Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon 2026

Applications are open for the Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon 2026. The Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon – #AFFCameroon is a flagship program of r0g_agency and Civic Watch, which seeks to strengthen Cameroon’s information ecosystem by building a network of trained fact-checkers and information integrity defenders within the confines of the project: Protecting Civic Space Online and Offline: Countering Hate, Discrimination and Media Repression. In the context of increasing misinformation, disinformation, hate speech, AI-generated manipulation, and Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI), increasingly contributing to a surge in intentional policies and actions, shrinking civic space and silencing critical voices, keeps ideals like democracy and good governance under constant threat. Thus, the urgent need for efforts that ensures information verification and integrity through the Africa Fact-Checking Fellowship in Cameroon, to ensure the promotion and protection of democratic processes and freedom of expression; prerequisites for a peaceful society. The fellowship in other words, aims at equipping fellows with practical tools to respond to evolving digital threats with special emphasis placed on elections-related information disorders, where false narratives, deep-fakes, propaganda, and coordinated influence campaigns increasingly threaten peace, democratic participation, and social cohesion. The key responsibilities of the selected Fellows will be to: These will culminate to the realization of well-defined deliverables which are: Applicants at the end of the fellowship are expected to have the following but not limited to the aforementioned benefits of the fellowship program: The fellowship shall provide a monthly/quarterly stipend and other necessary logistics during the cohort period. Added to the aforementioned eligibility criteria, applicants must: Interested applicants are required to submit a complete application comprising the following documents: Applicants without prior published fact-checks may submit other evidence demonstrating strong research, verification, or analytical capabilities. Complete applications should be submitted to [email protected] / [email protected] by August 22, 2026 at 23:59 WAT. All documents should be labelled accordingly with “Application AFFCameroon_Your Name_2026” in the subject line. For more information, visit Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon. Jude Ogar is an educator and youth development practitioner with years of experience working in the education and youth development space. He is passionate about the development of youth in Africa.

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