For World Radio Day 2013, Debula Kavwagira speaks to Peter Musembi of the BBC World Service on the history of radio in Africa, from the early beginnings of transistor radios on short wave to the now booming Frequency Modulation (FM) stations across Africa.Will the digital age catch on in Africa soon?

For World Radio 2013, Mary Thackray looks at the growing role of radio in giving children and young people the opportunity to speak about issues, including education, child protection, climate change and health. This features an interview with Allan Kiwanuka of Childhope and radio by young people from The Children's Radio Foundation. For more information please visit http://www.childhope.org.uk and http://www.childrensradiofoundation.org/

For World Radio Day 2013, SOAS Radio's Josh Kayane highlights the way in which radio has improved lives of people in East Africa through disseminating health information and promoting peace though sport

For World Radio Day 2013, SOAS Radio's Rahul Verma spoke to Saritha Thomas, Founder & Director of People's Power Collective, a social enterprise working with communities to bring community radio to disadvantaged groups in rural and urban India. For more information please visit http://www.peoplespower-co.org/

For World Radio Day 2013, SOAS Radio spoke to Professor Simon Cousens from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) about a new research using a social marketing campaign on radio to reduce child mortality in Burkina Faso. The intervention is a randomized control trial, broadcasting messages about how to prevent common illnesses using radio ads and phone-in shows. The project is carried out in association with Development Media International, and Centre Muraz in Burkina Faso, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Planet Wheeler Foundation.