Africa Radio (former Africa N ° 1), which was previously available on the FM band in Paris and on social networks in Africa and Europe, has now begun broadcasting in Abidjan on 91.1 FM. The launch ceremony was held Wednesday, June 12 in Abidjan in the presence of Mr. Sidi Toure, Minister of Communication and Media, and many personalities from the political, artistic and media.
Africa Radio will also soon make its way to Brazzaville on 94.5 FM. In addition to the FM band, more than 700,000 people follow Africa Radio on social networks in Africa and Europe.
The company plans to become a major independent private actor in the African radio landscape in the next five years. It aims to support the educational, cultural and economic development of the countries that will host it.
The project took shape when Dominique Guihot, Chairman and CEO of Africa Media, the publisher of Africa Radio Paris programs, met with Jean-Michel Severino, Chairman of the Impact Investment Group, Investors & Partners. The company Africa Radio SA was created in Ivory Coast in 2016.
Later on four African personalities joined this project including A’Salfo, leader of the group Magic System, musician Manu Dibango, who is also host on Africa Radio, Momar Nguer, President of the Marketing and Service Division of Total Group, and Lionel Zinsou, president of the pan-African financial company Southbridge and former Prime Minister of Benin.
“We are very happy and very proud that Africa Radio’s programs can now be heard in Abidjan,” said Dominique Guihot. “For the former Africa N ° 1 which marked the years 1980-1990, this return on the African continent marks a return to the sources in a certain way. It’s the beginning of a new pan-African radio adventure.”
Jean-Michel Severino said Africa Radio’s business model is firmly focused on developing advertising markets in Africa.
“The chance of this project is to be able to build on the success of Africa N ° 1, now Africa Radio, which has been firmly established for more than 25 years and is 100% dedicated to Africa,” he added. “This first step should lead us to the creation of pan-African writing in Abidjan.”
“It is essential that information about Africa also leaves Africa,” A’Salfo said. “This is what attracted us: that the sons of Africa get together to give another color to the Continent.”
