Kwese Free TV


Kwesé Free TV gets green light from South African regulator

South Africa’s media and communications regulator ICASA has confirmed that it is granting a commercial free-to-air TV licence to Kwesé Free TV. The watchdog said that Kwesé Free TV’s proposed service complied with the relevant South African laws and met a market need. It also judged that the outfit’s business plan and means of financial […]

Kwesé TV shuts down as Econet blames Zimbabwe economic crisis

Econet Media’s pan-African satellite TV service Kwesé TV is shutting down today, with parent company Econet Wireless blaming economic conditions in its home territory of Zimbabwe and the difficulty in securing foreign currency to pay suppliers. Zimbabwe ceased to recognise the US dollar and South African rand, as well as other foreign currencies, as legal […]

Kwesé to launch five free channels in South Africa after securing DTT licence

Econet Media’s new South African venture Kwesé Free TV has received a commercial free-to-air broadcasting licence and radio frequency spectrum licence in country, giving the broadcaster 55% of the third South African digital-terrestrial multiplex frequencies. The move will give Econet Media-backed Kwesé the ability to launch five free-to-air channels in the country, including its free-to-air […]