Africa No Filter

Our assessment

Led by Moky Makura. Its research estimates Africa may lose up to $4.2 billion a year in inflated interest payments tied to stereotyped coverage.

• Index built by a University of Cape Town team, scoring 1,000+ articles from 20 outlets

Connections

• FriendThe Guardianscored #1
• FriendAFPscored #2
• FriendAl Jazeerascored #2
• FriendReutersscored #3
• MixedThe Economistlowest on stereotypes
• FoeThe New York Timesscored #18
• FoeThe Wall Street Journalscored #19
• FoeThe Washington Postscored #20 (last)
• FoeMedia framing risk premiumUp to $4.2B a year

Assessment history

1. 2026-10-29File opened from the research dataset.

Corrections

No corrections have been made to this case file.