The director general of the Burkinabè Copyright Office (BBDA), Dr Hamed Patrick Lega, proceeded, on Monday June 24, 2024, to the installation of the new head of the Koudougou agency in the person by Christian Kientega, cultural affairs advisor.
We must now count on Christian Kientega at the BBDA Center-West regional agency to ensure continuity of service. That is to say, always remaining close to the creators and users of literary and artistic works.
By installing Mr. Kientega, the CEO of the BBDA, Dr. Hamed Patrick Lega, urged him to open up to users for good collaboration.
Anything which, in his opinion, will make it possible to maintain the agency’s current level of performance or even exceed it.
He also expressed, on the one hand, his gratitude to all the regional actors who are engaged with the agency for the promotion of literary and artistic property and, on the other hand, invited everyone to register in the same dynamic so that culture and copyright live in Burkina Faso.
The new agency head says
he is aware of the challenges to be met in this region and this, he said, because the agency is a privileged witness to the cultural and tourist vitality of the region.
To all users of artistic and literary works (hoteliers, restaurateurs, festival and event organizers, audiovisual media, commercial agencies), he launched an appeal so that together they can save art and culture through the payment of copyright royalties.
Mr. Kientega replaces Paul Nagalo in this position, recipient of a scholarship at the African Intellectual Property Organization based in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Source: Burkina Information Agency