The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed a three-year $ 12 million agreement to continue the US government’s long-standing support for the independent media in South Sudan and the contested Abyei area on South Sudan’s border with Sudan. element of democracy.
This new initiative, Sustainable Independent Media Activity, will improve access to credible, accurate and reliable information for South Sudanese citizens by promoting the sustainability of high-quality, independent radio operations.
An initiative to be implemented in South Sudan by PACT Inc. and the IREX sub-award and other partners, will provide citizens with a platform to encourage South Sudanese citizens to become a more responsive government by improving access to credible, accurate and reliable information; promoting financial, institutional and social sustainability; and investing in high-quality, credible journalism.
Radio remains the most used and accessible source of information in South Sudan, according to the USAID-funded South Sudan Audience Survey in 2021.
Sustainable independent media activity will build on the achievements of the USAID 2013-22 i-STREAM project by Internews, which built a sustainable independent radio in South Sudan and improved the media content and professionalism of local radio stations.
