DUBAWA, DAIDAC opens application for Kwame Karikari 2025 Fact-checking and OSINT Fellowship

DUBAWA, Africa’s foremost fact-checking outfit, has opened applications for its 2025 Kwame Karikari Fact-checking and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Fellowship.

The prestigious fellowship programme equips fellows with cutting-edge fact-checking skills, strategies and mentorship, empowering them to become advocates of truth in their community. 

This year’s fellowship participants will also be trained to apply Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) tools when fact-checking.

Under the three-month intensive programme, fellows’ work would be amplified on DUBAWA’s media platforms. DUBAWA would also support fellows in creating fact-checking units on their respective media platforms, further expanding their media dynamics. 

Beyond the fellowship, fellows could connect and network with other media personalities, expanding their professional social groups and amplifying their voices.

Who should apply?

• Full-time journalists from Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, or The Gambia.
• Fact-checkers who are ready to take their skills to the next level.
• Past fellows of the Kwame Karikari fellowship with an avid interest in OSINT investigations.
• Exceptional writers with a passion for truth.
• Individuals who are eager to learn and grow in the field of fact-checking.
• Journalists committed to dedicating time to the fellowship and its activities.
• Those with management buy-in to support and publish fact-checks.
• Female journalists and journalists with disabilities (PWDs) are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Journalists with expertise in climate and conflict reporting are also welcome.

Interested applicants may apply here before March 30, 2025, to be part of the solution!