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CAMRI’s Winston Mano calls for urgent legal reforms to strengthen PSBs in Africa

The role of public service broadcasters in Africa is seriously undermined by stringent and unsuitable legal frameworks. Legal hurdles have resulted in African national broadcasters without legal independence, a […]

18 December 2022
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Peter Cunliffe-Jones discusses false news laws at the Africa Facts Summit 2022

On the 10th November 2022, Peter Cunliffe-Jones presented work on false news laws at the Africa Facts Summit held in Nairobi, Kenya. Cunliffe-Jones’ talk formed part of a two […]

18 December 2022
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Viola Shafik and Naomi Sakr discuss Documentary Filmmaking in the Middle East and North Africa

Naomi Sakr recently moderated a virtual book talk with Viola Shafik, editor of the newly released Documentary Filmmaking in the Middle East and North Africa, where they discussed how […]

18 December 2022
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Winston Mano to join Mozilla project that will create a mobile phone app for Kenyan farmers

CAMRI’s Winston Mano and his international team of researchers are among the eight projects each awarded USD $50,000 by Mozilla to leverage the Kiswahili language and voice technology for […]

18 December 2022
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Changing the Narrative about African Diaspora Media Users from an Afrokological Standpoint

In his talk to the African Intercultural Philosophy network (OZSW), held on the 2nd of September 2022, at the Vrije Universiteit in the Netherlands, Winston Mano introduced Afrokology (Mano […]

18 December 2022
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What does Afrokology bring to media and communication studies?

CAMRI’s Winston Mano addressed the question of what does Afrokology bring to media and communication studies? as part of his participation in the Gender and Diversity Office Round Table […]

18 December 2022
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Can conversational commerce catch on globally? – Winston Mano speaks to Vogue

  Winston Mano has spoken to Vogue about conversational commerce in Africa. Conversation commerce happens at the intersection between messaging apps and shopping, with text based conversations being used […]

18 December 2022
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Peter Cunliffe-Jones speaks to SABC about tackling misinformation in the media space

This year’s World Press Freedom Day theme was “Information as a Public Good.” It recognised the globe’s fast-changing communications systems that impact democracies, human rights and even our health. […]

18 December 2022
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Winston Mano interviewed by the SABC News’ The Globe programme about the significance of World Press Freedom Day

  Democracy and development on the African continent require open media that allow the public to freely send and receive information, regardless of the caveats on public order and […]

18 December 2022
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Winston Mano speaks to Democracy Paradox about African Politics and Social Media

Recent events in the United States have shown how even the most established democracies have much to learn about democracy. But Winston Mano does not like to talk about […]

18 December 2022
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