Regulating New Media in Africa

Dr Sulayman Bah is an academic and journalist specialising in media law and journalism. He has extensive university teaching experience, holds multiple degrees in journalism and law, and possesses practical, international journalism experience across various media platforms.Dr Vincent Obia is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow researching AI governance in Africa at the University of Sheffield.Dr Yemisi Akinbobola is a Senior Lecturer and Research Degrees Coordinator at Birmingham City University. Her research interests include African Feminisms, Media Development and Journalism Practice.Oliver Carter is Professor of Creative Economies at Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research.

• AcknowledgmentsForewordIntroductionVincent Obia and Sulayman Bah Part 1: Regulatory Trends and the Research Landscape 1. Regulating Digital Technologies in Africa: Navigating a Shifting Tech LandscapeHayes Mawindi Mabwezara 2. Human Rights, Freedom of Expression, and Multi-Stakeholderism in the Regulation of New Media Technologies in Africa – Interview with Guilherme CanelaVincent Obia 3. Mapping A Research Agenda for Digital Media Regulation in Africa: A Systematic AnalysisVincent Obia  Part 2: State Policy Approaches and Regulatory Challenges 4. Cyber Security Laws, Digital Media Spaces and Media Freedoms in ZambiaYoungson Ndawana, Joanne Knowles, and Elastus Mambwe 5. Morocco’s Approach to Digital Media Regulation: State Policy, Power Asymmetry, Platform Dialogue – Interview with Latifa Akharbach Yemisi Akinbobola 6. Regime Change?: Digitalisation, Media Convergence and the Constraints to Reforming Ghana’s Analogue Era Regulatory SystemKobina Bedu-Addo 7. Broadcast Media Regulation and Democratic Transitions in Africa: A Nigerian and South African Case StudyYemisi Akinbobola, Vincent Obia, and Trust Matsilele  Part 3: Digital Media Censorship: Frictions, Tensions, Reactions 8. Balancing Freedom with Responsibility or Simply Pandering to Political Whims: An Analysis of Kenya’s Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, 2018Esther King’ori and Maureen Syallow 9. Interrogating Online Journalism Regulation and Censorship in Africa – Interview with Churchill OtienoSulayman Bah 10. Senegal’s Approach to Digital Media Regulation: Limited Civil Society Consultation, State Control, and the Need for a Continental Approach to Governance – Interview with David Diaz-JogeixSulayman Bah 11. Evasive Journalism: Circumventing the Regulation of Online Journalism in The GambiaSulayman Bah ConclusionWinston Mano Index