By George Ogola National governments remain the single largest source of revenue for news organizations in Africa. In Rwanda, for example, a staggering 85-90% of advertising revenue comes from the public sector. In Kenya, it’s estimated that 30% of newspaper revenue comes from government advertising. In 2013, the government spent Ksh40 million in two weeks just…
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Scammers have become a scapegoat for the ailing press. What we really need is a deeper fix. Last week, Facebook’s first effort at combatting the scourge known as fake news began to appear in the wild. If a user suspects a post to be false, she can flag it. Facebook then…
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Notwithstanding its inclusion in Donald Trump’s travel ban to the United States, Sudan is determined to pursue friendly relations with Washington. The country’s diplomatic gear is in full force with the country’s Parliamentary Speaker, Professor Ibrahim Ahmed Omer leading a delegation of lawmakers to Washington in a renewed rapprochement with…
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Republicans have promised to repeal and replace the ACA. They are now in a position to actually do that and, low and behold, they have no replacement. They want to repeal it and wait for another 2 years to replace it. Suddenly, people are entertaining the possibility that they might…
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