APPLICATION PAGE
https://www.africanliberty.org/2024fellowship/

DEADLINE:
April 30, 2024

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP:
The African Liberty Writing Fellowship program is a year-long program designed to train young Africans with career interests in academia, media, public policy, or any other critical-and-analytical-writing-related career in opinion article writing. We have helped our fellows get featured in leading African and non-Africa media outlets. You may visit our Media Hits page to see what fellows published in the last four cohorts.

Accepted applicants will complete a five-week mandatory online training. The top candidates from the five-week training will be admitted as African Liberty writing fellows. The five-week training starts on May 21, 2024 and ends on June 18, 2024. The writing fellowship starts on July 8, 2024 and ends on July 8, 2025.

BENEFITS:
• Access to expert instructors.
• 12-month writing fellowship.
• Get published in Africa’s top newspapers.
• Monthly stipend for top contributors.
• Opportunity for TV and radio features.

ELIGIBILITY:
An applicant has to be enrolled in, or must have graduated from, an African institution of higher learning. Or, be an African pursuing higher education outside the continent.