAYEE SHOUHOUD RADJI SORO ALHASSANE MUNAWAR AHMAD

CO-ORDINATOR CHAM CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR CO-ORDINATOR
MAURITIUS SIERRA LEONE BENIN IVORY COAST TOGO
CO-ORDINATOR
GAMBIA

COUNTRY COORDINATORS

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PROGRAMMING &
SCHEDULE STATISTICS

NO. OF PROGRAMME PRODUCED PER COUNTRY

NO. OF HOURS BROADCAST ON EXTERNAL CHANNELS

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PROGRAMMING &
SCHEDULE STATISTICS

PROGRAMME SLOTS PER CATEGORY ON MTA AFRICA 1

PROGRAMMES SLOTS PER CATEGORY ON MTA AFRICA 2

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EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS

INTRODUCTION

MTA Africa has established links with several state owned and private channels
across Africa. These partnerships involve content sharing and training
agreements through formal contract agreement. MTA Africa's first partnership
was with GBC (Ghana Broadcasting Corporation) and since then has expanded to
both West and East African channels. By the grace of Allah, MTA Africa has
agreements with 8 Television channels across Africa through 4 national
broadcasters and 4 private broadcasters.

In 2019 MTA Africa has facilitated 1 training session for Ghana Broadcasting
Corporation. The total target of 6 training courses was not met and this is
something which the department will focus on in the year 2020.

By collaborating and training with the national broadcasters, MTA Africa has
been able to raise its own profile in the media industry in Africa. Programmes
continue to play in 2019 through our weekly slots. A new partnership agreement
was signed between Gambia National Television this year giving us 3 slots a week.

Our partnerships for 2019 are as follows:

1) Ghana state Television (GBC)
2) Sierra Leone state Television (SLBC)
3) FTN Sierra Leone - Private National channel
4) BBS Uganda - Private National channel
5) Uganda state Television (UBC)
6) Gambia state television (GRTS)
7) BTN Rwanda - Private National channel
8) MITV Nigeria - Private National channel

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EXTERNAL TRAINING

This year MTA Africa held one external training
course for Ghana Broadcasting Corporation in
lighting fundamentals for television. This was a 4
day course delivered at the Wahab Adam studios
for the first time. Over 15 members of the Ghana
Television studio department and members of the
MTA Ghana team were in attendance. The course
was led by Jehangeer Shah of MTA production
department who travelled from the UK to deliver
the course. The details were as follows:
GHANA BROADCASTING CORPORATION
COURSE TITLE (C005): LIGHTING FUNDAMENTALS
FOR TELEVISION
COURSE DETAILS:
(4 Day) COURSE
1.Lighting Fundamentals (Day 1)
2.Lighting Techniques (Day 2)
3. Studio Lighting (Day 2)
4. Practicals (Day 3)
5. Review and Summary (Day 4)

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VIEWER FEEDBACK

MTA Africa receives calls on a weekly basis through  the various  programmes
broadcast on external channels. Each country has a dedicated team assigned to
answer calls during the broadcast and pass them onto a local team of
missionaries. Calls are received from all regions across the respective countries.
Each question is then passed onto a team of missionaries who call the viewers
and respond to their questions. A weekly report is submitted to the local Jama'ats
for a follow up. Alhamdolillah, through these programmes, the Jama'ats are
receiving hundreds of Ba'aits each year.
A breakdown of the number of calls received per country is as follows:

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VIEWER COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS

It is not possible to list the hundreds of comments and questions received during
the year. A small selection of questions and comments are listed below:

COMMENTS:

"You Ahmadis are doing very well, especially how you sacrifice. Lets pray that all the
Muslims try to sacrifice like that so that we all can take part in doing da’wa "

"I like watching the program because of the honesty with which Islamic issues are
discussed. In fact if all Muslims heard your message then very soon Islam would
become an envy to its enemies"

"We are learning a lot from these programmes. May Allah richly reward your
panelists."

"I liked the program so much because it linked science with religion and many people
think the two are totally different I don’t agree with such people. Thank you for
highlighting this."

"I love the style of presenting your arguments. They are really convincing."

