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AFRICA-CHINA REPORTING PROJECT IMPACT - DIGITAL IDENTITY, DATA & TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA 2019 – 2022

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Presented at the Digital Rights & Inclusion Forum (DRIF 2022)

By Bongiwe Tutu, Acting Project Coordinator

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THE AFRICA-CHINA REPORTING PROJECT (ACRP)

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  • Based at the Wits Centre for Journalism at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, South Africa; operational since 2009.

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  • Aim to improve the quality of reporting on African & Africa-China issues by providing facilitation and capacity building for journalists

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  • Offers reporting grants, skills training workshops, reporting resources and other opportunities to journalists and researchers

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  • Amplify Africa’s perspectives to enhance its development

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  • Shaped into a networking hub

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SELECT PARTNERS AND COLLABORATIONS

Online dissemination and training:

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Workshops and training for journalists:

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Cross-border investigations and media impact:

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DIGITAL IDENTITY, DATA & TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA BOOK

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AMPLIFY AFRICA’S VOICES IN ITS DEVELOPMENT

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THE AFRICA WE WANT

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THE AFRICA WE WANT

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THANK YOU

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Thank you,

Bongiwe Tutu

Acting Project Coordinator

Bongiwe.tutu@wits.ac.za

Africachinareporting.com

ACRPcontact@gmail.com

ACRP Staff:

Bongiwe Tutu, Acting Project Coordinator

Thomas Lethoba, Digital Editor

Barry van Wyk, Research Associate

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Advisory Board:

Yu-Shan Wu, University of Pretoria

Professor Anton Harber, Wits Centre for Journalism

Dr Bob Wekesa, Wits Centre for the Study of the US

Professor Chris Alden, London School of Economics

Gérard Guedegbe, Media Consultant and Trainer

Huang Hongxiang, CEO: China House

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