Code for Africa Mythbusters Fellowships in the SADC Region 2026 – YOA

Deadline: February 27, 2026

Applications are open for the Code for Africa Mythbusters Fellowships in the SADC Region 2026. Do you need to strengthen data integrity in the SADC area? Here is your likelihood.

Code for Africa (CfA) is providing 5 (5) part-time Mythbusters fellowships to group influencers in Africa. During the three-month fellowship, fellows will function messengers to advance data resilience in goal communities by enhancing entry to factual data. These fellowships are part of a joint initiative between CfA and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen data integrity by means of detecting, disrupting and deplatforming malign actors in the SADC area.

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 local weather-associated narratives, overseas data manipulation and interference, the 2026 South African municipal elections and xenophobia in the following international locations: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Madagascar, South Africa, and the United Republic of Tanzania.

Benefits

The programme will run for three months and can embody:

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

Eligibility

The Mythbusters Fellowship seeks to empower nano- and micro-influencers in the goal international locations to turn into champions of knowledge integrity. These influencers will use their digital platforms to spotlight the risks of manipulative content material in the goal international locations. Their function includes main native discussions on the dangerous affect of deceptive data on the two fundamental fellowship themes.

• 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. They will give precedence to trusted native messengers working as nano- or macro-influencers.
• You have to be non-partisan, with no ties to authorities companies, paramilitary organisations, political events, state-affiliated media, or different our bodies that will create the notion of partisanship throughout elections.
• You should decide to publishing/disseminating your content material in your social media accounts. 
• You have to be fluent in both English or French. 
• You should have entry to a dependable laptop computer or desktop pc with steady web connectivity to take part in programme actions and on-line programs/mentorship.
• You should decide to sharing your new abilities and information in your organisation, together with your followers, and with the wider journalism/analysis group by showcasing your tasks and strategies to your friends.
• You have to be out there for digital coaching and mentorship periods.

Application

The deadline for purposes is 27 February 2026. Ensure to finish the application earlier than this date.

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For extra data, go to Code for Africa Mythbusters Fellowships.