Radio saves lives.
In times of crisis, we count on radio. Help us get critical COVID-19 information to millions in Africa.
COVID-19: Our response
In times of crisis, we count on radio.
Help us get critical COVID-19
information to millions
in Africa.
Lessons in learning, literacy and radio during a global pandemic
Educational inequalities mean the most underserved have been left behind during COVID-19. Farm Radio is working with CODE to provide distance learning over the radio.
Announcing the 2021 Farm Radio award winners
Meet the 2021 winners of the George Atkins Communications Award and the Liz Hughes Award for Her Farm Radio.
Celebrate World Radio Day with us!
Join us on Friday, February 12 to meet award winning African broadcasters and hear them talk about their craft.
Finding rainfall: Radio, technology and climate change
Peter Kakanji brushes his teeth, using bristles of a stick as a toothbrush. He looks to the sky for signs of imminent rainfall because he heard last night on the radio that it would rain today. “The rains started early this year and it’s still raining in several parts of the country, following the same…
2020: A year unlike any other
There was a lot not to like about 2020 but we did find some things to celebrate this year. Join us in reading what we accomplished in 2020.
Distance Learning In Crisis: Literacy over the radio
Farm Radio is using radio to Improve literacy, reading and promote education at a distance in Sierra Leone and Liberia thanks to a new partnership with CODE.
Senegalese farmer turns to radio during COVID shutdown
Fatoumata Camara, a farmer in southern Senegal has turned to radio during the double challenges of COVID-19 and climate change.
Delivering a bountiful home harvest across Canada
The results are in! Find out the winners of our our Home Harvest photo contest.
Who we are
We are a Canadian charity uniquely focused on using radio to strengthen African farming communities.
Small-scale farmers produce most of the food in Africa, but too often can’t make ends meet. Thankfully, there's a simple and accessible tool that can help them help themselves: RADIO.
The world's most popular mass medium is especially important in rural Africa, where people rely on it for information.
Available to practically everyone and broadcast in local languages, radio has the power to transform lives and whole communities for the better. And, combined with digital technologies, it is more powerful than ever before.
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