Al Jazeera has formed a partnership with African Media Agency (AMA) to introduce its regional news to online platforms in the continent. The partnership will see news portals from Africa publish Al Jazeera’s Pan African news freely. Given that most media houses have a limited budget to deploy reporters to almost all the corners of […]
Al Jazeera has formed a partnership with African Media Agency (AMA) to introduce its regional news to online platforms in the continent.
The partnership will see news portals from Africa publish Al Jazeera’s Pan African news freely. Given that most media houses have a limited budget to deploy reporters to almost all the corners of the continent, most of the audiences for these news outlets have been at a disadvantage missing out on some important news. Al Jazeera has reporters deployed in all corners of the African continent who generate both text and video content that is Africa-related. The initiative aims at permitting selected quality news portals to use this content online.
This partnership is expected to help bolster Al Jazeera’s position in Africa further.
Internet penetration currently stands at 26.5% of the population of Africa, which also boasts over 220 million smartphone users, according to Internetworldstats.com.
