Voices for Climate Justice Program 2026

• Eligibility: African storyteller/journalists with an engaged platform
• Target Region: Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria, Angola, Chad, Republic of Congo, Tanzania, South Sudan, Malawi, Zambia
• Application language: English, French

Africa No Filter, in partnership with Comic Relief, invites journalists, content creators, podcasters, vloggers, muralists, and data visualizers from ten African countries to take part in the Voices for Climate Justice initiative, a 12-month programme supporting 15–20 storytellers to produce research-informed, original content that connects climate change, debt, gender inequality, and fossil fuel extraction in Africa. Selected storytellers receive training in climate justice, data storytelling, and narrative framing, plus mentorship, content amplification, and a grant of up to US $4,000.

Eligibility

• Must be a storyteller (journalist, content creator, podcaster, vlogger, muralist, or data visualizer) aged 18 and above.
• Applicants must be based in Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria, Angola, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Tanzania, South Sudan, Malawi, and Zambia.
• Applicants must have an active and engaged platform (podcast, YouTube channel, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, publication, or data visualization portfolio) that has been active and highly engaged for more than a year.
• Applicants must commit to sharing a minimum of four gender, debt, and fossil fuel content pieces for a period of not less than 6 months.
• Content creators and data visualizers must have a combined audience of 5,000 or more followers on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter/X and Snapchat; journalists may instead demonstrate reach through publication circulation.
• Content creators must be unsigned (not represented by an agent); journalists may be affiliated with a publication or outlet provided the submitted work and content rights remain their own.
• All applicants’ proposed ideas must be focused on the campaign’s core themes of climate justice, gender, debt, and fossil fuels in Africa.
• Only individual applicants can apply (no organisations or agencies).
• Demonstration of commitment to ANF’s principles and to ethical, survivor-centred storytelling on gender-based impacts.

Requirements

• A pitch deck of no more than 5 slides, or a video of no more than 60 seconds, highlighting the storytelling idea and its connection to gender, debt, and fossil fuels in Africa.
• An online application via the ANF application portal including links to platforms (social media, publication, or community network) and a short description of the intended audience/community.
• All content must be delivered in English or French.

How to Apply

Submit the pitch deck or video and the online application via the ANF portal before 25 September at 6:00 PM GMT. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; early submission is recommended. Apply here.

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