Graduate teaching and research with emphasis on development, policy and research. Channel Africa Channel Africa seeks to promote the ideals of the African Renaissance through balanced and objective coverage of news events and dissemination of information. There are no restrictions in theory but in practice there is no visible participation by women in the media of Africa. Restrictions range from non-availability of capital, to few women becoming media entrepreneurs. In South Africa the emphasis is on how few media entrepreneurs are black.
Few blacks are even managers.
In 1997 the media was presented with a draft Mass Media Communications bill, which had a number of unacceptably restrictive features. After a significant public outcry the government backed down, and the bill was never presented to Parliament. The BMCC grew out of the resulting coming together of various media stakeholders. It is also important to note that media freedom in Botswana has also been challenged by the political and economic agendas of private sector interests. We have conducted extensive market research both on what Web users in Africa actually want, and what advertisers and hosting clients need.