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Oluwafemi Awodele
2 weeks ago
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China is increasing its efforts to dominate Africa’s media landscape by leveraging state-controlled platforms, forging partnerships with local news outlets, and conducting journalist training programmes, according to recent reports.
According to a report on ADF, experts have raised concerns over China’s growing influence, which they described as a strategic move to shape perceptions and project itself as a benevolent partner on the continent.
Mitchell Gallagher, a researcher on China’s media influence overseas, described the situation as a “war for Africa’s media soul.” He noted that although some African media outlets have given favourable coverage to China, there are emerging signs of resistance.
“The ploy appears to be paying dividends, with evidence of sections of the media giving favourable coverage to China,” Gallagher wrote in The Conversation Africa magazine. “But as someone researching the reach of China’s influence overseas, I am beginning to see a nascent backlash against pro-Beijing reporting in countries across the continent.”
continue: https://guardian.ng/features/culture/china-doing-everything-to-control-africas-media-report/
