Ikenna Azuike Is Back With The Fourth Series Of What’s Up Africa

From religion to royals, there is no frontier critically acclaimed Nigerian-born vlogger, Ikenna Azuike, won’t explore for popular satirical news segment, What’s Up Africa.

Returning to screens as part of BBC World News’ Focus on Africa, Ikenna will bring news from across Ghana together with his trademark tongue-in-cheek humour.

In the new series of What’s Up Africa, Ikenna rubs shoulders with prominent Ghanaian personalities, such as popular musician, Wanlov, who will introduce an exclusive song for What’s Up Africa viewers.

Also featuring this season are famous film producer, Shirley Frimpong-Manso, and actor, Adjetey Anang. But it doesn’t stop there, as Ikenna also speaks to Ghanaian king, Nana Ansah Kwao.

“This is the most fun and exciting series of What’s Up Africa yet,” said Ikenna Azuike. “We’re digging deep into Ghana for the first five weeks of the show; unravelling complex issues with laughter and showcasing Ghana’s highlights to the world.”

What’s Up Africa airs two 90-second episodes a week on Wednesdays and Fridays making it more clickable and easily shareable on social media. Wednesday’s episodes will be in-depth look into a specific country, whilst Friday’s episodes are round-ups of the latest news from across the continent.

What’s Up Africa will be broadcast every Wednesday and Friday on Focus on Africa from 17:30 GMT on BBC World News and on the BBC’s partner stations: Canal 2 in Cameroon; Metro TV in Ghana; Power TV in Liberia; MBC in Malawi; One Africa Television in Namibia; SBLC in Sierra Leone, Star TV in Tanzania; Urban TV and TV West in Uganda; and ZNBC in Zambia.

The new series, created especially for the BBC, is a co-production between the BBC and Dutch media organisation, RNW Media. The first half of the series will air between 4thMay and 3rd June. The series will then resume on 17th August, focussing on Malawi. The series will conclude on 16th September.

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