Walta Explained

Walta Media and Communication Corporate S.C.
Owner:	Ethiopian government
Country:	Ethiopia
Language:	English Amharic Arabic
Area:	Ethiopia
Headquarters:	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sister Channels:	Walta TV
Website:	https://waltainfo.com

Walta Media and Communication Corporate S.C. or Walta, previously called Walta Information and Public Relations Center S.C., or Walta Information Center, is an Ethiopian commercial media conglomerate owned and operated by the Ethiopian government.^[1] Walta, located in Addis Ababa, was founded in 1994 and supplies the Ethiopian News Agency and other media with local and national news.

History

Walta has been affiliated with the Ethiopian government since 1992 or earlier.^[2], Walta supported the federal Ethiopian government and the Prosperity Party.

Contents

As part of the media conglomerate, there is an online medium in English, Amharic and Arabic with local, national, and international news and a TV station, Walta TV, broadcasting mainly social and political news in Amharic over satellite.^[3]

Objectives

According to Walta, it gathers, organizes, analyzes and disseminates news and provides "image building and public relation support activities".^[4]

External links

• Walta website (English and Amharic)

Notes and References

1. Web site: African Media Development Initiative – Ethiopia Newspapers. 2006. 2018-04-11.
2. Book: Reta. Meseret. One Hundred Years of History of the Media in Ethiopia. 1992. University Press of America. 978-0-7618-6001-3.
3. News: Walta Information Center Officially Launched Walta Television. 2017-04-08. 2018-04-11.
4. Web site: Walta Media and Communication Corporate S.C.. 2018-04-11.