Studio Yafa is a radio, video and multimedia programme production studio dedicated to young people in Burkina Faso. It provides information and spaces for dialogue on the social and political life of the country. After recruiting and training its staff in October 2018, Studio Yafa began broadcasting its programmes in March 2019.

At a time when young people in Burkina Faso are lamenting the fact that they have not been listened to since the popular uprising in 2014, and when the country is focusing its attention on the rise in insecurity and extremism on the national territory and in the Sahel region, it is necessary to offer young people a space where they can express themselves and be heard by all components of society.

To meet this need, Studio Yafa produces daily 2'30 radio magazines in 5 languages (Dioula, French, Fulfuldé, Gulmencema and Mooré) as well as multimedia content on Facebook and its website. A major weekly dialogue programme, Ya'Débat, gives young people the opportunity to express their views and debate issues of concern to them with other generations and decision-makers. 4' television productions deal with social issues and everyday life. Since 2022, Studio Yafa has also been offering a pioneering humanitarian radio programme for internally displaced people in West Africa. The programmes are broadcast by 51 radio stations and community relays in IDP camps. Studio Yafa's programmes are broadcast via 35 radio stations, a television channel, a mobile phone platform, the internet and social networks.

• Un journaliste de Studio Yafa réalise une interview, à Ouagadougou, le 14 mars 2023. ©Olympia de Maismont Un journaliste de Studio Yafa réalise une interview, à Ouagadougou, le 14 mars 2023. ©Olympia de Maismont
• Enregistement d'une émission dans le studio de Studio Yafa, à Ouagadougou, le 22 mars 2023. ©Olympia de Maismont Enregistement d'une émission dans le studio de Studio Yafa, à Ouagadougou, le 22 mars 2023. ©Olympia de Maismont
• Une journaliste de Studio Yafa réalise une interview, à Ouagadougou, le 14 mars 2023. ©Olympia de Maismont Une journaliste de Studio Yafa réalise une interview, à Ouagadougou, le 14 mars 2023. ©Olympia de Maismont
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Radio productions are produced by a team of young journalists and professional translators in a production studio based in Ouagadougou. A network of 35 correspondents from partner media across the country completes the team.

Specific support is also provided to help strengthen Burkina Faso's media sector and make it more professional through training and technical support. Studio Yafa also works with the Union Nationale de l'Audiovisuel Libre du Faso (UNALFA).

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"A professional piece of work. The relevance of the topics and the originality of the themes covered are indisputable. This gives Studio Yafa a special place in the habits of listeners who know how to read and decipher information".

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