May 6, 2016
"The African media landscape has diversified greatly in recent years," Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) Fellow Heather Gilberds said during a talk on May 3. Radio is one of the most popular forms of media in Africa for several reasons including relatively low levels of internet penetration across the continent and limited access to energy, particularly in rural areas. "Radio is uniquely suited to the African context," she said, "and it even reaches the end of the development road where there is no cell signal or electricity."
Read the full article on the CMDS website here.