QUESTIONS:

I want to know if in the Quran the garden of Eden and the fall of man is
mentioned?

Can you tell why Ahmadis say Promised Messiah is the same as Jesus?

Why do Muslims burry their corpse with his head to the north?

What is the difference between the Islamic and Christian belief about the creation
of man?

Why is it allowed for a man to have more than one wife in Islam?

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COUNTRY REPORTS

WAHAB ADAM STUDIOS GHANA

With the completion of the Wahab Adam Studios in 2017, the studio is the  largest
purpose-built facility of  MTA International outside of the headquarters.  It has 15 full
time staff, of which three have been appointed from Pakistan, one from Germany and
the rest have been employed locally from Ghana. This year by the grace of Allah, the
MTA Ghana team have produced 571 programmes in a year which amounts to 48% of
the total of MTA Africa programmes. Wahab Adam studio also facilitates other
countries like Benin, Togo and Nigeria to come and record their own programmes in
Ghana. Ghana has become MTA Africa’s hub for west Africa and often staff from other
countries visit for training and recording of programmes. On 6th October, staff
members travelled to The Gambia for the 2nd National Peace Conference.

MTA GHANA ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

KALEEM AHMAD
QURESHI

COORDINATOR

SADIQ ABBAS BASHIRUDEEN ABDUL GHAFUR SAEED BASHIRUDEEN ADAMS HAMAD UR RAHMAN MUNIRAT AIDOO
FAREED KOOMSON MALIK
OFFICE MANAGER PROGRAMMING POST LAJNA
ADMINISTRATION PRODUCTION PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

AMHUMHAAMDADOWOFUOSU ABDUL WAHAB AMAMOO UMAR FAROUK ABDUL
REKCOEPNTAIODNUIST STAFF HAKEEM
STAFF
ABDUR RAHMAN BAAH
TRANSPORT MANAGER MIRZA SALEH DAWOOD OTOO
STAFF STAFF

WAQAR AHMAD QURESHI AHMAD RANDY YEBOAH
STAFF STAFF

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KEY MILESTONES:

NEW FRIDAY SERMON TRANSLATIONS - The Live translation of Huzoor’s
weekly Friday Sermon in Twi and Yoruba started in April 2019. Translations
of all live speches of Hazoor-e-Anwar have since been translated in these
languages.

NATIONAL BROADCASTER PARTNERSHIP - MTA Ghana renewed a 3 year
contract with the national broadcaster GBC and increased our weekly slots
from 1 to 3. 

SETUP OF GHANA SCHEDULING TEAM - With the expansion of our
schedules for MTA Africa 1 & 2, there was a need to set up a scheduling
team in Ghana. A visit from the central scheduling team provided sufficient
training for the local scheduling team. This is a team being run by the Lajna
volunteers.

PEACE CONFERENCE AFRICA COVERAGE - 6 members of the MTA Ghana
team were approved by Hazoor-e-Anwar to cover the Peace Conference in
Gambia.

INTAKE OF STUDENTS FROM THE GHANA SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM  - A
request was made by the Ghana School of Journalism (GIJ) to attach a
number of students for work experience. Alhamdolillah the studio facility
is recognised in the country as one of the best equiped for students to
practically learn in all areas of broadcasting.

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AMRITAABNEZDAI NSTIAUDIOS

The Amri Abeidi Studio was completed in 2018 and it currently serves as the only
studio in East Africa. The MTA Tanzania team is the 2nd  largest producer of
programmes for MTA Africa. The studio is located in Morogoro which is around 6
hours from the capital Dar-es-Salam. The Tanzania studios have become one of
the leading providers of programmes and have consistently met their targets for
monthly reports and programme delivery. Plans are being made to move the
studio to the capital within the new Jama'at building.

