Generative AI in African News Media: Opportunities and Challenges
Routledge (2025), 211 pp.
Contains index
Series: Routledge African Media, Culture and Communication Studies
ISBN 978-1-04-057057-9
"Featuring diverse case studies from South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Eswatini, the collection explores how African newsrooms are adopting generative AI. Contributors analyse the use of AI presenters, audience perceptions of AI-generated content, gamification strategies in newsrooms, and the barriers journalists face in accessing these technologies. Painting a picture of the complex political economy of AI-driven news production and consumption, the volume also addresses ethical concerns around AI appropriation, highlighting how existing legal frameworks struggle to regulate generative AI in journalism." (Publisher description)
1 Generative AI in Africa: Transforming News, Practices, and Ethics / Trust Matsilele and Lungile A. Tshuma, 1
SECTION ONE: GENERATIVE AI USE CASES IN AFRICAN JOURNALISM
2 Generative AI-powered Newsreaders in Zimbabwe: Prospects and Challenges / Mphathisi Ndlovu, Zenzele Ndebele and Imelda Duduzile Ndlovu, 19
3 Generative AI’s Impact on News Production in South African and Zimbabwean Newsrooms / Mandla J. Radebe and Mbongeni J. Msimanga, 33
4 The Promises and Perils of Technology: Embracing Generative AI in Emerging Economy in African Newsrooms / Vusumuzi Maphosa, 50
SECTION TWO: GENERATIVE AI AND AFRICAN JOURNALISM: OWNERSHIP, ACCESS, AND PUBLIC TRUST
5 Who Owns the News? The Political Economy of AI Journalism in Africa / Job Mwaura, 69
6 Generative AI and Journalism in Nigeria: Economic, Linguistic, and Infrastructural Realities in Peri-Urban Radio Stations in Nigeria / Itunu Bodunrin and Akinola Charles Adenitan, 83
7 ‘With a little help from machines, it can never be trusted’: Readers’ Perceptions of AI Generated News / Trevor Hlungwani, 101
8 Re-imagining the future of African journalism with generative artificial intelligence: a case of gamification in South African newspapers / Wishes Mututwa, 120
SECTION THREE: GENERATIVE AI IN JOURNALISM: DESIGN, ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
9 Ethical issues surrounding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in news production / Blessing Makwambeni and Rudo Patricia Makwambeni, 139
10 Generative Artificial Intelligence, Journalism Practices and the Law in Zimbabwe / Pedzisai Ruhanya, Linda Mujuru, and Cynthia Nyahora, 155
11 Generative AI in Investigative Journalism: A Human-Computer Interaction Perspective in Southern Africa / Millie Phiri and Sakhile Dube, 172
SECTION ONE: GENERATIVE AI USE CASES IN AFRICAN JOURNALISM
2 Generative AI-powered Newsreaders in Zimbabwe: Prospects and Challenges / Mphathisi Ndlovu, Zenzele Ndebele and Imelda Duduzile Ndlovu, 19
3 Generative AI’s Impact on News Production in South African and Zimbabwean Newsrooms / Mandla J. Radebe and Mbongeni J. Msimanga, 33
4 The Promises and Perils of Technology: Embracing Generative AI in Emerging Economy in African Newsrooms / Vusumuzi Maphosa, 50
SECTION TWO: GENERATIVE AI AND AFRICAN JOURNALISM: OWNERSHIP, ACCESS, AND PUBLIC TRUST
5 Who Owns the News? The Political Economy of AI Journalism in Africa / Job Mwaura, 69
6 Generative AI and Journalism in Nigeria: Economic, Linguistic, and Infrastructural Realities in Peri-Urban Radio Stations in Nigeria / Itunu Bodunrin and Akinola Charles Adenitan, 83
7 ‘With a little help from machines, it can never be trusted’: Readers’ Perceptions of AI Generated News / Trevor Hlungwani, 101
8 Re-imagining the future of African journalism with generative artificial intelligence: a case of gamification in South African newspapers / Wishes Mututwa, 120
SECTION THREE: GENERATIVE AI IN JOURNALISM: DESIGN, ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
9 Ethical issues surrounding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in news production / Blessing Makwambeni and Rudo Patricia Makwambeni, 139
10 Generative Artificial Intelligence, Journalism Practices and the Law in Zimbabwe / Pedzisai Ruhanya, Linda Mujuru, and Cynthia Nyahora, 155
11 Generative AI in Investigative Journalism: A Human-Computer Interaction Perspective in Southern Africa / Millie Phiri and Sakhile Dube, 172
