CGTN Africa

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CGTN Africa
Type State media
Country China and Africa
Broadcast areaWorldwide
Headquarters Nairobi, Kenya
Programming
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Ownership
Owner China Media Group
History
Launched11 January 2012;13 years ago (2012-01-11)
Former namesCCTV Afriva
Links
Website africa.cgtn.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television
(Macau)
Channel 74
Streaming media
CNTV Ai Bugu africa.cgtn.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

CGTN Africa is the African division of China Global Television Network (CGTN), the English-language news channel run by Chinese state media outlet China Media Group. It is based in Nairobi and manages bureaux in Lagos, Cairo and Johannesburg, as well as other centres in Africa. The channel was previously known as CCTV Africa.

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CGTN Africa employs Kenyan, African and other international journalists and produces African based programs. There are about 100 employees at CGTN Africa, most of them Kenyans. [1]

Programmes

References

  1. Pengfei, Zhang (2012-11-01). "About CCTV Africa". CNTV. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "About CCTV Africa" . Retrieved 2015-02-08.