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Innovators in Residence Program 2020 looking for the Brightest Minds (East Africa)

Teach for Romania Fellowship

Deadline: 12-Oct-20

The AKU GSMC Media Innovation Centre, together with its partners DW Akademie, Media Challenge Initiative and Tanzania’s Media Foundation are looking for the brightest media minds from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to join the 2020 Innovators-in-Residence, a 12-month incubation and accelerator program that provides mentorship, training and coaching to selected media innovators in East Africa.

They are interested in supporting pre-formed teams of journalists, storytellers, visual artists, data analytics specialists, photographers, videographers, graphic designers, cartoonists, illustrators, coders, programmers and/or animators who will work as a team to create viable solutions to the pressing challenges of the East African media landscape.

Funding Information

The projects can range within the following media challenges

Who Can Apply?

About

The Media Innovation Centre- Aga Khan University, in partnership with our project partners, Deutsche Welle (DW) Akademie, Tanzania Media Foundation (TMF), and Media Challenge Initiative (MCI) in Uganda supports the next generation of media innovators finding unique solutions to the most pressing challenges of the media industry working on unique ideas.

The Media Innovation Centre is fully funded by the German Development Bank (KfW Entwicklungsbank) within the context of the Media Futures East Africa (MFEA) project. The key objective of MFEA is to strengthen the long-term viability of quality media in East Africa, making a demonstrable contribution to the quality of and access to media in East Africa.

Tanzania Media Foundation

Tanzania Media Foundation (TMF) is a Tanzanian media development organization whose 2020 to 2023 priorities focus on providing the media sector in Tanzania with technical support, capacity-building, research and innovation around two core themes – promoting media for public good and viable media ecosystems. TMF is currently working with DW Akademie to strengthen media viability in Tanzania.

The Media Challenge Initiative

The Media Challenge Initiative is a youth-driven nonprofit based in Kampala, Uganda dedicated to building the next generation of journalists in Uganda and Africa who are skilled in knowledge and solutions-based journalism. MCI envisions an empowered generation of critical journalists who advance positive development and social change through their journalism.​​

For more information, visit https://www.aku.edu/gsmc/innovation-centre/Pages/call-for-applications.aspx

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