CGTN Africa

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.

CGTN Africa

Type	State media
Country	China and Africa
Broadcast area	Worldwide
Headquarters	Nairobi, Kenya
Programming
Picture format	576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	China Media Group
History
Launched	11 January 2012; 13 years ago (2012-01-11)
Former names	CCTV Afriva
Links
Website	africa.cgtn.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television (Macau)	Channel 74
Streaming media
CNTV Ai Bugu	africa.cgtn.com

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

• Africa Live – One hour of African news and analysis, with reporting on social, political and economic issues. ^[2]
• Global Business – Covers Africa's business landscape.^[2]
• Sports Scene – A weekly program covers African sports news.^[2]
• Talk Africa – a 30-minute weekly talk show that mainly discusses politics and current affairs in Africa.^[2]
• Faces of Africa – extraordinary stories about people in Africa. ^[2]