Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon 2026

Published: August 11, 2026
Deadline: August 15, 2026
Category: Fellowship
Oppotunity Locations: Cameroon

Applications are currently being accepted for the Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon 2026. Interested applicants are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.

About Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon

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.

Sponsor Organisation: Defyhatenow_WCA

Benefits of Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon

Applicants at the end of the fellowship are expected to have the following but not limited to the aforementioned benefits of the fellowship program:

Gain experience in information verification and fact checking
Join a national network of emerging fact-checkers
Gain knowledge on responding to election-related information threats
Exposed to a platform that can publish produced fact-checking articles
Open to existing opportunities in the domain of fact checking

Africa Factchecking Fellowship Cameroon Requirements

Fellowship selection is highly competitive and based in the first instance, on excellence in the context of the applicant meeting the stated eligibility criteria which expects candidates to be:

Journalists or media educators
Bloggers or content creators
Civic tech actors
Digital/Human rights defenders
Researchers / OSINT practitioners
Community leaders or youth advocates
Final year students
Election observers and legal practitioners
Be resident in the Northwest, West, Southwest, Littoral or Centre region

Added to the aforementioned eligibility criteria, applicants must:

Demonstrate strong interest in fact-checking and digital rights
Have basic digital literacy
Accept diversity and be politically impartial
Be active online or within communities
Be committed to ethical information sharing and
Be available for the full fellowship duration

Application Date and Process

Interested applicants are required to submit a complete application comprising the following documents:

A Curriculum Vitae (CV) highlighting relevant academic qualifications, professional experience, and any work related to journalism, fact-checking, digital rights, OSINT, media, research, civic engagement, or information integrity.
Evidence of Previous Fact-Checking or Verification Work, which may include:
- Published fact-checking articles;
- Verification reports;
- Investigative or analytical publications;
- OSINT investigations;
- Relevant media content demonstrating verification skills.

Applicants without prior published fact-checks may submit other evidence demonstrating strong research, verification, or analytical capabilities.

A Fact-Checking Project Pitch (maximum 300 words) outlining:
- A misinformation, disinformation, AI-generated manipulation, or FIMI challenge affecting Cameroon or their community;
- Why the issue is important;
- How they would investigate and verify the issue;
- The expected public value or impact of the proposed fact-checking project.
Applicants may submit one recommendation letter from an academic institution, employer, media organization, civil society organization, or community leader attesting to their integrity, professionalism, and suitability for the fellowship. While not mandatory, a recommendation letter will be considered an added value during the selection process.

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.