CheckDesks Fellowships in West Africa 2025

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Code for Africa (CfA) and the African Fact-Checking Alliance (AFCA) Côte d’Ivoire 2025

Information

The CheckDesks Fellowships in West Africa 2025 offers a seven-month incubation programme for established media organisations or watchdog civil society organisations based in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal to help them set up or expand CheckDesks. The fellowships are part of the project Strengthening Resilient Information Ecosystems in Africa, co-financed by the European Union and implemented by Code for Africa and partners. The programme provides support to strengthen fact-checking capabilities, publishing output, and organisational development.

Benefits

Financial grant to cover activities and costs; publishing support to disseminate outputs; organisation-building online consultations; amplification and growth support.

Eligibility

Established media organisations or watchdog civil society organisations based in Côte d’Ivoire or Senegal.

Application

Submit an application by the deadline via the provided Google Forms link.

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