ADH Fellowships

Changing Africa With Data

Africa Data Hub Fellowships

The Africa Data Hub’s Fellowship programmes are designed to give journalists across the continent the funding, support and opportunity to create accurate, powerful stories backed by rich datasets and engaging visualisations. Our fellowships are currently being run in Kenya and Nigeria.

48 fellows have been supported (or are being supported) by ADH Fellowships in Nigeria and Kenya.

About our fellowships

The Africa Data Hub’s Fellowship programmes are designed to give journalists across the continent the funding, support and opportunity to create accurate, powerful stories backed by rich datasets and engaging visualisations. Our fellowships are currently being run in Kenya and Nigeria.

Fellows to date

48

fellows have been supported (or are being supported) by ADH Fellowships in Nigeria and Kenya.

Past fellows we have supported

Fellowship Benefits

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Money

Fellows receive financial compensation in the form of a grant or stipend to cover the costs of producing a data story or stories.

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Training

Fellows receive in-depth training from a range of experts in data journalism and key subject-matter experts.

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Mentoring

Fellows will be mentored by journalism experts throughout the programme in how to source, analyse and visualise data as well as craft the narrative.

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Networking

Fellows from past and present fellowships can join the growing community of journalists on the continent working with data.

Fellowship Benefits

money-icon

Money

Fellows receive financial compensation in the form of a grant or stipend to cover the costs of producing a data story or stories.

Graduation-cap-icon

Training

Fellows receive in-depth training from a range of experts in data journalism and key subject-matter experts.

People-icon

Mentoring

Fellows will be mentored by journalism experts throughout the programme in how to source, analyse and visualise data as well as craft the narrative.

Network-icon

Networking

Fellows from past and present fellowships can join the growing community of journalists on the continent working with data.

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Previous opportunities

Meet the Africa data Hub Fellows

Meet our past and present fellows. They have produced a variety of interesting data stories with support and training during the different fellowship programmes.

African countries

African countries

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Zambia

Uganda

Uganda

Tunisia

Tunisia

Togo

Togo

Tanzania

Tanzania

Swaziland

Swaziland

Sudan

Sudan

South Sudan

South Sudan

South Africa

South Africa

Somalia

Somalia

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Seychelles

Seychelles

Senegal

Senegal

Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe

Saint Helena

Saint Helena

Rwanda

Rwanda

Réunion

Réunion

Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Nigeria

Nigeria

Niger

Niger

Namibia

Namibia

Mozambique

Mozambique

Morocco

Morocco

Mayotto

Mayotto

Mauritius

Mauritius

Mauritania

Mauritania

Mali

Mali

Malawi

Malawi

Madagascar

Madagascar

Libya

Libya

Liberia

Liberia

Lesotho

Lesotho

Kenya

Kenya

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast

Guinea Bissau

Guinea Bissau

Guinea

Guinea

Ghana

Ghana

Gambia

Gambia

Gabon

Gabon

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Eritrea

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Egypt

Egypt

Djibouti

Djibouti

Congo

Congo

Comoros

Comoros

Chad

Chad

Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Cape Verde

Cape Verde

Cameroon

Cameroon

Burundi

Burundi

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Botswana

Botswana

Benin

Benin

Angola

Angola

Algeria

Algeria
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Meet the Africa data Hub Fellows

Meet our past and present fellows. They have produced a variety of interesting data stories with support and training during the different fellowship programmes.

African countries

African countries

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Zambia

Uganda

Uganda

Tunisia

Tunisia

Togo

Togo

Tanzania

Tanzania

Swaziland

Swaziland

Sudan

Sudan

South Sudan

South Sudan

South Africa

South Africa

Somalia

Somalia

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Seychelles

Seychelles

Senegal

Senegal

Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe

Saint Helena

Saint Helena

Rwanda

Rwanda

Réunion

Réunion

Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo

Nigeria

Nigeria

Niger

Niger

Namibia

Namibia

Mozambique

Mozambique

Morocco

Morocco

Mayotto

Mayotto

Mauritius

Mauritius

Mauritania

Mauritania

Mali

Mali

Malawi

Malawi

Madagascar

Madagascar

Libya

Libya

Liberia

Liberia

Lesotho

Lesotho

Kenya

Kenya

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast

Guinea Bissau

Guinea Bissau

Guinea

Guinea

Ghana

Ghana

Gambia

Gambia

Gabon

Gabon

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Eritrea

Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Egypt

Egypt

Djibouti

Djibouti

Congo

Congo

Comoros

Comoros

Chad

Chad

Central African Republic

Central African Republic

Cape Verde

Cape Verde

Cameroon

Cameroon

Burundi

Burundi

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso

Botswana

Botswana

Benin

Benin

Angola

Angola

Algeria

Algeria

Calmax Omondi

This fellowship has helped Calmax to view storytelling from a different perspective. He has learnt how to source, arrange and present data in an effective way to make his stories more interesting, informative and educational. He has enjoyed the experience on the Africa Data Hub fellowship and learning a lot from his mentor who. He is looking forward to applying what he has learnt from the fellowship to improve his storytelling skills.

Fellow's data story:

The trend of women involvement in Kenya’s workforce

Fredrick Otieno Okoth

The ADH fellowship has provided Fredrick with the opportunity to develop a data story from scratch by gathering and filtering data, and this has also been made possible by the immense support he received from experienced journalists on the fellowship team. He has come to learn about tools that he can use to filter, sort, and present data like Tabular, Flourish, and Data Wrapper among others. He has also learned how to navigate Google easily and use various tools to find specific data or information using OSINT techniques. He is eager to apply the vast knowledge that he have garnered in my future stories.

Fellow's data story:

Cervical Cancer: Why the uptake of the HPV vaccine is low despite its availability

Ode Uduu

Working with the ADH project exposed me to happenings at the grassroot level. It gave me first hand interaction with the state of affairs and how neglected the people are by the people they voted to provide for them. The experience exposed me to great ideas and research, reinforcing what I already know on data analysis and visuals.

Fellow's data story:

How lack of vaccines endangers newborns in Nasarawa community

What type of journalism do ADH Fellows do?

The Africa Data Hub funds and supports the activity of journalists who want to improve their storytelling through data analysis and visualisation skills in the following areas:

Health

Topics range from universal healthcare policies to communicable diseases, maternal health and the causes of hunger.

Gender

Topics range from the structural barriers women and girls face to the experience of gender based violence.

Economic recovery

Topics range from equitable economic recovery policy interventions to consumers’ experience of inflation.

Political participation

Topics range from voter participation in elections to active citizenship.

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