By Tofarati Ige

Teenagers across Nigeria and Africa got a wonderful New Year’s gift as an indigenous television channel for teenagers, Teen Africa TV, began airing on cable network, Startimes, on January 1, 2021, on Channel 361.

The new channel, according to its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Charles Novia, is an exciting niche one, which would run for 24 hours daily with the best original content for teenagers aged 13 to 19, young adults and the larger family. He said, “Our programming has the best original content of talk shows, lifestyle, educational, entertainment and events.

“We have the biggest content library and resource for teenagers across Africa. TATV will be online and on YouTube and we are also going on air in North America and the Caribbean in the first half of 2021, giving African teens in Diaspora a taste of the pulsating values and creativity of the African youth experience.

“Our social media handles on Instagram and Facebook already have teenagers excited at the thought of their own indigenous channel. While the channel had been carrying out test transmissions in the past few months, the impact of other aspects of the organisation have been felt by the teenagers all year round. Our Instagram page is one of the most visited platforms for teenagers so far and we have also been investing in young musical talents with our subsidiary company, Teen Africa Music. Already, seven new teen talents have been signed to the label and are set to shake up the music scene in 2021.”

Originally published at Punch