BBC World Service

🌍 BBC World Service Overview

The BBC World Service is the world’s largest international broadcaster, delivering news, speech, and discussions in 29 languages to audiences around the globe. It uses a range of platforms for distribution:

• Radio & TV

• Shortwave (analogue and digital)

• Internet streaming & podcasting

• Satellite

• FM and MW relays

As of 2015, the BBC World Service reached an average of 210 million people weekly across TV, radio, and online platforms. The English-language service operates 24 hours a day, offering round-the-clock global news and in-depth analysis.

In November 2016, the BBC announced its biggest expansion since the 1940s, introducing services in additional African and international languages including:

• Igbo

• Nigerian Pidgin

• Yoruba

• Amharic

🇰🇪 BBC World Service in Kenya

Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, serves as the BBC’s East Africa Bureau, which is central to its news gathering across East Africa.

📍 BBC East Africa Bureau – Nairobi

• Location: Longonot Place, 5th Floor, Kijabe Street, Nairobi, Kenya

• Phone:

  • +254 722 205939

  • +254 733 690484

• Business Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM (daily, including holidays)

This bureau supports the BBC’s regional services, including BBC Swahili and BBC Africa, contributing to news content, feature stories, and documentaries relevant to East African audiences.

📡 Services in Kenya

The BBC broadcasts in:

• English

• Kiswahili (Swahili Service)

Audiences in Kenya can access BBC content via:

• Local FM relays

• Satellite TV

• Digital platforms (BBC iPlayer, BBC News website, and BBC Sounds)