SECTOR 2 Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 2.9 2.5 Adequate competition legislation/regulation seeks to prevent media concentration and monopolies. The law prohibits media concentration. Article 5 of the “Freedom of Information and Communication Law” states that: “All forms of concentration of information and communication enterprises under the authority of one physical or moral person of private law is prohibited. No one can directly or indirectly own more than one company or own shares in more than one company of the same nature.” The law also prohibits full ownership by foreigners by limiting their stakes in a media company to a maximum of 20 percentage. Yet, like many aspects of the Congolese media law, the prohibition of media concentration is largely ignored. “You would think that no such ban exists.” Cross-ownership is widespread. The most prominent examples are: • • • Military man Nobert Dabari’s ownership of Force 1, DRTV and Radio Digital; MNCom, a media group owned by the president’s brother Maurice Nguesso, has a television channel, radio station and newspaper; Top TV, also owned by a daughter of the president, also runs a radio station. AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2013 91