Code for Africa

Africa's largest network of #CivicTech and #OpenData labs. ExCo member @CodeforAll. Incubating @AfricanCIR | @afriLEAKS | @AfricanDRONEorg | @PesaCheck & more

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📢 GlobalFact 2026 is underway in Vilnius!

@PesaCheck's managing editor, @DoreenWainainah, and @justinarenstein, senior strategist at @Code4Africa, join 300+ global experts as fact-checkers navigate shrinking newsroom budgets and AI weaponised against facts.

🎙️ "Don’t quit, my fellow fact-checkers. Rest if you must. But don’t quit," were the powerful opening words from @factchecknet Director @AngieHolan.

👉🏾 Follow the event here: https://t.co/G7Pwe0ZtlE

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📢 Join us for the Africa launch of the #DNRReport on 23 June!

@risj_oxford and @Code4Africa will unpack the report's key findings and what they mean for Africa's media and information landscape.

🎙️Speakers:
• David Adeleke, Founder and CEO, Communiqué

• @QueenterMbori, Executive Director, Association of Media Women in Kenya

• @AdriaanBasson, Editor-in-Chief, @News24
• @richrdfletcher, Deputy Director and Director of Research

📅 23 June | 13:00 BST | 💻 Online

👉🏾 Register: https://t.co/rG3WPdTZBd

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📢 CALL FOR FELLOWS (SA🇿🇦): We are seeking experts who are interested in developing structured hate speech and incitement lexicons for human rights monitoring.

👉 Apply by 28 June: https://t.co/Z36zmxUCw6

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📢 Are you a linguistic expert in South Africa? This is your opportunity to fight hate speech!

Apply for the Lexicon fellowship aimed at combating the spread of hate speech through linguistic expertise and natural language processing.

The fellowship will support the mapping and analysis of weaponised words, phrases, slogans, slang, and slurs associated with hate speech, harmful online narratives, and online violence against women, youth, and minority groups.

📆 Apply by 28 June

🔗 For more details: https://t.co/Yow5ZQxyaX

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🎙️South Africa’s news field has new players, and they are no longer at the margins.

One in four people now say they get news from individual creators rather than legacy news organisations.

In the @mailandguardian, Saif Ali looks at the rise, promise and precarity of indie info providers.

👉🏾 Read more: https://t.co/rSc2FTjOdx

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📍We’re looking for 7 part-time fellows. Don’t miss this opportunity to play an active role in the upcoming South African municipal election period by helping build open civic data on Politically Exposed and Politically Influential Persons.

🔗 Follow the link for requirements and apply by 28 June: https://t.co/6co21lu3YO

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🔎 Are you passionate about civic data and transparency in South Africa? This is your opportunity to support open-source investigative work.

Apply for the Civic Graph Fellowship, a programme aimed at building open civic data systems that map and verify publicly available information on politically exposed and politically influential persons.

This 3-month fellowship helps strengthen information integrity ahead of South Africa’s 2026 elections through OSINT methods and structured data systems.

📍We’re looking for 7 part-time fellows.

📆 Apply by 28 June 2026

For more details:https://t.co/6co21lu3YO

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

Online hate campaigns don't spread by accident. They rely on narratives, networks, and platform dynamics.

This beginner course shows you how to identify hate speech, analyse how it spreads, and understand the systems that shape online harm.

🔗 Enrol now: https://t.co/BKJFtfEzyM

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

@anormanangel Hi @anormanangel, please be on the lookout for opportunities on our page for AI fellowship. You can visit us here: https://t.co/8p6hWeQdlF

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🔎 Are you passionate about civic data and transparency in South Africa? This is your opportunity to support open-source investigative work.

Apply for the Civic Graph Fellowship, a programme aimed at building open civic data systems that map and verify publicly available information on politically exposed and politically influential persons.

This 3-month fellowship helps strengthen information integrity ahead of South Africa’s 2026 elections through OSINT methods and structured data systems.

📍We’re looking for 7 part-time fellows.

