Code for Africa Fact-checking Fellowship Program 2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 10, 2026

Are you a journalist pushed by a ardour for fact? Apply for the CfA/AFCA Fact-checking Fellowship Program 2026 and assist expose misinformation whereas reinforcing info integrity throughout Southern Africa.

Code for Africa (CfA), by way of its African Fact-checking Alliance (AFCA), is providing stipend-primarily based fellowships to journalists and truth-checkers in Southern Africa. The fellowship seeks to equip contributors with the talents and instruments to analyze, debunk misinformation and disinformation and strengthen info integrity within the area.

This fellowship is part of the “Strengthening Information Integrity and Democratic Resilience in Southern Africa” mission, which is a continuation and enlargement of the “Detecting, Disrupting and Deplatforming Malign Actors” mission, supported by Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Building on the affect of the 2024–2025 part, this new part (2026–2027) goals to additional strengthen info integrity and democratic resilience throughout the area. The focus nations embrace: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Benefits

• Each Fellow will obtain a month-to-month stipend.
• Fellows will obtain fingers-on technical coaching and one-on-one mentorship from PesaCheck’s truth-checking staff, iLAB investigative analysts, and CfA’s employees, together with technologists, information analysts, multimedia producers, and editors. They may even obtain help to boost present CheckDesks or launch flagship CheckDesks inside their newsrooms.
• Fellows will publish their tasks on their media platforms and obtain help in publishing internationally.

Eligibility

• Must not work for any paramilitary or safety organisation and should be non-partisan.
• Must be established journalists or digital storytellers with no less than one yr of media expertise and a portfolio of printed work.
• Preferred expertise the truth is-checking.
• Must be affiliated with a media accomplice and publish or broadcast their work in mainstream media.
• Must be fluent in English and/or French, relying on the official language of their nation.
• Must have entry to a dependable laptop with secure web connectivity to take part in programme actions and on-line programs/mentoring.
• Must be primarily based in one of many following nations: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
• Must decide to publishing/disseminating work on an applicable public platform. CfA will help with partnerships/syndications the place applicable.
• Must decide to sharing new expertise and data inside their organisation, by sharing tasks and strategies with friends.
• Must be accessible for digital conferences.

Application

The deadline for functions is 10 April 2026. Late functions is not going to be thought-about.

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to CfA/AFCA Fact-checking Fellowship.