SECTOR 2 The media landscape, including new media, is characterised by diversity, independence and sustainability. 2.1 A wide range of sources of information (print, broadcasting, internet, mobile phones) is accessible and affordable to citizens. Côte d’Ivoire’s media landscape offers a rich array, in its extent as much as its diversity. There are a total of 150 community radio stations, one national radio station and two private ones (JamFM and Nostalgie), as well as a few international radio stations (BBC, RFI) for a population of about 22 million inhabitants. Print media lists 21 dailies and around 40 weeklies. The airwaves offer two national channels, RTI and TV2, but a growing number of households is busy acquiring satellite dishes, thus accessing various international bouquets. The media obviously remain more available in urban than in rural areas. During the time of the electoral crisis in 2011, broadcasting suffered numerous material losses. The nation-wide radio and TV coverage declined from 75-80% before the crisis to 30-40% after the crisis, leaving various regions literally disconnected. Efforts are currently underway to restore the national network but this will take some time. At present, the Internet is considerably democratised in the cities. It costs 100 CFA for 30 minutes in an Internet café (approximately €0.15) and a monthly subscription amounts to 19,000 CFA (€29). An individual laptop Internet stick costs between 1,000 and 2,000 CFA (around €1.50 and €3). In rural areas, Internet access, when available at all, is restricted to certain public places such as hospitals. These kinds of arrangements limit the access times for the public, who are only able to connect late in the day. Legal requirements for the distribution of the Ivorian print media, as set down through Law no. 2004-643 prohibit the informal distribution of newspapers. Edipresse, a private company, is the exclusive distributor for newspapers in Côte d’Ivoire. According to the panellists, this situation affects the expansion of national distribution negatively. The panel made it known that a study by the GEPCI (Association of Newspaper Publishers of Côte d’Ivoire) is being conducted. In addition to the legal obstacles posed to distribution, the quality of the road network in certain parts of the country (such as the mountaineous areas) represents an additional, significant challenge. The panellists describe how the delays in the delivery of newspapers in the prefecture of Nassian (north of the country) have 82 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER COTE D’IVOIRE 2012