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Africanews debuts on DStv and GOtv

March 26, 2020 12.13 Europe/London By Chris Dziadul

The MultiChoice Group has launched Africanews four months after adding Euronews to its platforms.

The channel, which is also part of Euronews Group, is being made available on DStv and GOtv to subscribers in over 40 countries across the African continent, including South Africa and neighbouring southern African countries, as well as countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, or Angola.

Thanks to this new partnership, Africanews, launched in 2016 from Pointe-Noire, Congo, now reaches 20 million homes in total across the African continent.

Commenting on the launch, Euronews’ CEO Michael Peters said: “Amid the current COVID-19 crisis, Euronews and Africanews’ mission has never been so important: helping people access real-time up-to-date information, empowering them to make sense of what’s going on in the world by presenting a diversity of viewpoints. We are thrilled to be partnering with the MultiChoice group once again to offer their DStv and GOtv subscribers access to Africanews, after Euronews launched on DStv last November. Euronews and Africanews have always been recognised and valued for their fact-based impartial and independent newsgathering. In these times of uncertainty, millions more people in Africa will now have access to these trusted sources of information.”

Yolisa Phahle, CEO MultiChoice Group Africa, added: “In these unprecedented times, the importance of having access to precise, reliable information becomes paramount for our customers and their families. We have increased access to news channels already and the launch of Africanews confirms our commitment to doing all we can to provide the best possible service.”

Aside from delivering rolling news, Africanews offers viewers a diverse range of programmes, on culture, lifestyle, sport, business, travel or sci-tech. Africanews and Euronews also have a strong presence on digital platforms.

In the last two weeks alone, traffic to the Euronews website rose by 86%, while the Africanews website recorded a +300% growth in traffic during the same time.

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Filed Under: Channels, Middle East and Africa, Newsline Tagged With: Africanews, DStv, GOtv Edited: March 26, 2020 12:13

About Chris Dziadul

Chris is our Central & East Europe Editor. You can talk to Chris on Twitter @chrisdziadul or by email at cdziadul@broadbandtvnews.com

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