AfricanNewsChallenge

Africa's largest innovation fund for data journalism, newsroom experimentation, digital adaption and media tech start-ups.

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Do you have a #digitaldemocracy project idea, but need seed-funding/support?

@Code4Africa is helping establish a new African #CivicTech prototype fund w/ 5 other human rights orgs. Details below.

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

💥Great to see @NiemanLab spotlighting our fight against #COVID19 misinfo at @Code4Africa + @PesaCheck!

Debunking #misinfo in Africa presents unique challenges, as our frontline editors @enocknyariki & @Rowinor & @CathyImani + partners explain.

https://t.co/ynEziMfTcn

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Woohoo! 🎉+💥

Congrats to the @Code4Africa & @dailymaverick teams, including our @AfricanDRONEorg crew. 🏆

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Venez nous aider à combattre la désinformation!
Nous recherchons des fact-checkers au 🇨🇲 + 🇨🇫 + 🇳🇪.

Come help us fight 👾 misinformation. We're expanding our pan-African fact-checking @PesaCheck team to 3 more countries.

Sign-up here: https://t.co/k1QRgxrci0

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

My favorite part of the #AfricanDroneForum in 🇷🇼 was bringing young pioneers from 11 African 🌍 countries to #ADF2020 to show how they're using #CivicTech for good.

They're harnessing homegrown solutions as part of our @AfricanDRONEorg initiative to tackle poverty.

#WanaData

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

📸 Power: @UnequalScenes pioneering #drone images of urban inequality have million of views worldwide & spark heated 💥 public discussion everywhere from the U.S. to India.

This week, they're showcased throughout @UNHABITAT at #wuf10abudhabi

@Code4Africa incubates the project.

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Want to kill clichés & amplify #African voices globally?

@EverydayAfrica is recruiting a hub coordinator in #Nairobi, to grow its continental 📷 network + its 🌍 audience on https://t.co/8yxAvCL3Bc

Details here https://t.co/RSUpLFmXDG

@Code4Africa is incubating EverydayAfrica

[African Drone Forum @ADF_rising]

JUST ANNOUNCED at #af19: Africa's largest #drone gathering @ADF_rising is going to Rwanda! 🎉

Scheduled for Feb 2020 it'll feature a flying competition on #LakeKivu + expo & symposium in Kigali co-hosted by @RwandaGov.

Follow us for details, or visit: https://t.co/b7x8vaVFDu

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Awesome 🙌🏽 🚀. @UnequalScenes made the cover of @TIME, w/ his hard-hitting #dronejournalism images of inequality in South Africa.

Johnny is co-founder of @Code4Africa's civic drone initiative @AfricanDRONEorg & spearheads many of our drone investigations

https://t.co/4VCaThIkvN

[UN SDG Action Campaign @SDGaction]

#SDGAwards Visualizer Finalist 2019 💥

@unequalscenes  —  Cape Town #SouthAfrica

A drone-based art project showing people the radical divisions that inequality engenders around the world

"👍" & RT for the People's Choice Award!!

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Example of how investigative sensor journalism can shine new light on contentious issues: our @SeaSensors initiative uses hydrophones (underwater sensors) to track illegal dynamite fishing in Tanzania.

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

🚀 This is a big deal: @Code4Africa has partnered w/ @LiquidTelecom to deploy 3,000 #AirQuality sensors to help track & combat #AirPollution.

The #sensors will give citizens real-time, hyperlocal alerts for their neighbourhoods.

Read here: https://t.co/3uYg1rfNYm

#BreatheLife

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

📣 Interested in the #FutureOfNews? 📣 @SAMIP_MDIF will host a public pitching session for revenue generating journalism innovations at @Code4Africa's lab in Cape Town tonight, co-hosted with @MediaIndaba

RSVP here: https://t.co/Z872GQgkxP

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

Are your kids at danger from asbestos poisoning? @passmarkza investigation names asbestos schools in Gauteng: https://t.co/CjTETrN48W

[Justin Arenstein @justinarenstein]

20,000 shantytown activists are using @grassrootza's LiveWire mobi-tools to feed real-time alerts to newsrooms https://t.co/nKq6D3jlto

[AfricanNewsChallenge @AfNewsChallenge]

New @googlenewslab / @Code4Africa initiative will train 36 newsrooms in 12 African cities: https://t.co/OVRfVCY0r9

[AfricanNewsChallenge @AfNewsChallenge]

22 African projects win $1m in funding + tech support for watchdog initiatives using 'leapfrog tech' https://t.co/rWrROxsBDs #innovateAFRICA

[AfricanNewsChallenge @AfNewsChallenge]

70 of the 736 #innovateAFRICA applicants have been shortlisted for the final judging, which starts Jan 15. Winners will be announced Jan 30.

[AfricanNewsChallenge @AfNewsChallenge]

Dump that soul-sucking corporate job. @Code4Africa is hiring research/tech ninjas in Kenya + SierraLeone + Tanzania: https://t.co/VW5SmjDiHH

[AfricanNewsChallenge @AfNewsChallenge]

Want $100,000 + tech support for your digital journalism project? https://t.co/iHI2rYspOe deadline Dec 01. Details: https://t.co/3fI48pa6KG