MTA TANZANIA ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

ASIF BUTT

COORDINATOR

MASIHI MUHAMMAD SHABANI ATHUMANI MUHAMMAD RAMADHANI USAMA HANIF MPOGO
MROPE SHUNDA HIGIRO
PRODUCTION
FLOOR MANAGER PROGRAMMING POST
PRODUCTION

5

VOLUNTEERS

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KEY MILESTONES:
PROGRAMMING: MTA Tanzania has been consistent in maintaining all of
their programming targets. They have produced 201 programmes, 13
documentaries and 120 fillers. The studio mainly produces programmes in
the Swahili language.
STUDIO VISITS:  The Bakri Abeidi studio has been visited by many jama’at
members throughout the year. At the occasion of Jalsa Salana UK, more
than 100 Jama’at members were invited to view the Jalsa proceedings in
the studio compound. Apart from this, local government officials have also
visited the studio and have been very impressed with the studio
operations.

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MTA BURKINA FASO

MTA Burkina Faso produces programmes primarily in French and Dioula
languages. This year MTA Burkina Faso has produced 100 programmes for their
regional MTA Burkina Faso channel. The channel has a reach of up to 150KM. A
new management team was approved in May 2019. MTA Burkina Faso is
represented in the national committee for private channels and has a platform to
make suggestions that impact the country's media and communication sector.
Under the new management the team has been enable to start regular
productions of programmes and transmission. The team now has a number of
fulltime employees across the various departments.

MTA BURKINA FASO ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

NAEEM AHMAD
BAJWA

COORDINATOR

DICKO AMADOU DARBO AL-HASSAN IBRAHIMA TRAORE KABDAOGO YOUSSOUF ZELLA ISSOUF ZEESHAN MIRZA

TRANSMISSION & TRANSLATIONS PROGRAMMING POST PRODUCTION IT & MM
STORES PRODUCTION

PITARHOMIPAADABOOWUBUASCUAR KONATE HODOU
KOSTNAAFDFU STAFF

ASIF JAVED
STAFF

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KEY MILESTONES:
FRIDAY SERMON LIVE TRANSLATION - MTA Burkina Faso studio translates
Huzoor-e-Anwar’s Friday Sermon into Dioula language on a weekly basis
which reaches thousands of homes in the local area.
JALSA SALANA COVERAGE - Special coverage of the Jalsa Salana UK and
France was shown on the regional channel along with special LIVE studio
programmes.
NEW TEAM - Establishment of a new team and departments catering for
production and transmission of programmes to the local region.

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MTA UGANDA STUDIOS

Established in 2017, the MTA Uganda team has been regularly contributing
towards the MTA Africa channel. This year they have produced 60 programmes.
There is currently no studio in Uganda and the team hires a studio from a private
tv channel to produce all their content. For this years final construction, plans for
a studio to be built in Kololo Kampala have been submitted and approved. The
MTA Uganda team have also covered a number of local Jama’at events and
produced news reports for the central MTA International News department. The
National broadcaster in Uganda (UBC), has been playing our programmes on
their channel on a weekly basis and BBS channel have given us over 32 hours of
coverage.

MTA UGANDA ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

SHEIKH  YUSUF ALI
KAIRE

COORDINATOR

UMAR MUGISH SHEIKH ZAKKI AHMAD MUBIRU HARUNA AKRAM HASSAN
TAMUZADDE
ADMINSTRATION TAMUZADDE PRODUCTION
TECHNICAL
PROGRAMMING

5 KAZAANA RAJAB
VOLUNTEERS STAFF

KIRIGWAJJO KASIM
STAFF

5
VOLUNTEERS

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KEY MILESTONES:

JALSA SALANA COVERAGE   - Coverage of the Jalsa salana UK on a
number of television and radio channels across the country.
CHANNEL CONTRACT RENEWAL - Renewal of parternship agreement
with BBS Channel to record weekly studio programmes.
NEW STUDIO CONSTRUCTION - Plans were approved for a purpose built
studio to be bult in Kololo, Kampala. Permission for the site to be used for
a studio complex was approved by the local authorities.

