‘Watching us is like watching a cousin’: the online creators reshaping Africa’s news ecosphere

Africa is leading a change in news consumption habits – and transforming the lives of current affairs enthusiasts Last year Amahle-Imvelo Jaxa posted a TikTok video about South African peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She expressed concern that the shift to online news was widening South Africa’s digital divide. A study released on 4 May by the Media Council of Kenya said most Kenyans rely on social media as their source of news. “It became very natural that for them.” News creators are also able to deliver news with more flexibility than established news organisations, Mburu said.