Media

News and Media from Africa

 

GHANA


The Press



Radio



Television




KENYA


Newspaper

  • Daily Nation - published by the Nation Media Group, is widely regarded as being independent and balanced
  • The Standard- privately-owned daily, and Kenya's oldest newspaper
  • East African - English-language weekly published by the Nation Media Group
  • Taifa Leo - Kenya's only Swahili-language daily, published by the Nation Media Group
  • The People Daily - owned by veteran politician Kenneth Matiba

 


Radio

  • Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) - state-owned, services in English, Swahili and 15 other indigenous languages
  • Metro FM - national music-based station operated by KBC
  • Coro FM - KBC-operated Kikuyu-language station in Nairobi
  • Capital FM- private, music-based
  • East FM - private, targets Nairobi's Asian listeners

 

Television

 

 


NIGERIA


Newspaper


Radio

 


 


SOUTH AFRICA


Newspaper


  • Radio
  • SABC - state broadcaster with 20 regional and national services in 11 languages
  • Channel Africa - SABC's external radio service, targeted at the African continent
  • YFM - popular Johannesburg commercial R&B, soul and hip-hop station
  • 702 Talk Radio- Johannesburg commercial news and talk station

 

Television

  • SABC - state broadcaster, operates three national TV networks, two pay-TV channels
  • e.tv - free-to-air commercial network
  • M-Net - pay-TV, pan-African audience

 


 

UGANDA


Newspaper

 

  • Radio
  • UBC Radio - public, run by Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, operates five stations including commercial Star FM
  • Radio Simba - private
  •  KFM - private, operated by Monitor Publications
  • Radio One - private
  • Sanyu FM - Uganda's first private station
  • Central Broadcasting Service (CBS) - private, operated by Buganda Kingdom
  • City FM - private, operated by ruling National Resistance Movement

 

Television

  • UBC TV - public, run by Uganda Broadcasting Corporation
  • WBS - private, operated by Wavah Broadcasting Service
  • East Africa TV - private

 

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