CJID AI in Journalism Incubator 2.0 – Call for Applications – YOA

Deadline: September 14, 2025

The Nigeria AI Collective and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) are happy to announce the launch of the AI in Journalism Incubator – Second Cohort. This initiative is designed to carry collectively technologists and media professionals to co-create AI-powered instruments that deal with urgent challenges in journalism and media accountability throughout West Africa.

Building on the success of the primary cohort, the Incubator will present contributors with the OPPORTUNITY to work in groups, guided by skilled mentors, to design and construct useful merchandise. Final prototypes can be showcased on the 2025 Media and Development Conference (MDC 2025) in Abuja, earlier than an viewers of media leaders, policymakers, and know-how consultants.

Benefits

• Dedicated mentor for every staff
• Technical infrastructure and assets for product improvement
• Product improvement assist per staff
• Seed grant per staff for scaling the product after the incubator
• Opportunities to showcase options on the Media and Development Conference 2025

Eligibility

Open to:

• Technologists: AI/ML builders, software program engineers, knowledge scientists, UX/UI designers, and product builders.
• Journalists / Researchers / Media Professionals: Fact-checkers, investigative journalists, and media researchers who will function subject material consultants inside groups.

Selection Criteria

• Applicants should reveal experience in no less than one of many following areas: AI and Machine Learning, Software Development (Web, cell or backend techniques), User Experience and Product Design, Data Science and Data Engineering, Natural Language Processing, Journalism, Media Research or Fact-checking.
• Applicants have to be obtainable to completely take part in all incubator actions from September to November 2025
• Applicants should possess string curiosity in leveraging know-how to deal with actual-world challenges in media and journalism.
• Applicants should reveal downside-fixing skills.

Application

Selected contributors have to be obtainable to completely take part in the incubator actions from September to November 2025, together with weekly mentor check-ins and the ultimate showcase in Abuja.

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to CJID AI in Journalism Incubator.