Accelerating careers and fostering community through mentorship of high-potential young professionals from news media companies in Africa
Benefits for participants
Learn the realities of navigating your media career
Build your network by meeting peers across Africa
Add to your CV with selection, participation, certification
Benefits for media companies
Identify, reward, and elevate media talent
Train and retain high-potential professionals
Put younger professionals on positive media career path
Why apply for the Africa Elevate Scholarship?
Do you love news media and aim to make it a career, yet lack enough on-the-job training and practical education? Do you want to better understand how to better connect the passion of journalism with the business acumen to have influence and impact on your society?
The Africa Elevate Scholarship programme is specifically designed to provide a leg-up for talented people – to elevate careers with a spark that INMA is uniquely in a position to provide.
INMA is about the business of journalism. And we seek to provide a portal to opportunities whether your future interest is audience development, product & tech, advertising, marketing, or data.
What participants will get
✓ Registration to two global master classes (Subscriber Retention, Newsrooms & AI, Subscriber Acquisition, Product & Tech, Digital Advertising, Young Audiences)
✓ Two Africa- and mentorship-focused virtual modules covering:
- Understanding the business of media
- Navigating the corridors of power in media
✓ Access to livestream virtual modules and recordings
✓ Access to private WhatsApp group for peer communications
✓ Recognition of your selection to the programme
✓ Certification after verified completion of two mentoring sessions and two master classes
✓ One year of INMA individual membership
Do you qualify?
Successful applicants will be employed by a news media organisation in Africa, under the age of 35, in the news industry less than 5 years, and demonstrate a need for on-the-job training and education. The class will be capped at 50 applicants. Click here for all qualifications.
Successful applicants will be employed by a news media organisation in Africa, under the age of 35, in the news industry less than 5 years, and demonstrate a need for on-the-job training and education. The class will be capped at 50 applicants. Click here for all qualifications.
Deadlines, dates, and fees
Fee
There is no application fee
Deadline to apply
April 17, 2026
Class participants to be announced May 28, 2026
Mentorship modules
August 13: Navigating the corridors of power in media
September 17: Understanding the business of media
Master classes (pick 2)
June 4-11: Subscriber Retention Master Class
October 8-15: Newsrooms & AI Master Class
November 5-12: Subscriber Acquisition Master Class
February 2027: Product & Tech Master Class
March 2027: Digital Advertising Master Class
April 2027: Young Audiences Master Class
Fee
There is no application fee
Deadline to apply
April 17, 2026
Class participants to be announced May 28, 2026
Mentorship modules
August 13: Navigating the corridors of power in media
September 17: Understanding the business of media
Master classes (pick 2)
June 4-11: Subscriber Retention Master Class
October 8-15: Newsrooms & AI Master Class
November 5-12: Subscriber Acquisition Master Class
February 2027: Product & Tech Master Class
March 2027: Digital Advertising Master Class
April 2027: Young Audiences Master Class