How to Apply
Applicants who meet our eligibility requirements can apply using our secure online application form
Requirements
The Minority Africa fellowship is open to journalists, filmmakers, writers, photographers, and storytellers who are from and living in any African country. Here is a complete list of the eligibility requirements below:
Eligibility
-Applicants must be at least 18 years of age by the commencement of the fellowship.
-They must be from and living in an African country.
-Must belong to one or more of the focus minority groups for the fellowship. These groups are: women, sexual minorities, ethnic minorities, religious minorities, persons with disabilities, migrants, and refugees. We also acknowledge applicants who do not fall under these broad categories but are part of a minority group. Seeing as this is a fellowship targeted towards creators who are from minority communities, we will not consider applications from people who do not identify as a minority in Africa. Read our FAQs to get clarity on how we define minority.
-Must have demonstrable work experience in their chosen area.
-Be able to commit 15 – 20 hours each week to the fellowship.
-Able to understand and communicate in English. The fellowship is primarily conducted in English. Applicants don’t have to be excellent speakers but they do have to know how to communicate in English. This on the other hand does not have to be the primary language they work in. We will consider applicants who for instance write primarily in other languages such as Portuguese, Swahili, or French but are able to communicate in English.
-Access to the internet and good data connection. While we understand internet access is not available everywhere on the continent, being an entirely virtual fellowship, connectivity is a crucial component. Besides their allowance, fellows will be provided with a monthly internet stipend. We are also continually working on a way to potentially eliminate the need for a strong internet connection in subsequent cohorts of the fellowship.
Apply
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Gather application materials
Our online form doesn’t allow you to save your progres. We recommend having all of your application materials ready including your essays and then copying and pasting them from a seperate document. Note you will be asked to provide a two minute video in your application. Be sure to record that ahead of time too.
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Apply Online
Complete your online application. Upon completion, the form will display a notice saying your application was successful and you will automatically be redirected to a page stating same. You will also receive a confirmation email. If you do not see this notice, are not redirected to this page, and do not receive an email, do contact fellowship@minorityafrica.org.
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Application Review
As the fellowship committee reviews your application, subscribe to our mailing list to continue to read blogs and access exclusive video content with trainers pre the fellowship. We will provide application status updates to everyone.
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Application Interview
Interviews will be completed virtually with a member of the editorial team at Minority Africa. Shortlisted applicants will receive more details regarding the make up of this process.
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Getting into the fellowship
We will notify successful applicants within a week after interviews are conducted and follow that with a public announcement two weeks later.