Building Capacity to Cover a Complex Story – Africa and China relations

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), in partnership with the Wits Centre for Journalism, hosts a three-day capacity-building workshop for journalists in Anglophone West Africa on reporting critically about Africa–China trade, investment, and political relations. The training covers subject matter knowledge and journalism techniques for covering Africa–China relations and implications for African communities and development. Participation includes hands-on sessions and guidance to produce in-depth stories after the training, with potential follow-up reporting grants and opportunities to attend the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference in Kenya.

Workshop participation; potential reporting grants for in-depth stories; opportunity for fully-funded attendance at the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference in Kenya for top performers.

Applications are invited from journalists based in Anglophone West Africa who work in print, radio, television, or digital media and can participate in the last quarter of 2026 with an editor’s permission.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.