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
✓ Four Africa- and mentorship-focused virtual modules covering:
- Understanding the business of media
- Navigating the corridors of power in media
- What to know now about digital transformation
- How AI is being deployed at media companies
✓ 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 all four modules
✓ 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 75 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 75 applicants. Click here for all qualifications.
Deadlines, dates, and fees
Fee
There is no application fee
Deadline to apply
April 16
Class participants to be announced May 29
Mentorship modules
June 19: Understanding the business of media
July 24: Navigating the corridors of power in media
August 14: What to know now about digital transformation
September 18: How AI is being deployed at media companies
Fee
There is no application fee
Deadline to apply
April 16
Class participants to be announced May 29
Mentorship modules
June 19: Understanding the business of media
July 24: Navigating the corridors of power in media
August 14: What to know now about digital transformation
September 18: How AI is being deployed at media companies