Issues of financial sustainability, capacity building  lack of access to ICTs, high license fees and taxation on broadcasting equipment were some of the major issues identified as challenges to community broadcasters.

The lack of a conducive legal and regulatory framework for community broadcasting was also identified as a major problem in many countries such as Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zimbabwe where there are no community broadcasters. The outright hostility to community broadcasting in some of these countries was a source of concern.

However innovations such as community radio initiatives which are thriving in repressive environments such as  Zimbabwe were seen as a beacon of hope in the quest for community broadcasting.

MISA plans to launch renewed community broadcasting advocacy in partnership with the Dutch media development organisation Freevoice.Source: MISA Regional Secretariat

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