Editing Color television (section)

===Africa===
The first color television service in Africa was introduced on the [[Tanzania]]n island of [[Zanzibar]], in 1973, using PAL.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7h1DAQAAIAAJ&q=Zanzibar+ ''Mass Media, Towards the Millennium: The South African Handbook of Mass Communication''], Arrie De Beer, J.L. van Schaik, 1998, page 56</ref> In 1973 also, [[Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation|MBC]] of [[Mauritius]] broadcast the OCAMM Conference, in color, using SECAM. At the time, [[South Africa]] did not have a television service at all, owing to opposition from the [[apartheid]] regime, but in 1976, one was [[Television in South Africa#Introduction of television|finally launched]].<ref>[http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/tv-in-south-africa-marks-its-40th-anniversary-20160105 TV in South Africa marks its 40th anniversary] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215230324/http://www.channel24.co.za/TV/News/tv-in-south-africa-marks-its-40th-anniversary-20160105 |date=15 February 2016}}, [[News24 (website)|channel24]], 5 January 2016</ref> [[Nigeria]] adopted PAL for color transmissions in 1974 in the Benue Plateau state in the north central region of the country, but countries such as [[Seychelles]] continued with black and white until 1985 respectively.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2MhBAAAAYAAJ&q=Colour+transmission ''A Concise Encyclopedia of Zimbabwe''], Donatus Bonde, Mambo Press, 1988, page 410</ref> The [[Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service]] (SLBS) started television broadcasting in 1963 as a cooperation between the SLBS and commercial interests; coverage was extended to all districts in 1978 when the service was also upgraded to color.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZgptYdAcsOgC&dq=sierra+leone+broadcasting+service+colour+television&pg=PA173 ''World Broadcasting: A Comparative View''], Alan Wells, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1996, page 173</ref>

The last country in [[Africa]] to introduce color television was [[Ghana]] in 1985.