Africa Live this week: 3-9 July 2023. ... Friday marks the second-ever one and the BBC's Focus on Africa podcast has been looking at Swahili's global spread.

Africa Live this week: 19-25 June 2023. ... You can also follow the latest at BBCAfrica.com and listen to the new BBC Focus on Africa podcast for more on the big topics in the news.

Focus on Africa is changing from broadcasting live to being pre-recorded. But will this affect the quality of its reporting and how it reacts to breaking news stories? We ask BBC Africa to explain.

Focus on Africa began in 1960 as a weekly experiment that would later evolve into arguably the most important live-radio show in Africa, highlighting the good, the bad and the ugly of an emerging ...