RTB – Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina
Source Passport
BF-M-00001-2
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- Legal name
- Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB)
- Country
- Burkina Faso
- Type
- Multi-platform group
- Founded
- Not disclosed
- Editor-in-chief
- Atéridar Galip Somé (Directeur général)
- Claim
- Not claimed by the organisation
- Last verified
- Not yet
0 of 6 layers verified
Transparency
Partial
3 of 6 key disclosures on record, 0 of them checked by our researchers.
- Legal name and registration number not disclosed
- Owners with influence on record, not yet checked
- Beneficial owners (the people behind the companies) not applicable
- State or public-body ownership stated on record, not yet checked
- State advertising or revenue mix not disclosed
- Public contact address not disclosed
- Official websites and accounts on record, not yet checked
- State-owned
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Who is it?
Origin
Not yet verified
- Brand names Pending check
- RTB
- Radio Burkina
- Company registration number
- Not disclosed
- Registered address
- Not disclosed
- Public contact email
- Not disclosed
4 sources
- Présidence du Faso, Compte rendu du Conseil des ministres du mercredi 30 juillet 2025, read 2026-10-20 (official: Council of Ministers adopted a report on a 'projet de décret portant approbation des statuts particuliers de la Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB)' to give it a new organisational chart)
- Sidwaya via AllAfrica, 'Burkina Faso: Grand Prix cycliste RTB - Une délégation de la Nationale du son et de l'image reçue par le Moogho Naaba', 03.02.2026, read 2026-10-20 (press: RTB delegation led by DG Atéridar Galip Somé; 2nd RTB Grand Prix Cycliste set for 15.02.2026; RTB 'a réaffirmé son engagement de service public')
- Sidwaya (state daily), 'Radiodiffusion télévision du Burkina : le nouveau DG, Galip Somé, installé', 05.07.2023, read 2026-10-20 (press: Atéridar Galip Somé installed as DG of RTB by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism, succeeding Rabankhi Abou-Bâkr Zida)
- State Media Monitor (Media and Journalism Research Center), profile 'Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB)', 26-27.05.2026, read 2026-10-20 (secondary: national state-owned public broadcaster, fully state-owned; constituted in present form in 1999 by merging RNB and TNB; radio from 1959, TV from 1963; under the ministry responsible for communication; funding mainly government subsidies plus advertising, no audited reports published; DG Galip Somé appointed by Council of Ministers 29.06.2023; website rtb.bf)
Who stands behind it?
Control
Not yet verified
- Owners with influence Pending check
Owner Share % Holding Owner type State of Burkina Faso (statutes approved by decree of the Council of Ministers) 100% Direct State or public body - Beneficial owners
- Not disclosed
- State or public-body ownership Pending check
- Fully state-owned
- Parent group Pending check
- Government of Burkina Faso (ministry in charge of communication)
3 sources
- Présidence du Faso, Compte rendu du Conseil des ministres du mercredi 30 juillet 2025, read 2026-10-20 (official: Council of Ministers adopted a report on a 'projet de décret portant approbation des statuts particuliers de la Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB)' to give it a new organisational chart)
- State Media Monitor (Media and Journalism Research Center), profile 'Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina (RTB)', 26-27.05.2026, read 2026-10-20 (secondary: national state-owned public broadcaster, fully state-owned; constituted in present form in 1999 by merging RNB and TNB; radio from 1959, TV from 1963; under the ministry responsible for communication; funding mainly government subsidies plus advertising, no audited reports published; DG Galip Somé appointed by Council of Ministers 29.06.2023; website rtb.bf)
- Sidwaya (state daily), 'Radiodiffusion télévision du Burkina : le nouveau DG, Galip Somé, installé', 05.07.2023, read 2026-10-20 (press: Atéridar Galip Somé installed as DG of RTB by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Communication, Culture, Arts and Tourism, succeeding Rabankhi Abou-Bâkr Zida)
Who pays?
Money
Nothing disclosed
- State advertising and foreign public funding
- Not disclosed
- Revenue mix
- Not disclosed
- Named funders
- Not disclosed
Where does it appear?
Channels
Not yet verified
- Official websites Pending check
- Official social accounts
- Not disclosed
How does it travel?
Distribution
Nothing disclosed
- Distribution partners
- Not disclosed
Who is connected?
Networks
Nothing disclosed
- Sister outlets in the same group
- Not disclosed
- Documented public-office or party roles
- Not disclosed
Change history
| Version | Date | What changed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 November 2026 | First published |
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