Code for Africa (CfA) 2026 Mythbusters Fellowships in the SADC region (monthly stipend) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: 27 February 2026.

Applications at the moment are open for the Code for Africa (CfA) 2026 Mythbusters Fellowships. Code for Africa (CfA) is providing 5 (5) part-time Mythbusters fellowships to neighborhood influencers in Africa. During the three-month fellowship, fellows will function messengers to advance info resilience in goal communities by bettering entry to factual info. These fellowships are part of a joint initiative between CfA and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen info integrity by detecting, disrupting and deplatforming malign actors in the SADC region. 

The fellowship goals to guard inclusive democracy and human rights in the digital age. It leverages digital applied sciences to strengthen democracy with an emphasis on climate-related narratives, overseas info manipulation and interference, the 2026 South African municipal elections and xenophobia in the following nations: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Madagascar, South Africa, and the United Republic of Tanzania.

Fellows Responsibilities

• Successful candidates will work with CfA’s forensic investigation crew, iLAB, and the PesaCheck crew to share evidence-based info designed to stop info manipulation in their communities. Fellows will use their visible storytelling expertise and/or important social media presence to share investigative findings. They will produce brief, participating content material in graphic, audio, or video codecs, primarily in native languages.
• Academy Africa will prepare fellows on fact-checking, ethics, and accuracy in reporting, and a crew of worldwide consultants and investigative analysts from iLAB and social media engagement professionals from CfA’s Engagement crew will mentor contributors. Fellows will develop the expertise to recognise manipulative claims and demand dependable info from the media and watchdog civil society organisations.

Requirements

The Mythbusters Fellowship seeks to empower nano- and micro-influencers in the goal nations to change into champions of knowledge integrity. These influencers will use their digital platforms to spotlight the risks of manipulative content material in the goal nations. Their function entails main native discussions on the dangerous influence of deceptive info on the two fundamental fellowship themes.

Applicants should meet the following standards:

1. You have to be a social media influencer with a big following that actively engages together with your content material, together with in dwell social media discussions. We will give precedence to trusted native messengers working as nano- or macro-influencers.
2. You have to be non-partisan, with no ties to authorities businesses, paramilitary organisations, political events, state-affiliated media, or different our bodies that will create the notion of partisanship throughout elections.
3. You should decide to publishing/disseminating your content material in your social media accounts. 
4. You have to be fluent in both English or French. 
5. You will need to have entry to a dependable laptop computer or desktop laptop with secure web connectivity to take part in programme actions and on-line programs/mentorship.
6. You should decide to sharing your new expertise and data in your organisation, together with your followers, and with the wider journalism/analysis neighborhood by showcasing your tasks and strategies to your friends.
7. You have to be accessible for digital coaching and mentorship periods.

Benefits

The programme will run for three months and can embody:

1. Training and mentorship: CfA will present superior coaching and mentorship in media and social media monitoring.
2. Networking: Fellows will be a part of the Congress for Peace (COPP) influencers community and shall be invited to talk at community occasions or current at main continental conferences.
3. Stipend: Fellows will obtain a aggressive month-to-month stipend to assist participation in coaching and mentorship periods.

For More Information:

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