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MTA NIGERIA STUDIOS

MTA Nigeria Studios was established in 2015. It currently employs 3 full time staff
including a Missionary from Jamia Ahmadiyya Ghana and a number of
volunteers. In 2019 MTA Nigeria team produced 52 studio programmes including 
Hausa and Yoruba languages. As well as producing studio programmes, MTA
Nigeria has focused increasing their production of documentaries. MTA Nigeria
also has a very strong partnership with MITV a very well-established private TV
Channel in Nigeria. The private channel plays 1 hour 30 mins of MTA programmes
each week. MITV has also given extensive coverage of the Jalsa Salana UK for the
past four years,.  By the grace of Allah, the message of Islam Ahmadiyyat is being
spread throughout the country and many regular contacts are being made
through this initiative.

MTA AFRICA ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
NIGERIA STUDIOS

QASIM AKINRETI

COORDINATOR

OMYELE AZEEZAT BANUS ABDULGHANY NORUDEEN OKUBENA ABBAS ADEGBITE NURUDEEN SHOBAMBI BASHIR LAMINA

LAJNA TRAINING PROGRAMMING POST PRODUCTION IT
COORDINATOR PRODUCTION

6 ABDULKABIR ADERIBIGBE
VOLUNTEERS STAFF

8
VOLUNTEERS

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KEY MILESTONES:

NEW LANGUAGE PROGRAMMES - The MTA Nigeria team visit Ghana on a
regular basis with a team of missionaries to record programmes in Hausa
and Yoruba. Over 60 programmes have been recorded to date.

JALSA COVERAGE - The MTA Nigeria teams provided coverage of the Jalsa
Salana UK and Nigeria on MITV through live coverage and news. Special
studio programmes were broadcast from Nigeria in the local languages

LOCAL CHANNEL PARTNERSHIP - MTA Nigeria has a very strong
partnership with MITV, a very well-established private TV Channel in
Nigeria. The private channel plays 1 hour 30 mins of MTA programmes on a
weekly basis including highlights of Huzoor’s weekly Friday Sermon and
Hausa programmes made by MTA Nigeria team.

SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMMES - MTA Nigeria successfully recorded a
special series of programmes for Masih Maud day and Khilafat Day

APPOINTMENT OF MISSIONARY FOR YORUBA TRANSLATIONS  - A fulltime
missionary was approved from Nigeria to dub programmes in Yoruba
langauge. The official appointment will begin in 2020. All addresses of
Hazoor-e-Anwar will be dubbed in Yoruba language.

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MAURIRTEIPUOS RSTTUDIOS

Since the inception of MTA Africa in 2016, MTA Maurtius has been operating
under the umbrella of MTA Africa. It has a dedicated studio with 4 full time staff
and 13  volunteers. MTA Mauritius has been a big contributor for MTA Africa by
producing high quality documentaries, studio programmes and many fillers. A
team from Mauritius have also been travelling to UK for the past 3 years to
support the central team during Jalsa.

MTA MAURITIUS STUDIOS ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

NOORMOHAMMAD
TORAUBALLY

COORDINATOR

HASHIM VARSALLY SHAAN NOBEE ZAHEER KHUDURUN WASSIM SOOKIA KAMIL JOWAHEER ASLAM TORAUBALLY PAKIZA VARSALLY

POST TRAINING PROGRAMMING DOCUMENTRIES PRODUCTION TRAINING LAJNA
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR

SHAMSHER KHUDURUN AHMAD JOWAHIR KAZAANA RAJAB NARGIS TORAUBALLY
STAFF STAFF STAFF DEPUTY HEAD LAJNA

IRFAN AULLYBUX
STAFF

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KEY MILESTONES:
NEW PROGRAMME PRODUCTIONS - This year the MTA Mauritius team has
produced 57 programmes, 7 documentaries and more than 50 fillers which
is an increase from last years targets.

APPOINTMENT OF NEW STAFF - A new fulltime member of the team has
been appointed this year to assist in the post production department.

OPENING OF NEW LAJNA OFFICE - A new lajna office has been setup with
dedicated editing suites. Previously the Lajna team and men's team were
sharing the same office space.

COVERAGE OF MADAGASCAR AND MAYOTTE JALSA - Teams from MTA
Mauritius visited the local islands to cover the Jalsa Salana of Madagascar
and Mayotte Island. News reports were also prepared for these events.

