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It was projected that advertising spending in Kenya in 2019 would reach *** million U.S. dollars, with TV and radio accounting for the largest chunks of these expenditures – *** and ** million U.S. dollars respectively. In general, adverting spending in the country is forecast to grow at percent CAGR between 2018 and 2023, with annual growth rates slowing down from *** percent to *** percent in the same period.

Radio advertising in Kenya

Radio plays a large role in Kenya, so much so that in 2018 spending on the medium was only million dollars lower than on TV ads. The radio advertising market in Kenya was expected to grow to *** million U.S. dollars by the end of 2023, exhibiting consistent annual growth oscillating around percent between 2017 and 2022.

Radio audience in Kenya

In early 2019 it was found that radio stations broadcasting in Kiswahili – a common language adopted in Kenya – had the largest share of all radio audiences in the country at ** percent, whereas English-language radio stations claimed a quarter of listeners in Kenya. While Swahili is the language of choice for general audiences, the trend is even more pronounced among those aged 35 and over – their preference for English radio is visibly smaller, with only ** percent listening to such stations. Younger Kenyan listeners were more inclined to consume broadcasts in English, with one-third of the age group reporting that preference in early 2019.