Office of Transition Initiatives Dandal Kura Radio

PROBLEM: WHAT WE’RE DOING: WHY: OF 1,500 PEOPLE SURVEYED Northeast Nigeria and the USAID/OTI’s Nigeria Regional To build a stronger sense of IN BORNO larger Lake Basin (LCB) Transition Initiative helped create community and belonging region continue to face threats Dandal Kura (“meeting place” in among Kanuri speakers and HAVE HAVE A from . The Kanuri), a radio station with daily to give them a voice so they 84% LISTENED 79% POSITIVE TO IT VIEW militant group originates from broadcasts of locally sourced will be less likely to turn to , the homeland of Kanuri-language radio programs groups like Boko Haram for * (all in the area) the region’s Kanuri people. to the Basin region. identity and belonging. REASONS THEY LIKE THE PROGRAM ARE: The content BROADCAST 50% is interesting It is in CONTENT 38% my language It gives me hope in the midst of crisis 30% CHAD It is unbiased 21% and uncensored Niamey INTERVIEWS NEWS AND RADIO LOCAL/ Yobe Ndjamena It tells stories about Borno WITH KEY CURRENT DRAMAS REGIONAL my home TOPICS 20% LEADERS AND EVENTS Abuja Adamawa CITIZENS * 2,629 respondents were asked to list the * Broadcast in Kanuri top 3 reasons that they like the program NIGERIA LISTENERS FROM 3 NORTHEAST Yaounde STATES WHO TUNE DAILY We are really enjoying this radio program; BORNO STATE 43% 40% it has actually uplifted the Kanuri heritage. ADAMAWA STATE 20% We are really grateful.

REACHES 10 MILLION KANURI SPEAKERS IN THE LAKE REGION

CONTENT PRODUCED AT STUDIOS IN MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE

BROADCASTS 6 HOURS OF LIVE, ORIGINAL CONTENT BROADCAST DAILY

27 FULL-TIME STAFF AND 15 STRINGERS SIGNAL THROUGHOUT THE LAKE CHAD STRENGTH Low Medium High BASIN REGION

Results from a nationwide AFRICOM survey conducted by ORB International. Over 17,000 people were surveyed from November Like DANDAL KURA Follow @DANDALKURA dandalkura.com 2015 to January 2016. JULY 2016