Africa

This morning thousands of radio listeners woke up in eastern Kenya’s Tana River County to a new sound, as the presenter cheerfully announced,  “Habari Tana River, you’re listening to Vox Radio. The name may be new, but this is a trusted friend…

Welcome to Saltville – the Freetown neighbourhood setting for a new 15-episode radio drama, based on community household visits and designed to stimulate wider conversations around living with Covid19 in Sierra Leone. 

The Ting character illustrates a whole-person way of listening that we aim for with our partners. In this audio blog, Barnabas describes Ting-listening in action in Uganda.

Organised and broadcast live on Tana River’s Amani FM for Mothers Day, a women’s football tournament has not only proved hugely popular, it enabled women to take a lead in promoting peaceful engagement ahead of August’s elections.

Johnny and Anthony (from Community Development Centre, Uganda), supported community members in Yei River County to develop skills and plans for launching a peacebuilding media initiative. The conflict situation is very complex …

Johnny makes his first face to face visit with Soot Semee since Covid started, joining a special event in northern Uganda to celebrate two years of building peace in Omugo 4 village.

As Kenya moves towards a high-stakes election, the team at Amani FM in Tana River is challenging some of the narratives that are fuelling tension.

Can you really forgive people who have committed terrible acts of violence? A learning review from the DRC, shows how Umoja FM has become a trusted friend in a time of conflict…

The Soot Semee team in Uganda, work hard to create podcasts to bring people together, fighting the isolation experienced by many refugees from South Sudan…

As our team explores new community radio opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa this month, we’re convinced that radio remains the single most powerful medium for community development in the region.