Zambia and France have pledged to strengthen cooperation in the information sector for the benefit of the two countries, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Friday.

Zambia's Minister of Information and Broadcasting Kennedy Sakeni said the southern African nation would like to see the cooperation in the information sector developed further because the country appreciates the support it has continued to receive from France.

In remarks delivered when France's Ambassador to Zambia Annick Bourdin visited his office, the Zambian minister further said his government appreciates the support it receives from France in the development of the media industry but called for increased collaboration.

On his part, the France envoy said his country values its cooperation with Zambia in enhancing the flow of information between the two countries and announced that France is keen to strengthen technical cooperation between Canal France International and Zambia's state broadcaster. She said France is ready to share with Zambia the experiences and lessons learnt in the digital migration process.

The Zambian government recently announced that it shelved plans to migrate from terrestrial analogue broadcasting to digital from this year to next year due to hurdles it needs to sort out. Endi