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Is Ghana's Mainstream Media Suffering an Identity Crisis?

Is Ghana's Mainstream Media Suffering an Identity Crisis?

Flutterwave CEO says they are getting IPO Ready and Kenya starts process to regulate digital assets

April 26, 2024

What’s happened this Week:

Bolt partners M-Kopa to distribute EV Motorbikes
South Africa licenses 75 crypto firms
and more!

Falling Walls Venture Call For Applications

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In The News This Week:

Bolt and M-KOPA Partner To Launch Electric Motorcycles in Kenya

Bolt, a leading on-demand mobility company in Africa, in collaboration with M-KOPA, a leading African fintech platform, has launched their electric bike fleet in Kenya.

Kenya Establishes Multi-Agency Group To Regulate Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets

Kenya’s government has moved to regulate the operations of cryptocurrencies in the country as it seeks to protect its users by establishing a multiagency technical working group.

Flutterwave Is Preparing To Be IPO Ready According To CEO Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola

At Semafor’s World Economy Summit in Washington DC, Flutterwave’s CEO Olugbenga ‘GB’ Agboola stated that the company is putting things in place to be IPO Ready.

In the rest of the news:

Deep Dive

Is Ghana’s Mainstream Media Currently Facing an Identity Crisis in the Digital Age? - Ghana’s media landscape has been a beacon of progress and freedom in West Africa, particularly since the 1992 constitution enshrined media freedom as a fundamental right. But since the arrival of the digital era, the mainstream media appears to be having an identity crisis.

Why This Matters: A study by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism highlighted the ethical challenges within the Ghanaian media, noting that the rapid growth of media outlets has not always been accompanied by adherence to journalistic standards.

Digging Deeper - The excessive politicization of media houses, coupled with commercial pressures, has raised concerns about the media’s ability to perform its expected responsibilities.

Between the lines - In a study on representation on radio, 291 general interviews and 259 expert interviews were conducted, and found that out of the 259 expert interviews on the shows, only 30 were women representing 5.37%.

Africa Ecosystem Activity

SA AI startup Spatialedge raises $3.1m funding to scale in retail - Disrupt Africa
Egypt’s Beltone partners with Citadel Holdings to manage $30m VC fund - Disrupt Africa
Egyptian HR-tech startup bluworks raises $1m pre-seed round - Disrupt Africa

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PODCAST: Building a Community for Wikipedia editors with Sandister Tei, Co-founder of Wikimedia Ghana User Group

In 2012 Sandister Tei co-founded Wikimedia Ghana User Group, a community of volunteer editors focused on improving and promoting Wikipedia’s knowledge projects in Ghana.

In this episode, we ‘delved’ into the birth of the community, and the role they play in advancing digital literacy among others.

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