Tag: BBC World Service

Op-Ed Editor January 6, 2021

BBC World Service announces new daily podcast for Africa; launches podcast competition in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa

The BBC World Service has announced a brand new daily news podcast for Africa, more episodes of The Comb podcast, and launched a new podcast competition open to residents in…

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Bernard Dayo February 20, 2018

[The Media Blog] BBC launches Igbo and Yoruba services in Nigeria

Two new language services have been launched by the BBC World Service for Igbo and Yoruba speakers in Nigeria and West and Central Africa. The new services are part of…

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Bernard Dayo December 22, 2017

[The Media Blog] BBC Appoints Toyosi Ogunseye as Head of Language Services for West Africa

In a bid to continue its expansion in Africa, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World Service has appointed Toyosi Ogunseye as the head of Language Services for West Africa. Ogunseye…

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Editor August 22, 2017

[The Media Blog] BBC Pidgin, first of its kind…last of it?

We don land gidigba! That was the opening sentence as BBC World Service announced that it had begun its broadcast in Pidgin language on the BBC Africa platform. With a…

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