Africanews launches its App available for free on the App Store

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The application is designed to keep you informed wherever you go and whenever you need it, from your iPhone or iPad. Even better, Africanews app offers the possibility to manage your data plan with the OFFLINE mode and DATA SAVINGS features.

Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo - 10 July 2017 - Africanews is a leading multilingual, pan-African news outlet. Africanews is available in sub-Saharan Africa via its complete offer (TV + digital: website, social media, mobile applications).



Now available on the App Store, Africanews app offers free access to all iPhone and iPad users to catch up all the news published on africanews.com, all programmes as well as Live TV.

The first Africanews app allows to follow pan-African and international news anywhere and at any time.

Africanews app is available for free on the App Store, both English and French languages.

To download the application, click here
Africanews application for iOS devices also offers:
Push notifications for Breaking News
Africanews Live to watch the channel 24/7
Constantly updated timeline so you don't miss any event
The editor's choice for global news
Highlighted videos with thematic playlists
A rich content (media content with pictures, tweets and videos, live blogging)
Special features (Widget iOS, Data Savings feature to save your Data package, Offline mode feature)




Michael Peters,
CEO of Euronews and President of Africanews
"Since its launch, we have positioned Africanews as a news platform dedicated to the challenges and opportunities of a Digital Africa.

Today, I'm delighted to announce the launch of the app for Apple devices. The iOS app complements our bilingual digital services, with our website, our YouTube channels, and our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Besides the app enables news from a sub-Saharan perspective to spread even more around the world, we have also designed Africanews app specifically for our African audience who can choose the means through which they want to be informed, from Breaking News push notifications to TV in live streaming."



Africanews App: available soon on Android

Africanews App will soon be available for free on Android.
Be among the first to be informed: click here to register africanews.com/apps



Follow us on Twitter @africanews
For further information, please contact:

Press office
Editorial

Solange Bodiong Chauwin
François Chignac

Communication Officer
Director of Editorial Development

t +242 06 460 86 98
t +242 06 996 00 88

solange.bodiong-chauwin@africanews.com
francois.chignac@africanews.com

Euronews Group press office - Lydie Bonvallet - t +33 (0)4 28 67 05 35 lydie.bonvallet@euronews.com


About Africanews
Africanews, launched in 2016 (digital in January, TV in April), stands out as the first pan-African multilingual media source produced simultaneously in French and English, and offering coverage of African and global news from a sub-Saharan perspective.
Today, Africanews TV is available in 37 countries across sub-Saharan Africa thanks to major pay-tv players and national channels (partial broadcast). The Africanews signal covers sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean islands via two satellites: SES 4 and SES 5.
Africanews' digital platforms, available around the world, highlights the challenges and opportunities of a connected Africa:
- africanews.com has a responsive website design to suited to all mobile, tablet and computer screens.
- two YouTube channels (in English and French) and Facebook and Twitter accounts @africanews and @africanewsfr.
Africanews is a 100% Euronews subsidiary. Africanews adheres to the same editorial charter as its European sister channel, Euronews.