Code for Africa (CfA) African Academy for Open Source Investigation (AAOSI) Fellowships 2025

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Application Deadline:  12 February 2025, 

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 Code for Africa (CfA) African Academy for Open Source Investigation (AAOSI) Fellowships.  The programme goals to equip journalists from investigative media and watchdog NGOs with open-source intelligence (OSINT) and SOCMINT forensic evaluation expertise to provide evidence-driven evaluation of knowledge manipulation and interference (IMI) and coordinated inauthentic behaviour (CIB), in addition to to help entry to credible data. 

The targets for AAOSI Fellowships are to:

• Build a powerful pan-African community of OSINT investigators who can collaborate on transnational investigations with friends worldwide to unmask affect operations and knowledge manipulation.
• Equip investigative media and watchdog CSOs with open-source intelligence (OSINT) expertise and instruments to turbocharge their investigations into data manipulation.
• Help newsrooms attain bigger audiences and construct deeper engagement with the general public for data-driven discussions on key points.

The Fellowship programme

The Fellowship goals to boost data integrity in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal by tackling misinformation, hate speech, and propaganda, whereas additionally strengthening native media and civil society resilience.

Eligibility Requirements

• The newsroom/CSO have to be registered as a media organisation or digital outlet in  Côte d’Ivoire or Senegal, with an express give attention to audiences in Africa.
• The newsroom/CSO will need to have a minimal of 1 12 months of expertise in journalism, with a powerful choice for investigative or knowledge journalism.
• The newsroom/CSO will need to have proof of studies produced and revealed, with the newest no more than two months in the past.
• The newsroom/CSO should decide to well timed and open communication from the administration and assigned journalists.
• The applicant have to be hooked up or affiliated to a media home or digital information outlet or related organisation the place content material produced throughout the undertaking can be revealed. This additionally applies to freelance journalists.
• The applicant should decide to publishing/disseminating their work on an applicable public platform. CfA will help with partnerships/syndications the place applicable.
• The applicant should decide to agreed-on weekly on-line coaching and mentorship periods.
• The applicant have to be keen to share their new expertise and information inside their organisation, by presenting their tasks and methods to their friends.
• The applicant have to be fluent in both of the languages of tuition and mentorship: English or French.

Benefits

The programme will encompass:

1. Financial help: The chosen newsrooms or organisations will obtain a modest grant to cowl eligible actions and prices.
2. Technical help: CfA will provide hands-on technical coaching, adopted by one-on-one undertaking mentorship, together with help from CfA’s knowledge technologists, knowledge analysts, multimedia producers, and editors. 
3. Publishing help: The newsrooms or organisations will publish content material packages generated below the undertaking on their respective media platforms and also will obtain help to publish internationally. 
4. Growing attain: CfA will provide amplification/development help, together with scaling/syndication help.

For More Information:

Opportunities.codeforafrica.org/2025/01/15/call-for-applications-for-the-african-academy-for-open-source-investigation-aaosi-fellowship-in-cote-divoire-and-senegal/” data-type=”link” data-id=”https://Opportunities.codeforafrica.org/2025/01/15/call-for-applications-for-the-african-academy-for-open-source-investigation-aaosi-fellowship-in-cote-divoire-and-senegal/”>Visit the Official Webpage of the African Academy for Open Source Investigation (AAOSI) Fellowships