TEAM VISIT TO UK AND GERMANY JALSAS - MTA Mauritius staff were
approved to assist in the UK and Germany Jalsa Salanas. The Mauritius
teams were key members of the editing and planning teams during the
Jalsas and stayed for over 1 month in the UK.

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SIERRA LREEOPNOERTSTUDIOS

MTA Sierra Leone was established in 2017. Currently the team consists of 2
fulltime staff and 10 volunteers. Apart from the studio programmes, MTA Sierra
Leone has also focused on making documentaries. This year by the grace of Allah,
the Sierra Leone team produced 4 documentaries and produced 48 studio
programmes in English and Kriol. These programmes were recorded by hiring a
studio from a private TV channel. The Director General of Sierra Leone National
television visited the UK this year and had  the opportunity of having a mulaqat
with Huzoor in Islamabad. He was very impressed with the work the Jama’at is
doing and now by the grace of Allah, a two-hour weekly slot has been agreed
with SLBC which is due to start in the new year. Two private channels have also
agreed to play 1 hour programmes on a weekly basis.

MTA AFRICA ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
SIERRA LEONE STUDIOS

ABDUL HAYEE NASIR

COORDINATOR

HASSAN SESAY MORRIS KAMARA KABDAOGO TABISH NAEEM

ADMINSTRATION PROGRAMMING YOUSSOUF PRODUCTION

POST
PRODUCTION

12
VOLUNTEERS

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KEY MILESTONES:

EXTENSIVE COVERAGE ON EXTERNAL CHANNELS- Over the course of the
year, Sierra Leone Broadcast Cooperation has played 168 hours of MTA
programmes on their channel. Two further channels have made
agreements to play weekly programmes
JALSA SALANA COVERAGE - MTA Sierra Leone has taken the lead in its
links with external channels. Alhamdolillah the Jalsa UK was extensively
covered on many channels for over 6 hours daily. Throughout the year the
live events of Hazoor-e-Anwar inckuding France, Germany and Holland
Jalsas were shown on the national channel

NEWS REPORTS FOR MTA - MTA Sierra Leone has worked hard to send
regular news reports. Over 40 news items were prepared and sent to the
central news department this year.

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THE GARMEBPIOARSTTUDIOS

The MTA Gambia studio was finalised this year and a new team setup with 14 full-
time staff members. The facility comprises of a studio, transmission room, post
production facilities, admin room and reception. In 2019, the major focus was on
the infrastructure work of the building and studio facilities. The MTA International
teams visited on a number of occasions to oversee the installation of the
analogue links, studio and MCR setup. MTA Gambia also has close links with the
national broadcaster (GRTS).

During the course of this collaboration, two state of the art studios were
approved by Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V (atba) for the news and programming
departments. These studios were highly appreciated by the management of
GRTS, ministers and senior government officials who thanked MTA for the
support and training. Apart from the studios, a playout facility was installed
onsite to improve the workflows of the channel.

KEY MILESTONES:

COMPLETION OF STUDIO FACILITY - The final setup and installation of the
transmission and studio facility as setup by the production teams. A
modern studio facility including post production and transmission suite
were installed. The studio handover included training of the local teams on
both the technical and workflow requirements of the studio.

FULLTIME APPOINTMENTS - Hazoor-e-Anwar graciously approved the
appointment of 14 full time team members across all department. 3
Missionaries now serve in MTA Gambia studios.

SIGNING OF AGREEMENT WITH NATIONAL CHANNEL - A 3 year contract
was signed with the national tv channel to broadcast 3 slots each week.
The agreement also requires MTA International to train staff members of
GRTS

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TOGBOEN/IINVORREPYOCROTASST /

Three new co-ordinators have been appointed in Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast to
cater for French recordings in the Ghana studios. These teams have prepared a
number of new series which deal with religious and social issues within Africa. A
team of missionaries travel to Ghana on a routine basis and record batches of
programmes. These programmes are edited in Ghana and checked by the French
teams.

