The document discusses Albany Associates' approach to tackling violent extremism in Africa through communication. It outlines that violent extremist groups like al Shabaab, Boko Haram, and ISIS use media to recruit. Albany Associates' approach involves assessing local issues, developing alternative narratives, delivering actionable outcomes through local partners, innovating with new technologies and actors, sustaining efforts through coaching, and evaluating progress through feedback. The approach examines extremist narratives and the information ecology to understand how narratives spread and determine the most influential communication channels to deliver counter-narratives.