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- This year’s Africa Business Media Innovators forum will focus on key themes, including the impact of new technologies, AI, and the future of newsrooms.
- Forum comes at a time when social media platforms X, Instagram, and TikTok have become top sources of information.
- The Africa Business Media Innovators is returning to South African for the first time since 2015.
The media industry in Africa has been significantly impacted by the ongoing digital transformation, which has made information readily accessible with the click of a button. As a result, many media outlets have been compelled to transition to digital platforms. Regrettably, despite the numerous advantages of this transformation, the African media industry has been under the influence of various entities seeking control for an extended period.
The significance of information is well understood by governments, politicians, organizations, and even terrorist groups. The full control of a nation often necessitates gaining control …
- Digital media entrepreneurs are producing ground-breaking journalism and achieving a significant impact on their societies
- African media entrepreneurs achieved civic engagement, criminal investigations, and changes in the law through their articles
- The researchers found that more than 85% of the media interviewed had contributed to significant political and societal changes
A new report has revealed that digital media entrepreneurs are producing ground-breaking journalism and achieving a significant impact on their societies, despite often tiny budgets and constant online threats and attacks.
The Inflection Point International report indicates that more than 85% of the media interviewed had contributed to significant political and societal changes.
SembraMedia, a non-profit that supports entrepreneurial journalists, published the report in partnership with the global philanthropic organisation Luminate.
It carried out more than 200 international interviews and interviewed 49 independent digital native media organisations in African countries, namely: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa.
Civic engagement
According …