In May 2008 Input returns to Africa. It will be exactly a decade since the first mini Input was held in Africa (Cape Town 1998) and 30 years since the inaugural Input conference was held in Milan in 1978. The first ever African Input was held in Cape Town in 2001.

Input 2008 will be a collaboration between the main sponsor and Host Broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC); the National Film & Video Foundation (NFVF); the Gauteng Film Commission (GFC); the Gauteng Tourism Authority and the African Broadcast Media Partnership (ABMP) that comprises 26 TV companies across the Continent.

It will be the first time that partners from across the African Continent join hands to stage a global TV event.

Already innovative deals have been struck with South African Airways (SAA) and hotels in Johannesburg. SAA is the official carrier for Input 2008.

The worldwide Human Bondage Project: Stories of an Enslaved People will be launched at Input 2008 and will produce documentaries, a drama series and possibly a feature film telling the stories from the unique perspective of the African slaves.