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AFRIKAMEDYA • Strategic Francophone media market

Strategic Francophone media market

Senegal

Senegal has a strong Dakar-centred television, radio, press and digital publishing ecosystem. Alongside French, Wolof-language content is critical for mass reach and brand affinity.

Market overview

Senegal has a strong Dakar-centred television, radio, press and digital publishing ecosystem. Alongside French, Wolof-language content is critical for mass reach and brand affinity.

Note: This list identifies visible, verifiable key players. Where independent audience data is unavailable, it does not claim an outlet is the “largest”.

Regulatory framework

  • Conseil national de Régulation de l’Audiovisuel (CNRA) / transition toward CNRM
  • Ministry of Communication media-recognition framework
  • Local authorities for OOH permits

Key television players

  • Radiodiffusion Télévision Sénégalaise (RTS)
  • TFM
  • 2STV
  • Walf TV
  • 7TV

Key radio players

  • RFM
  • Sud FM
  • Zik FM
  • Walf FM
  • iRadio

Press and publishers

  • Le Soleil
  • L’Observateur
  • Sud Quotidien
  • WalfQuotidien
  • Le Quotidien

Digital publishers

  • Seneweb
  • Dakaractu
  • PressAfrik
  • IGFM
  • Senego

OOH / DOOH

  • Dakar roadside billboards
  • Airport advertising at AIBD
  • Urban digital screens and street furniture
  • Transit and event inventory

Agencies and operators

  • Caractère
  • McCann Dakar / regional network operations
  • Local media-buying agencies
  • Dakar production and PR boutiques

AfrikaMedya opportunity map

  • Media planning & buying
  • Television & radio
  • Digital & programmatic
  • OOH / DOOH
  • Content & production
  • PR, research & monitoring
  • OTT & broadcast technology

Sources and verification

  1. CNRA
  2. CNRA annual report
  3. Recognised media list report
  4. 2026 regulator reform overview