Code for Africa (CfA) is an ecosystem builder. It is the continent’s largest network of non-profit civic technology and open data laboratories in 22 African countries. CfA builds digital democracy solutions that give citizens unfettered access to actionable information that empowers them to make informed decisions, and that strengthens civic engagement for improved public governance and accountability. This includes building infrastructure like the continent’s largest open data portals at openAFRICA and sourceAFRICA. CfA incubates initiatives as diverse as the africanDRONE network, the PesaCheck fact-checking initiative, the machine-learning research and analysis lab at CivicSignal, the iLAB disinformation investigative team, and the sensors.AFRICA air quality sensor network. CfA also runs one of Africa’s largest skills development initiatives for digital journalists, and seed funds cross-border collaboration. CivicSignal is Africa’s largest non-profit media monitoring/mapping initiative that uses machine learning/natural language processing tools for ‘AI’ analysis of media content across the continent. CivicSignal’s analysis includes mapping media ownership and understanding the underlying media economy that shapes online content. Its products, MediaCloud (for tracking content) and MediaData (for tracking media ownership) are regularly used by development agencies and regulators to develop intervention strategies. The African Data and Democracy Observatory (ADDO) is a member-driven voluntary network of independent watchdog CSOs that use cutting-edge digital analysis and forensic research to better understand influence operations that seek to subvert or usurp public discourse across Africa. ADDO was originally co-founded by the continent’s largest civic technology and open data non-profit, Code for Africa (CfA), in partnership with the Atlantic Council’s global Digital Forensic Lab (DFRLab) and the DT Institute in 2020 to help coordinate their ongoing research into foreign disinformation and propaganda campaigns that targeted an initial 21 sub-Saharan African countries. Cite this report as: Mwale et al, 'Transparency and trust: newsroom policies in Zambia', African Data and Democracy Observatory, April 2023. . 12 12