During the course of the fellowship, fellows collaborate remotely with editors, other fellows, and mentors to tell stories from their communities. The program is guided by a unique curriculum designed by a team of Minority Africa journalists, civil society practitioners, and consultants, all of whom belong to various minority groups. 

Fellows will also be trained by a strong network of journalists who work for or have worked across the continent with the Associated Press, Agence France Presse, Reuters, RFI, CNN, The Guardian, Time, and began legacy media companies tackling present media problems including one praised by former US President Barack Obama. 

As we developed the program structure for the Minority Africa fellowship, we started to think critically about our own coverage of minorities and what factors are crucial, impede on, and can contribute to effective coverage of minorities. It led us to consider as well existing trends in journalism and how, if at all, they loop with the creation of an inclusive and nuanced media framework within Africa. 

We made considerations about the progress media has made, from data journalism, to augmented reality and virtual reality, but also being really granular about how these concepts interface on the continent and what other existing innovations or tools can improve media representation of minorities. 

It became even more imperative for us to then have a fellowship that beyond training journalists and storytellers to cover their communities gave them practice in it too. 

This culminated in the present curriculum. While chosen fellows get to have more information on the program in detail, there are certain aspects that are good to know as one crafts their application. 

First of which is that fellows blend training with field reporting experience as they embark on reporting assignments each month supervised by their editorial mentors. As a cohort, fellows get to work on group projects and events in connection to their reporting. 

By the end of the program, each fellow would have published at least six stories on Minority Africa. These stories will be a blend of reported multimedia features as well as opinions and analysis.

In some cases, fellows will also get their stories published by our partner news organizations and other international and regional publications across the world. They will be paid a monthly allowance, receive an internet stipend, and intra-country travel related to the coverage of stories will be covered by Minority Africa. 

At the end of the fellowship, fellows  join the alumni community and become part of a database of dedicated and experienced minority reporters we are currently building for Minority Africa Advance, our news agency project.