TVAfrica
| Country | Mauritius South Africa |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Africa |
| Headquarters | Saint Denis, Mauritius (legal) Johannesburg, South Africa (operational) |
| Programming | |
| Languages | English French |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TVAfrica Operations S.A. Pty Ltd (Africa Media Group) |
| History | |
| Launched | July 1998 |
| Closed | 1 October 2003 (liquidation) 2005 (closure of the company) |
| Former names | dTb (Direct-to-Broadcast; programming unit, pre-1998) Direct-to-Broadcaster Programming (1998) African Broadcast Network (1998–1999) STV (East Africa; 1998–2002) |
TVAfrica was a pan-African television network founded in 1998 by former advertising executive Dave Kelly alongside sports broadcaster Berry Lambert. Domiciled in Mauritius and operating from South Africa, the network relayed up to 80% of its content to private television stations in sub-Saharan Africa and also licensed the broadcast of sporting events (excluding South Africa due to licensing regulations) to interested broadcasters. At its apex, the channel broadcast to as many as 26 countries (up to 40 in licensed sporting events), the majority of them English-speaking and French-speaking states. There were four separate versions, three in English and one in French.
Funding problems led to the liquidation of the channel in October 2003.