Africa’s media is under siege
CHURCHILL OTIENO THREE issues stand out for us as we mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day, whose theme is “Journalism under digital siege”. First, many governments in Africa still think they can achieve economic progress and political developments, including democracy, without a free media. But economic principles would hardly be sound without free flow of ideas and information. We must therefore help them see this reality. Free expression facilitates and enables economic growth. Secondly, a lot of value created by the media on our content is exported outside Africa by Big Tech. We must find ways that allow Big…