Africanews celebrates ratings success

Africanews annual audiences up to 6.3 million in less than two years.

“Since its launch, Africanews, as the first pan-African and multilingual media outlet, has been offering to its viewers, innovative and qualitative content produced by Africans and broadcast from our headquarters in Pointe-Noire, Congo.” – Michael Peters, CEO of Euronews and President of Africanews

Findings of the latest Africascope 2017 survey show impressive viewing figures for Africanews, the company have announced. With annual audiences in French-speaking Africa constantly growing at +19% compared to 2016.

The survey conducted in eight countries, also reveals that Africanews’ awareness is now 45% up 6 points from 2016. This growth is captured by a weekly audience of 3.2 million viewers.

To measure TV audiences and awareness ratings, Africanews relied on Kantar TNS’ expertise through its Africascope survey conducted in 8 French-speaking Africa countries and 9 capital cities representing more than 18 million individuals, aged 15 and above. According to the survey, Africanews’ audience is young and more affluent than the average of the target population. The majority of its audience are men, who account for 64% of Africanews’ viewers in these eight countries.

Africascope also highlights the strong TV audience in all countries surveyed, with an average 90% of people aged 15 and over watching television daily, which amounts to 16.4 million viewers. Barely two years after its launch, Africanews is widely acclaimed in Congo Brazzaville where awareness of the channel reaches 78%. Since its launch, Gabon has been very receptive to the new Pan-African and multilingual news outlet and the awareness rate remains exceptional at 68%.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon, Africanews also enjoys strong awareness levels of 50% and 46 % respectively. Elsewhere in French-speaking Africa, the awareness of Africanews continues to see a steady growth. 40% of respondents have heard of the channel in Ivory Coast, 35% in Senegal, Burkina Faso, 33 % and 29% in Mali.

“This dedicated offer to a rising continent has resonated with local people who year after year renew their confidence for access to a relevant, credible and independent information.” – Michael Peters, CEO of Euronews and President of Africanews