Code for Africa Media Sentinel Fellowships in West Africa 2025 – YOA

Deadline: May 7, 2025

Applications are open for the Code for Africa Media Sentinel Fellowships in West Africa 2025. Code for Africa (CfA) is providing three Media Sentinel Fellowships to frontline grassroots researchers in Benin, Guinea, and Mauritania. Candidates ought to have experience in social media listening and evaluation and possess an excellent data of social media cross-platform coordination and messaging on platforms reminiscent of Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp, and X (previously Twitter).

The 10-month part-time fellowships are part of a joint initiative between CfA and the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD) to strengthen data integrity by detecting, disrupting, and deplatforming malign actors in Africa. The programme goals to guard inclusive democracy and human rights in the digital age by leveraging digital applied sciences, with an emphasis on countering disinformation and dangerous narratives.

The profitable candidates will work with CfA’s forensic investigations workforce, iLAB, to supply data that can information the creation of early warning alerts for data manipulation. The Media Sentinels will present data on coordinated inauthentic behaviour (CIB) and different data manipulation and interference (IMI) behaviour inside their international locations.

Benefits

The fellowship bundle will encompass:

• Stipend: Fellows will obtain a aggressive month-to-month stipend relying on their affect as macro or nano influencers and expertise in comparable earlier tasks. 
• Training and mentoring: CfA will present the fellows with superior coaching and mentoring in conventional and social media monitoring.

Eligibility

• You have to be non-partisan, with none hyperlink to authorities companies, paramilitary organisations, political events, state-affiliated media, or different our bodies which may create the notion of partisanship in both nationwide or native politics. 
• You have to be fluent in English or French. 
• You will need to have entry to a dependable private laptop computer or pc with secure web connectivity to take part in programme actions, on-line lessons, and mentorship periods.
• You should show an understanding of utilizing social media platforms reminiscent of Facebook, Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp, and X. 
• You have to be out there for weekly one-hour digital conferences. 

Application

The deadline for functions is May 7, 2025. 

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For extra data, go to Code for Africa Media Sentinel Fellowships.