Africa Foundation for Young Media Professionals Media Fellowship

Africa Foundation for young Media professionals is calling on early career, next generation of journalists, broadcasters and start up media business owners/leaders to apply for its 2024 media fellowship in three different categories:

• Media entrepreneurship, niche building and business sustainability
• Campus journalism, safety, fact-checking and data driven
• Women In Journalism

This media fellowship is designed to develop the capacity of the next generation, early career journalists, broadcasters, start-up media business owners, female journalists who had demonstrated commitment to career growth. It is also established to help target their growth and position them for leadership within the vast media industry, especially in Nigeria  This program will include a 2-day training workshop, and a 4-months mentorship session.

Scope

Africa Foundation for Young Media Professionals is a Pan African non- profit initiative established to raise the standard of media professional practice in Africa beginning from Nigeria. It is entirely a Media Skill Development, Mentoring, Debate, Awards and discussion platform with the aim of creating budding raw materials that will equip the upcoming and middle level/established media professionals in Africa media industry.

The organisation’s activities are targeted toward Young and Early Career Media practitioners of 5 years and below, students of media, communications and Public Relations.

The headquarters is based in Nigeria with projected offices in Nairobi Kenya, Johannesburg South Africa and New York USA.

How to apply

The application deadline for this fellowship is April 22, 2024. To learn more and apply, please click here.