Are you curious about how our media watchdogs get subverted, by foreign nation states and other influence pedlars? — Code for Africa (CfA) is recruiting a group of investigative researchers to dig into how foreign governments and industry lobbyists influence media policy and reportage. The researchers will be appointed as short-term ADDO Fellows, through the African Digital Democracy Observatory (ADDO), to work alongside a team of OSINT (open source…

From data analysis to digital security: MOOC offers free hands-on courses — The news cycle is relentless: it doesn’t allow for journalists to take weeks off to learn new skills. That’s why Code for Africa, with support from Google News Lab and the World Bank’s Global Media Development Programme, have launched a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) specifically designed for African journalists. …

The training, in partnership with Google News Lab, will combine face-to-face mentorship and online instruction. — Rewiring newsrooms for the digital age isn’t easy. Newsrooms are complex, fragile machines that struggle daily with the balance between churning out large quantities of content while striving to create journalistic perfection. You can seldom just flick a switch, or plug in new people and new systems. …

Projects will use ‘leapfrog’ technologies — innovateAFRICA.fund has selected 22 digital projects for $1-million in seed grants and technology support to tackle issues as diverse as fake news and frontline war reporting, as well as innovative ways for watchdog media to use ‘bots, drones and sensors to improve their reportage. The projects, which include both digital…

South Africa’s #GazetteLiberation campaign marks the start of a continental initiative — Government Gazettes are a crucial source of civic information, but are out of reach of most citizens because authorities either charge for access or otherwise make access difficult. Our new #GazetteLiberation initiative seeks to change this, through OpenGazettes, which makes gazettes available and searchable online for free.

Appel à propositions lancé le 1 sept — La nouvelle subvention de innovateAFRICA offre aux innovateurs des médias sur le continent un appui de 1 million de US dollars pour devancer les technologies ou l’innovation numérique. Le programme de soutien offre un financement de démarrage, un soutien technologique et un encadrement par des experts. …

O prazo de incrição de candidaturas começa a 1 de setembro de 2016 — O novo Fundo innovateAFRICA oferece a pioneiros de média no continente 1 milhão de dólares (USD) em apoio às tecnologias disruptivas ou de inovação digital. O programa de apoio oferece uma combinação de financiamento de lançamento (seed), assistência técnica e orientação de especialistas. …

Deadline for Proposals: 01 December 2016 — The new innovateAFRICA Fund is offering media pioneers on the continent $1 million in support for leapfrog technologies or digital innovation. The support programme offers a combination of seed funding, technology support and expert mentorship. It is open to both mainstream media organisations and individual innovators. Project proposals that focus…

Journalist and digital strategist Omar Mohammed has joined Code for Africa as its country head in Tanzania. Mohammed has been appointed as an ICFJ Knight International Journalism Fellow, tasked with establishing a Code for Tanzania chapter. This will include establishing local chapters of the global Hacks/Hackers community as well as…