Ute Schaeffer has been appointed Head of the French service of DW-RADIO. She was previously in charge of Ukrainian programming at DW.
Deutsche Welle broadcasts in French for 3 hours per day, targetting listeners in francophone Africa. Programmes can be received via short wave and satellite, and via the broadcasters online platform.
DW has more than 120 FM partner stations in west and central Africa, and can fall back on a network of 25 correspondents in all countries in francophone Africa.