?? On January 14th, in Yau Village, Ivory Coast, technical personnel Sange was debugging the equipment related to "Wancun Tong". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Han Xu: "Finally, the whole family can sit together and watch the game" - Ivory Coast villagers are talking about "universal access to all villages"?? "Thank you to the Chinese company for connecting the satellite TV signal to our village. Now we can finally sit together with our whole family to watch the game!" said Abisa, a villager from Yau Village in Cote d'Ivoire. ?? On January 14th, in the village of Yau in Cote d'Ivoire, people gathered at the village activity center to watch the African Cup match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Han Xu?? At 8 pm local time on January 13th, in Yau Village, more than 40 kilometers east of Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire, villagers gathered in front of the television to watch the first match of this year's African Cup of Nations football match between Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea Bissau. In the fifth minute of the game, as the Ivory Coast team scored a goal, the whole village boiled up. Everyone was cheering and jumping, as if they were on the field. ?? This is a "Wan Cun Tong" satellite TV receiver captured on January 14th on the roof of a farmhouse in Yau Village, Cote d'Ivoire. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Han Xu?? In December 2015, in order to promote the construction of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Africa, the Chinese government proposed to focus on implementing the "Ten Major Cooperation Plans" with the African side. Among them, the "Wan Cun Tong" project aims to provide satellite digital TV signals to 10000 villages in Africa. The project is undertaken and implemented by the Chinese enterprise Sida Times Group. As of December 2023, the "Ten Thousand Villages Connect" project of China's aid to Africa has successfully completed its construction work in 20 countries in Africa, covering 9512 villages and directly benefiting over 190000 households. ?? "The 'Wan Cun Tong' project has installed satellite TVs in 500 villages in C ô te d'Ivoire, including our village of Yau. Chinese companies have connected satellite TV signals to the villages and provided us with equipment," said Veninin, the village chief of Yau?? On January 14th, in the village of Yau in Cote d'Ivoire, people gathered at the village activity center to watch the African Cup match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Han Xu?? "We watched the opening ceremony of the African Cup in front of the TV and shared the joy of Ivory Coast's victory. We were very excited, and the whole village came out to celebrate Ivory Coast's victory," said villager Martin. ?? Andre, who is 10 years old this year, loves football very much. His happiest thing every day is playing football with his neighbor's friends on the sandy road in front of the village after school. "Sitting in front of the TV watching the game is like sitting in the audience," he said happily. ?? According to the village chief, there are many children in the village who like football like Andre, and television has built a channel for them to connect with the outside world. Now, they can not only watch sports