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Online durch die Pandemie: Wie sich Glauben und Leben verändern

Evangelisches Missionswerk in Deutschland (EMW)
Hamburg: Missionshilfe Verlag (2021), 228 pp.
"Mit Covid-19 hat sich eine todbringende Pandemie erstmals global verbreitet, mit weitreichenden Folgen auf allen Ebenen, auch für Mobilität und Kommunikation in Kirche, Mission und weltweiter Ökumene. Partnerschaftsreisen oder Auslandsjahre für junge Freiwillige sind ausgefallen, stattdessen si ... more
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Heinemann's African Writers Series: An Appraisal of its Contemporary Relevance in Nigeria

Beatrice Iguem Efembele
Oxford: Oxford Brookes University, Master Thesis (2021), 64 pp.
"Africa's history of publishing is long and multilayered and within these layers is Heinemann's African Writers Series founded in 1962 to nurture indigenous creative writing. This research addresses the contemporary relevance of Heinemann's African Writers Series (AWS) in Nigeria. It examines the cu ... more
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Promoting Smart Policy Options in Closing the Gender Digital Divide in Uganda

Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET); Centre for Multilateral Affairs (CfMA) (2021), 11 pp.
"Although the internet facilitates connection, participation, and engagement, there is a need for new and innovative strategies for closing the gender digital divide in Uganda. A socio-economic, political, and robustic legal approach is needed to close the gender digital divide. This requires regula ... more
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Public Participation: An Assessment of Recent ICT Policy Making Processes in Kenya

Grace Githaiga, Victor Kapiyo, Sigi Waigumo Mwanzia
KICTANet (2021), 29 pp.
"This report assesses the extent to which the public participated in three recent ICT policy and law-making processes. These include the National Information Communications and Technology (ICT) Policy, 2019, the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018, and the Data Protection Act, 2019 [...] Gener ... more
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Media Monitoring Report on Gambling & Gaming Activities on Media in Kenya

Nairobi: Media Council of Kenya (2021), viii, 27 pp.
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Media, Development and Democracy

Heloisa Pait, Juliana Laet (eds.)
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2021), xviii, 141 pp.
"[...] this book explores the complex construction of democratic public dialogue in developing countries. Case studies examine national environments defined not only by state censorship and commercial pressure, but also language differences, international influence, social divisions, and distinct va ... more
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Raconter l’histoire: En souvenir d’Elisabeth Blanche Olofio

Free Press Unlimited (2021), 35 pp.
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Digital Civil Society: (Dis-) Connected

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2021), 52 pp.
"This publication is a collection of a variety of outlooks, recommendations, and input from the participants of the 2020 workshop [for fellows of the CrossCulture Programme (CCP) of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen] and others. On the subject of digital access, CCP alumnus Camilo Olea speaks ab ... more
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Developing guidelines for cash transfers in Somalia

Jaki Mebur, Belinda Baah, Ken Okong'o
London: GSMA (2021), 28 pp.
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Revisiting COVID-19 Communication in Western Africa: A Health Literacy-Based Approach to Health Communication

Bernard Seytre, Cristano Barros, Philip Bona, Babacar Fall, Blahima Konate et al.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, volume 105, issue 3 (2021), pp. 708-712
"Adherence to protectiv emeasures is a major component of COVID-19 epidemic control. COVID-19 health literacy is a major driver of this adherence, and the evaluation of health literacy levels is the basis for designing an effective communication strategy. We conducted a quantitative socio-anthropolo ... more
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Ecological Civilisation Discourse in Xinhua’s African Newswires: Towards a Greener Agency?

Robert Boughen
African Journalism Studies, volume 42, issue 3 (2021), pp. 67-81
"How does Chinese central media represent Africa through its environmental news? This article argues that the way in which Chinese central media organisations have reported environmental issues across the African continent has altered from a reactive “charm defensive” towards the promotion of a ... more