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JALSA SALANA UK

Jalsa Salana UK is MTA Africa’s flagship event throughout the year. It requires a
huge amount of planning and coordination in order to prepare a 10 hour daily
schedule for the three days of Jalsa. To help the central team with producing new
content, each MTA Africa bureau is given targets of documentaries, fillers, Jalsa
messages among others, which are delivered a month prior to Jalsa.   While the
central team awaits the content, the central team works out all the logistics for
the Jalsa Salana broadcast. This includes, writing scripts, preparing all presenters,
finding the right guests, inviting journalists to cover the Jalsa. In order to make it
easier for people to follow the full Jalsa broadcast across Africa, for the first time
this year’s Jalsa Salana broadcast was translated into Twi, Yoruba, Hausa. The
total number of LIVE simultaneous translations is now 5, when counting English,
Swahili and French.  Also this year, mission houses across Africa had members
gathered to watch the speeches of Hazrat Khalifatul Masih in large
numbers.   The total number of people working for MTA Africa during this years
Jalsa Salana was 40 who were divided into 7 departments. The full organisational
chart can be seen below.

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JALSA SALANA COVERAGE

Alhamdolillah, this year a total of 19 channels across Africa covered the Jalsa UK
proceedings. This included both English and French national channels. MTA
Africa worked in collaboration with the MTA French teams to organise the
logistics for the broadcast timings. The MTA French teams provided all the
content required for the live broadcast. The channels were as follows: 

1) Ghana National TV
2) ITV Ghana
3) Gambia National TV
4) Freetown TV - Sierra Leone
5) AYV TV - Sierra Leone
6) BBS Uganda
7) BTN Rwanda
8) MITV – Nigeria- Translations provided in Yoruba
9) m7tv - Mali
10) 3tv - Ghana
11) Liberia National TV
12) SKYY tv - Liberia
13) Zimbabwe National TV
14) SPES tv - Togo
15) SMTV - Burkina Faso
16) TLS - TOGO
17) Sierra Leone National TV
18) Canal 3 - Benin
19) BETV – Burundi 

New countries this year  included Zimbabwe, Liberia and Benin.  The total
coverage for the Jalsa broadcast reached  over 100 million people across
Africa.  News reports  were sent on a daily basis from the MTA MEDIA
CENTRE across Africa to 14 TV and radio channels in French and English. The total
coverage of these news reports reached over 70 million people.  Many people
across Africa were able to hear the speeches of Hazoor-e-Anwar and all studio
programmes in TWI, YORUBA and SWAHILI languages for the first time.  Mission
houses across Africa had members gathered to watch the speeches of Hazoor-e-
Anwar in large number.

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COSVAELRAANGAEUOKF2J0A1L9SA

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53RD JLAOLSGARSEAPLOARNTA CALL

Between the period of 1st August to the 4th August 2019, 739 comments. and messages
were received. This was 228 comments more than in the previous year. 33 countries
participated in sending in messages; This was 3 more than previous years. The majority
of comments were received via Whatsapp.
The country breakdown can be seen below: The previous year can be seen in grey.

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STATISTICS AND DATA

NO. OF PROGRAMMES PRODUCED PER COUNTRY PROGRAMME SLOTS PER CATEGORY ON MTA AFRICA 1

NO. OF HOURS BROADCAST ON EXTERNAL CHANNELS PROGRAMME SLOTS PER CATEGORY ON MTA AFRICA 2

CALL LOGS RECEIVED IN 2019 PER COUNTRY FROM EXTERNAL CHANNELS

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PROJECTIONS FOR 2020

During 2020 the department hopes to achieve a number of targets for projects
which have already been approved by Hazoor-e-Anwar. Some key milestones for
2020 are as follows:

Plans to begin the construction of a new purpose built studio in Uganda

Setup of a new MTA Africa team in Kenya within the existing Jama'at
building

Launch of the 24 hour national tv service in The Gambia

Begin dubbing of the addresses of Hazoor-e-Anwar in Twi, Yoruba and
Hausa languages.

Launch of LIVE Friday sermon translation in Hausa language to commence

Increase number of documentaries on MTA Africa by setting targets for
each studio to produce 2 documentaries each month

Begin a live monthly or fortnighly programme from the Ghana studios 

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