Runtime: | 26 minutes |
Creator: | BBC Africa for BBC News |
Editor: | Vera Kwakofi |
Presenter: | Peter Okwoche Sophie Ikenye Lukwesa Burak Waihiga Mwaura Rhoda Odhiambo |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Location: | Studio L, Broadcasting House, London (2013–2023) BBC Nairobi Bureau, Nairobi, Kenya (2023–present) |
Language: | English |
Network: | BBC News (International feed) |
Last Aired: | present |
Related: | BBC News BBC World News America Newsday GMT Impact Global World News Today Africa Business Report |
Focus on Africa is a BBC news programme broadcast on the international feed of the BBC News channel, and on local partner channels of the BBC in African countries.[1] The programme was presented by Komla Dumor each weekday from its inception until his sudden death, aged 41, in January 2014.[2] The programme includes news, sport and business from across Africa and around the world.
The programme was closely related to Dira ya Dunia, an African-focused programme broadcast on BBC Swahili, which noticeably used the same title sequence.
Focus on Africa is aired from 18:30 to 19:00 GMT (17:30–18:00 BST during summer months in the UK and the northern hemisphere) weekdays on the BBC News channel's international feed.[3] The programme also airs on affiliate networks across Africa, which broadcast it as a prime time news programme.
Since the move to Nairobi the on-air team has been reduced, with fewer relief presenters due to the formers being based in London.[4]
Years | Presenter | Current role |
---|---|---|
2023–present | Waihiga Mwaura | |
Rhoda Odhiambo | Main presenter & journalist |