Al Jazeera has deployed former BBC editors Tido Mhando and Joseph Warungu to steer its Swahili Service Channel



Giant Arab Satellite television Al Jazeera has deployed former BBC editors Tido Mhando and Joseph Warungu to steer its Swahili Service Channel set to launch in 2012, a move set to create a seismic effect on the regional media landscape. The new satellite channel to be based in Nairobi, will target viewers mainly in East Africa and Great Lakes regions, where majority are Swahili speakers. There are more than 150 million Swahili speakers in the two regions, but the channel will target a few millions at its launch.


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