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Africa's largest civic technology and data journalism initiative

Debunking election disinformation during Uganda’s internet shutdown

Debunking election disinformation during Uganda’s internet shutdown

Prior to the country’s 2021 election the Ugandan government shut off its internet. PesaCheck went back to basics to beat election disinfo

Code for Africa

Mar 25

International Women’s Day: WanaData tackles gender stereotypes

International Women’s Day: WanaData tackles gender stereotypes

WanaData joined the #ChoosetoChallenge campaign to recognise gender inequality in Africa

Code for Africa

Mar 17

CfA joins AI partnership to drive inclusive policies

CfA joins AI partnership to drive inclusive policies

Teaming up with the Partnership on AI global community to ensure high-quality public discourse online

Code for Africa

Feb 17

South African newsrooms lead world in gender equality

South African newsrooms lead world in gender equality

South Africa leads countries covered in percentage of female editors. Sadly, that doesn’t correlate with gender equality elsewhere in the…

Code for Africa

Feb 9

Six skills you need to run a modern, sustainable newsroom

Six skills you need to run a modern, sustainable newsroom

Keeping newsrooms sustainable requires blending traditional editorial expertise with an understanding of how to create viable products…

Code for Africa

Jan 24

Four lessons for preparing a remote training

Four lessons for preparing a remote training

How to ensure that a mentorship-based, interactive training session can translate successfully into a digital classroom.

Code for Africa

Jan 24

First Person: Finding stories of Kenya’s teenage girls in lockdown

First Person: Finding stories of Kenya’s teenage girls in lockdown

How a collaborative photo- and data-journalism project went looking for numbers and found community-driven solutions

Code for Africa

Jan 19

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Code for Africa (CfA) is the continent’s largest network of civic technology and data journalism labs, with teams in 12 countries. CfA…

Code for Africa

Dec 14, 2020

Geojournalism mentorship tackles conservation challenges in Nile Basin

Geojournalism mentorship tackles conservation challenges in Nile Basin

Equipping African journalists with practical skills to publish more environmental data-driven journalism

Code for Africa

Dec 4, 2020

Applications open for deforestation journalism fellowships in Africa

Applications open for deforestation journalism fellowships in Africa

Environmental journalists in four African countries invited to apply for eight-week online course.

Code for Africa

Nov 12, 2020

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