![]() The Kenyan government confirmed earlier this year that BBC was set to invest about $10m in Nairobi offices, as part of its expansion. Interestingly, BBC chose Kenya to host the other language services. ![]() The Pidgin service will be headquartered in the commercial capital Lagos. Whiles Ethiopia also contributed the remaining: Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrinya.Īlready, Hausa – a widely spoken language in northern Nigeria and parts of Chad and Niger has been on the BBC Africa service list for years now. Nigeria and Ethiopia were the biggest beneficiaries of the announcement.Īfrica’s most populous nation had three languages in the list: Pidgin, Yoruba and Igbo. Back in November 2016, the BBC listed six African languages as part of its biggest expansion drive since the 1940s.
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