"Local media play a critical role in information ecosystems, and their weakness in many African countries mirrors and reinforces social inequalities." This report, published by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) Media Programme, seeks to investigate the sustainability issues and opportunities facing local and community media in Africa.
"There is a fixed set of income streams available to media, whatever market they are in..The task of public policy is to design mechanisms to enable media to draw on these sources in a way that most effectively enables them to serve the public interest in reliable information."