📆 Apply by 28 June 2026

For more details:https://t.co/6co21lu3YO

[Reuters Institute @risj_oxford]

🚨 Our Digital News Report 2026 is out!
Authored by Jim Egan, Craig T. Robertson, Amy Ross Arguedas, Nic Newman, Rasmus Nielsen, Mitali Mukherjee and Richard Fletcher, it is based on 100K interviews in 48 markets
Full report
https://t.co/VWftVJSETy
7 findings in thread

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

The Digital News Report 2026 is out today.

Based on almost 100,000 interviews across 48 markets, this year’s report tracks how audiences are navigating AI chatbots, news video, creators, impartiality and shifting trust in news.

🌍 Africa-focused launch with Code for Africa: 23 June.

📖 Read the report: https://t.co/E6e0of9t9d

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📢 Save the Date | Join Costanza Sciubba Caniglia, Knowledge Integrity Strategy Lead at the @Wikimedia Foundation, to learn how high-quality journalism strengthens the web and @Wikipedia.

👉🏾 Register here: https://t.co/wPVHexXlcI
📆 June 25 at 4:00 PM GMT

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🧐 How can journalists help combat mis- and disinformation in the African news ecosystem?

The @ICFJ, in partnership with the @Wikimedia Foundation, will be breaking down how Wikipedia helps journalists promote reliable information in an age of online mis- and disinformation.

📆 June 25 at 4:00 PM GMT

🔗 https://t.co/srBbgtNunK

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📊 In parts of Africa, civic and gender data remains scattered, offline, or missing.

Through the #WanaData Fellowship, 14 women data scientists and storytellers turned this gap into 80 data-driven stories on digital rights, gender, climate activism, and democratic governance.

👉🏾 Read more: https://t.co/AUX1WUfBTp

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🇨🇮 Claims that France is choosing Côte d’Ivoire’s next president are spreading widely online.

This investigation examines how narratives of foreign interference, political exclusion, and misinformation are shaping public debate ahead of the country's presidential election.

👉🏾 Read the full story: https://t.co/btyjrVNWny

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🔐 Cours sur la sécurité numérique pour débutants

Ce cours en ligne gratuit vous permet de découvrir les multiples facettes de la sécurité numérique en vous plongeant dans les concepts essentiels et les stratégies pratiques.

Commencez dès maintenant à protéger votre présence numérique, tant sur le plan personnel que professionnel.

🔗 https://t.co/0CZuTXZ1H6

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🌍 Across Africa, influence operations, disinformation campaigns, and coordinated online attacks are putting civic space at risk.

TrustLab's Digital Defense Playbook helps human rights defenders detect, document, and expose these threats.

🔗 Your practical tools for safer civic engagement online start here: https://t.co/cWZLJzjY2s

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

📢 Are you a linguistic expert in South Africa? This is your opportunity to fight hate speech!

Apply for the Lexicon fellowship aimed at combating the spread of hate speech through linguistic expertise and natural language processing.

The fellowship will support the mapping and analysis of weaponised words, phrases, slogans, slang, and slurs associated with hate speech, harmful online narratives, and online violence against women, youth, and minority groups.

📆 Apply by 28 June

🔗 For more details: https://t.co/Yow5ZQxyaX

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

🧐 How can journalists help combat mis- and disinformation in the African news ecosystem?

The @ICFJ, in partnership with the @Wikimedia Foundation, will be breaking down how Wikipedia helps journalists promote reliable information in an age of online mis- and disinformation.

📆 June 25 at 4:00 PM GMT

🔗 https://t.co/srBbgtNunK

[Code for Africa @Code4Africa]

When you hear "Germany", what's the very first thing that comes to mind?

If you are from Kenya 🇰🇪, Nigeria 🇳🇬, or 🇿🇦 South Africa, we would like to know your thoughts on Germany.

Help us better understand how people across Africa perceive Germany by sharing your insights.

✍🏾 Take our quick survey to share your thoughts: https://t.co/H4gn5OpdYb