We put radio to work in rural Africa.

We put radio to work in rural Africa.

What we do

We make radio the very best it can be for rural communities across Africa.

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Radio Resources

We provide resources and training to help rural radio broadcasters create programs that better serve their listeners.

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Radio Innovations

We pioneer innovative digital solutions and new program formats that make radio more effective and interactive than ever before.

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Radio
Projects

We implement targeted development projects that get results, improving the lives of tens of millions of people through the power of radio.

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Why we do it

We want to see the hard work of African farming families lead to prosperity and food security for themselves, their communities, and their countries. And we know that radio has a vital role to play in making this a reality.

Where we work

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Senegal

Mali

Burkina Faso

Ghana

Nigeria

Ethiopia

Kenya

Uganda

Tanzania

Malawi

Mozambique

Togo

Cote d’Ivoire

Zambia

Countries where we have broadcasting partner(s)

Countries where we have broadcasting partner(s) involved in radio projects

Each year, we share resources with 13+ stations in 38 countries and work with more than 250 of them on projects in 17 countries.

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Our impact

2021-22

Together with our partners, we reached an estimated 24.5 million people across rural Africa with life-changing information last year and helped 4.9 million of them make a positive change.

Radio Resources

We provided 154 resources to 3,420 broadcasters across sub-Saharan Africa.

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Projects

We implemented 33 projects with 259
of our broadcasting partners.

Radio Innovations

We helped 256 radio stations interact with more than 401,470 of their listeners.

Funding partners

We have implemented projects with support from some of the world’s leading development agencies and funding organizations.

We also work with

More than 1,300 radio stations in 38 African countries have signed up as broadcasting partners to utilize our resources and professional development opportunities.

Each year we work with a subset of our broadcasting partners to air targeted radio programs as part of specific communication-for-development projects.

We work with a range of knowledge partners such as agricultural research institutions, government extension officers and farmers’ organizations to identify priority issues, gather useful information and monitor radio programs for quality and accuracy.

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Publications

Dive deeper into our work by checking out the dozens of documents we have available for download, from academic articles and research  to project documents and annual reports.

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