SECTOR 2

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

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2.6
2006: 1.6; 2008: 2.4; 2010: 1.7; 2012: 2.7; 2015: 2.8

2.6 Government promotes a diverse media landscape
with economically sustainable and independent
media outlets
Tanzania has a diverse media landscape with numerous outlets catering to
different audience segments. However, panellists said, that this was not the result
of government policy. On the contrary, an arsenal of legal regulatory tools has
been used to stifle the emergence of economically sustainable and independent
media. Licence fees for all media, for example, are high and prohibitive. Media
inputs are not tax-exempt and even community radios have to pay high licence
fees annually.

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

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2.5
2006: n/a; 2008: n/a; 2010: 1.8 ; 2012: 1.3; 2015: 2.8

2.7 All media fairly represent the voices of all gender

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