Cartoon Network Africa Acquires Broadcasting Rights To Pokémon: Indigo League, Rebroadcasts Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated And Batman: The Brave And The Bold

In a surprising move, Cartoon Network Africa will be allocating the first season of Pokémon: Indigo League from 30 June at 15:30 CAT. The problem part, neither Cartoon Network or Warner had marketed the show I mean they acquired Power Rangers Ninja Steel before Samurai and advertised both yet they're being hush about this.

The only other broadcaster to have aired this season at the time was the SABC so it's rather interesting that Cartoon Network Africa is getting more old content.

Another development that occured on Cartoon Network for some apparent reason is the sudden inclusion of Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated and Batman: The Brave And The Bold. From my understanding, Boing had been airing the latter for sometime and now it's on Cartoon Network.

Batman airs a double bill on weeknights at 19:20 CAT while Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated also a double bill airs at 10:10 and 13:45. It should be noted that Pokémon (Indigo League) is also premiering as a double bill presuming they'll be airing more previous iterations.

I'd like to think similar to the US, they're probably acknowledging more of their older shows but then Discovery had been promoting shows amongst their other brands so it could be that. Warner and Discovery are undergoing a split by mid 2026 but I don't think that's the reason.

Maybe my previous sentiments about the channel acknowledging their older properties and although Boing is a channel in Africa. It is not seen on DStv so maybe Warner caught a drift of that which is why TNT has got a lot of animated DC films from Toonami - anyways it's nice to these shows on the network.

Synopsis for Pokémon: Indigo League 

The series follows the adventures of Ash Ketchum, a 10-year-old aspiring Pokémon trainer from Pallet Town who is given a Pikachu by Pokémon researcher Professor Oak to begin his Pokémon journey. Ash is driven by his desire to win the Indigo Plateau's Pokémon League, a challenging tournament for outstanding Pokémon trainers who compete against each other in Pokémon battles. To qualify for the tournament, Ash must collect the required number of gym badges, which are tokens earned after defeating each of the Kanto region's elite Pokémon gym leaders. Early in the season, Ash befriends the water-type Pokémon trainer Misty, who initially travels with Ash in hopes of him replacing her destroyed bicycle, and Brock, a Pokémon breeder who is the leader of the Pewter City gym.