The sum of all individual indicator scores is divided by the number of panel
members to determine the average score for each indicator. These average
indicator scores are added up to form average sector scores.
Outcome
The final, qualitative report summarises the general content of the discussion
and provides the average score for each indicator. Panellists are not quoted by
name in the report, in order to protect them from possible repercussions. The
reports can be used as a tool for possible political discussion on media reform.
In countries where English is not the official language, the report is published in
a bilingual edition.
In facilitating the AMB, the FES (and MISA, in SADC countries), only serves as a
convener of the panel and as guarantor of the methodology. The content of the
discussion and the report is owned by the panel of local experts and does not
represent or reflect the view of FES or MISA.
By the end of 2018 the AMB had been held in 31 African countries, in some of
them for the fifth time already.

Luckson Chipare
Regional Director
Media Institute of Southern
Africa (MISA)
Windhoek, Namibia

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Sara-Nathalie Brombart
Director
fesmedia Africa
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Windhoek, Namibia

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