Africa No Filter’s Kekere Storytellers Fund

• Eligibility Criteria:
  To be eligible for a grant, the applicant must:
  – Be an African based anywhere in Africa or the Diaspora;
  – Be under 35 years;
  – Be able to express themselves in English or French;
  – Have a track record of producing ground-breaking work that challenges stereotypical narratives about your community, country, or continent;
  – Have at least two years of related work experience; and
  – Have a minimum of 5000 followers across Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
• Type of funding: Programmatic
• Target country: Africa
• Application language: English or French

Africa No Filter’s Kekere Storytellers Fund is looking to support content creators, wordsmiths, performance artists, visual artists, or journalists whose work tells African stories beyond stereotypes of poverty, conflict, disease, poor leadership, and corruption.

The fund pays micro-grants to emerging storytellers who are already creating and publishing unique and compelling content that offers fresh and alternative perspectives of Africa, to show a continent that’s innovative, evolving, and creative.

The organisation is particularly keen on supporting storytellers telling an interesting, unique story about Africa; stories that amplify unheard voices, challenge global perspectives and introduce contemporary narratives.

See here to learn more and apply.

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