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11/10/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/11/2021 05:04

BBC News launches Africa Eye in French across 27 new markets with EDAN

Published: 10 November 2021
Updated: 11 November 2021
BBC Africa Eye features original and high-impact BBC investigations from across Africa. Audiences in more locations across Africa can now watch this award-winning programme on EDAN."- Anne Marie Nwaobasi, Francophone Africa , BBC World Service

For the first time BBC Africa Eye will become available in Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Gabon, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Togo and Tunisia.

EDAN is a pan-African TV station which targets women and the youth across the continent. Founded in 2015, the station is available on Canal Plus Afrique, a satellite subscription-based service broadcasting to 27 countries across Africa. The channel features movies, music and documentary programmes targeted to African audiences across Sub Saharan Africa.

BBC Africa Eye is the award-winning investigative strand that has created a network of trained investigative journalists across the continent to deliver high-impact investigations. Launched four years ago the investigative series has become known for holding power to account.

Evelyn Accrombessi, CEO EDAN, says: "EDAN viewers will now be able to watch BBC Africa Eye, a high-quality BBC programme which will be a great addition to our schedule. We are delighted and very satisfied with the discussions with the BBC teams, their availability and their responsiveness in setting up this partnership. We hope that this is the first step of a long collaboration between the BBC and EDAN."

Anne Marie Nwaobasi , Business Development Manager, Francophone Africa, BBC World Service says: "This partnership reaches new audiences across Francophone Africa giving them access to BBC's primetime investigative series.

"BBC Africa Eye features original and high-impact BBC investigations from across Africa. Audiences in more locations across Africa can now watch this award-winning programme on EDAN."

BBC Africa Eye will be aired on the following days:

  • Tuesday 2130 GMT
  • Wednesday 0730 GMT
  • Wednesday 1300 GMT
  • Wednesday 1630 GMT
  • Wednesday 2230 GMT
  • Saturday 1800 GMT
  • Sunday 1300 GMT

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