Overview

Xinhua agrees to help Tunis Afrique Presse digitize 1.5 million photos in National Album Project

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•TunisiaSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Commitment

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jun 19, 2017

End (planned): Jun 19, 2019

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

Xinhua News Agency

Implementing agencies

Private Sector

Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP)

Loan description

Xinhua agrees to help Tunis Afrique Presse digitize 1.5 million photos in National Album Project

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On June 19, 2017, He Ping, editor-in-chief of China's Xinhua News Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) Agency's President Lotfi Arfaoui to establish a framework for cooperation between the two companies on the National Album Project. The eight-article memorandum lasts until June 19, 2019. The project will allow TAP to use Chinese experience to digitize its 1.5 million photo archive to create an album of historical photos.