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A new study published by the Media Reform Coalition, in cooperation with CMDS, shows that ownership concentration is an endemic problem in the country's media landscape , which in some sectors is becoming worse. The report analyses the print, online and audiovisual media , but also looks at the role and power of platforms and intermediaries in shaping the market.

Digital platforms have become critical watchdogs in closely monitoring and recording the receipt and utilization of COVID-19 funds from different donors and government budgets, amid secretiveness by public bodies. Their scrutiny boosts accountability while shortchanging of desperate beneficiaries, particularly poor communities on the African continent is reduced.