With a combined monthly audience of 6m online visitors to both platforms, this partnership extends BBC World Service’s digital presence in Ghana and Cameroon.
BBC World Service and AfricaWeb have partnered to provide BBC News text, podcasts, audio, and video content in English, Pidgin, Hausa and French to audiences in Ghana and Cameroon through the news portals Ghanaweb.com and Camerounweb.com.
For the first time, The Comb podcast, a news and current affairs product targeted at younger audiences around the continent, will be available through this partnership.
BBC News Afrique will be the first international news provider on Cameroun Network, extending the reach of BBC News content to their 2m visitors.
With a combined monthly audience of 6m online visitors to both platforms, this partnership extends BBC World Service’s digital presence in Ghana and Cameroon.
Speaking about the partnership, Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, BBC World Service Head of West Africa Languages, said: “This partnership offers a chance to broaden our digital reach in Ghana and Cameroon simultaneously to a combined audience of 6m online visitors to both sites. We’re thrilled to be working with AfricaWeb, and we’re looking forward to bringing our service to a wider online audience.”
Ismail Akwei, AfricaWeb Editor-in-Chief, added: “GhanaWeb and CamerounWeb have been providing Ghanaians and Cameroonians with quality news and independent journalism that has kept readers updated while safeguarding their right to freedom of expression. Our partnership with the BBC is part of AfricaWeb’s vision of forging pan-African collaborative partnerships that will have a greater positive effect on the continent.”
