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Joseph Warungu invites 20 million Africans to BBC Africa Radio Awards
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The BBC's Joseph Warungu will broadcast the announcement of the winners
of the BBC Africa Radio Awards live from the Safari Park Hotel in
Nairobi, Kenya at 17.00 GMT on Saturday 26 May 2007.
"Tune in and find out
if your favourite has won," says Kenyan-born Joseph whose live programme,
Focus On Africa, will be supported by a range of BBC output on TV, on
radio and online.
Joseph, who is the Editor of BBC English for Africa programmes Focus On
Africa and Network Africa, says: "I'm thrilled to be bringing the awards
gala live from the heart of Nairobi, and I want our 20 million English-language listeners across Africa to tune into all the broadcasts so that
they can soak up the atmosphere and celebrate the best of English-language radio journalism in the continent."
The awards gala will be hosted by BBC presenter, Komla Dumor, and staged
by leading show producer, Jan Malan.
There will be live performances
from Nigerian rapper 2Face Idibia, South African vocalist Thandiswa
Mazwai and Kenyan newcomer Valerie Kimani.
The BBC Africa Radio Awards will be featured in a range of radio
programmes starting on Monday 21 May.
These include Africa, Have Your Say,
African Perspective, Network Africa, Weekend Network Africa and World
Have Your Say.
The gala in Nairobi will also be covered by BBC Swahili.
The BBC's international TV channel, BBC World, will carry highlights from
Saturday 2 to Monday 4 June.
And the continent's music channel MTV base
(Africa) will carry a week of highlights starting Saturday 2 June with a
half-hour show on Saturday 9 June.
For full programme details and schedules visit:
bbcworldservice.com/africaradioawards.
Notes to Editors
All presenters are available for interviews, and their images are
available upon request.
Monday 21 to Friday 25 May
Network Africa
03.30, 04.30, 05.30, 06.30 & 07.30 GMT
Catch a flavour of the programmes submitted by journalists and
broadcasters across Africa.
Focus On Africa
15.00, 17.00 & 19.00 GMT
More highlights of programmes entered into the competition.
BBC Swahili
03.00, 04.00 & 15.30 GMT
BBC Swahili breakfast show Amka na BBC to broadcast a selection of
entries.
Wednesday 23 May
Africa, Have Your Say
16.00 GMT
The African interactive programme presented by Alex Jakana invites
listeners to debate media
and journalism by sending emails to africa@bbc.co.uk and text messages
to 44 77 86 20 20 08.
Friday 25 May
World Have Your Say
17.00 GMT
The global interactive programme is in Kenya on the last leg of its four
country African tour.
It will debate key issues affecting Africans with a world audience.
Presenter Ros Atkins is waiting for your email to
worldhaveyoursay@bbc.co.uk or text message to 44 77 86 20 60 80.
Saturday 26 May – Africa Radio Awards Gala Ceremony
BBC Swahili
03.00 GMT
BBC Swahili Head, Solomon Mugera Omollo, will be in Nairobi and
discussing with African journalists the challenges of radio reporting.
They will also look ahead to the BBC Africa Radio Awards ceremony.
Weekend Network Africa
04.00 & 06.00 GMT
BBC producer and presenter Bola Mosuro was a regional judge
and will be bringing the programme live from Nairobi.
BBC Swahili
16.30 GMT
BBC Swahili Deputy Editor, Waihenya Kabiru, teams up with Joseph Warungu
to bring live coverage of the excitement of the awards ceremony
in the 30 minutes before the trophies are awarded.
Focus On Africa
17.00 GMT
Joseph Warungu brings a live 60-minute broadcast from the awards ceremony
as the winners are announced. Amid the congratulations
Joseph will part the crowds to catch up with some of the winners.
A World In Your Ear
17.30 GMT
In the UK, the BBC Radio 4 magazine programme dedicates its last ever
broadcast to the
BBC Africa Radio Awards. Project Manager, Vera Kwakofi, discusses the
winning entries with host
Rosie Goldsmith and listeners get to hear their pick of the best entries.
Listen again at www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/aworldinyourear.
BBC Swahili
17.45 GMT
Waihenya Kabiru is back and catching up with some of the winners.
African Perspective
19.06 GMT
In the programme that takes an in-depth look at life in Africa,
BBC journalist, Muliro Telewa, meets young Kenyan entrepreneur, Paul
Otieno,
who is reaching his community through radio broadcasts from his bedroom.
Sunday 27 May
Weekend Network Africa
04.00 & 06.00 GMT
Listen again to Joseph Warungu's live broadcast from the awards.
Saturday 2, Sunday 3 and Monday 4 June
BBC World
05.30 & 20.30 GMT (Sat);
11.30 GMT (Sun); 01.30 GMT (Mon)
The BBC's 24-hour international news and information television channel
will carry highlights of the awards.
Saturday 2 to Saturday 9 June
MTV base (Africa). Digital Channel: DStv Channel 88
17.30 GMT
The pan-African music channel will carry a week of highlights of the
awards.
Programming includes interviews with winners and performing artistes,
sourced by MTV, plus a half-hour awards programme on 9 June.
BBC World Service Publicity
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