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<p style="margin:0cm;background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dear all,</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are pleased to invite you to our next
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">DW Freedom Webinar</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">:</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">The changing tides: Re-imagining media support in Africa.
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">Webinar Details:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Date: September 10th</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
<span style="color:black">Time: 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM (CET)<br>
Registration: Click </span></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#467886"><a href="https://eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4RDXi497S6yhD3CYGYOd0g#/registration">here</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">About the Webinar:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">While there is progress in adopting good practices and digital strategies, structural weaknesses and limited accountability undermine the resilience of African public interest media. DW Freedom Think
 Tank invites you to discuss the current situation of media development in the region and what it would take to address the noted gaps. The webinar will present results and insights from the State of Media Development Report focusing on Anglophone Africa.
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<p><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">Guest</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> Robi Koki Ochieng, Anglophone Africa Researcher for DW
 Akademie’s State of Media Development Report & Maurice Otieno, Executive Director, Baraza Media Lab<br>
</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">Host: </span>
</b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Dr. Rose Kimani, Project Manager, DW Akademie
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<p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We look forward to seeing you!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#00B0F0">About DW Freedom</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">DW Freedom is the media development think tank at DW Akademie. We gather data and insights and generate strategies for resilient information ecosystems and freedom of expression for everyone.
 We work together with our regional departments and partner organizations from around the world. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt">DW Akademie is the center for media development at Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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