Hate speech is on the rise in African media and could be avoided if media houses were financially stable and independent, say media leaders.

If we don’t want unethical behaviour to infect African journalism, we should urge media houses to embrace the AMI Principles, says Guy Berger.

Despite what is occurring in the UK and US, the African Media Initiative is having success in creating a new model for media the world could emulate.

The African Media Initiative (AMI) has announced that Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Trevor Ncube have been appointed co-chairs of its board.