The MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP) 2026 for Nigerian media practitioners/content creators (All expense paid study trip to Johannesburg, South Africa)

Application Deadline: April twenty second, 2026

Applications are actually open for the 2026 MTN Media Innovation Programme. The MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP) is a 6-week lengthy programme unfold throughout six months for media practitioners within the Nigerian area. The programme will improve the information and talent base of the individuals and assist them perceive the altering media panorama, and the way to successfully use expertise to create impactful media content material.

The MTN Media Innovation Programme (MIP) is a certificates course run by the School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, with a concentrate on the convergence between ICT and the media. MIP goes to be a fellowship for journalists (media practitioners throughout the whole spectrum, together with social media), and it’s designed to assist them construct capability at each skilled and enterprise ranges, and will probably be delivered over a 6-month interval as a certificates course. It has a remodeling potential of empowering media practitioners to do their job higher and drive innovation that can lead to constructing the wanted sustainability within the business.

Programme Structure

…to stir innovation and equip media practitioners with improved methods of follow and create sustainability within the business

• 30 Days in Class
  All accepted candidates will spend 30 days at school in the middle of the coaching.
• 7 Days in South Africa
  An all expense paid trip to SouthAfrica for a 7 days coaching.
• 1 Day in MTN Nigeria Headquarters
  Candidates will probably be tutored on the MTN Nigeria Headquarters and MTN Group Headquarters.
• 1 Industry Visits and Tours
  A sooner or later coaching on the Innovation Hub.

Learning Outcomes

Fellows will…

• Learn the requisites for innovation within the media panorama
• Develop an enhanced grasp of the altering media panorama propelled by ICT
• Witness enchancment in writing and reporting expertise
• Have higher insights into the telecommunications and ICT panorama in Nigeria
• Have a better understanding of how the ICT & Telecoms business in Nigeria work and the position of MTN Nigeria within the combine
• Be outfitted to reap the benefits of current reputable means to monetize their expertise in a fast-changing media panorama

Every participant will expertise improved information in three broad areas:

1. The Telecoms business
2. Media Innovation
3. Writing & Reporting

MTN MIP Programme Structure/Modules

• MTN & the Nigerian Telecoms Industry
• Creativity & Innovation
• Media Entrepreneurship/administration ideas
• ICT and the Media: An Introduction
• Making Money as a Journalist
• Media Ethics
• Subscription Business
• Research, Writing & (Financial) Reporting
• Strategic Planning Skills
• Emotional Intelligence and Decision Making Process
• 5G and IoT
• Fintech, E-Commerce: Business and income fashions
• Stakeholder Relations and Corporate Reputation Management
• Experiential Marketing
• Project Presentation
• PowerPoint Tools for Effective Presentation
• Proposal Writing Skills

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the MTN Media Innovation Programme