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Reporting Unsupported? Exploring the Effects of USAID Cuts on Media Work in Africa
Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2026), 15 pp.
"The closure of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has had far-reaching effects across a range of humanitarian and development activities. This report examines the current and likely future effects of the agency’s closure on journalism in Africa. It has a particular focus on repor
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Russian and African Media: Exercising Soft Power
Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2022), 18 pp.
"[...] in recent years – particularly since the 2014 Ukraine conflict – Russia’s use of media to leverage broader influence campaigns has gained notoriety, both domestically and internationally. Russia’s state-owned media outlets are central to the Kremlin’s strategy and are drivers of its
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The Role of Public Sentiment and Social Media in the Evolving China-Africa Relationship
Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2013), 24 pp.
"The demands of public diplomacy have shifted with the development of social media technologies. Increasingly, governments are required to gauge and respond to public sentiment over and above the one-way communication of broadcast media. The social media and accompanying elevated public role have co
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The Rise of China’s State-Led Media Dynasty in Africa
Johannesburg: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) (2012), 31 pp.
"Traces China's media engagement in Africa since the 2000s, including a list of financed projects (pp. 13-15), and explains how strategies have changed. While the extension of hardware assistance continues to play an important role, China's media engagement in Africa started to diversify after the 2
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