Focus on Africa (TV programme)
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. The programme was presented by Komla Dumor each weekday from its inception until his sudden death, aged 41, in January 2014. The programme includes news, sport and business from across Africa and around the world.
- Not be confused with the magazine Focus on Africa or the radio programme of the same name broadcast on the BBC World Service.
| Focus on Africa | |
|---|---|
Title card used since 2023 | |
| Created by | BBC Africa for BBC News |
| Presented by | Peter Okwoche Sophie Ikenye Lukwesa Burak Waihiga Mwaura Rhoda Odhiambo |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Studio L, Broadcasting House, London (2013–2023) BBC Nairobi Bureau, Nairobi, Kenya (2023–present) |
| Editor | Vera Kwakofi |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC News (International feed) |
| Release | 18 June 2012 – present |
| Related | |
| BBC News BBC World News America Newsday GMT Impact Global World News Today Africa Business Report | |
The programme was closely related to Dira ya Dunia, an African-focused programme broadcast on BBC Swahili, which noticeably used the same title sequence.
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