"Bamako adults are avid news users; 92.5% say they receive news from television, radio, the Internet or newspapers at least once a week; 78.4% report they receive news from these sources at least once a day. Mobile phone, radio, and television ownership is widespread in Bamako. Nine in 10 Bamako adults say they have a mobile phone in their household, 86.6% report owning a radio, and 83.8% say they have a working television. Bamako adults are most interested in the topics of religion (93.1%), health and healthcare (89.8%), and education (89.0%). Bambara is the preferred radio broadcast language. It is also the most commonly understood language (99.3%), and the language the majority of those adults (99.4%) report they would understand in a newscast." (p.1)