DW Akademie Scholarships

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  • • DW Akademie Kenya’s TrustLab Incubator Programme 2026

    • TrustLab is a three-year EU-funded project by DW Akademie, Code for Africa (CfA) and Siasa Place, designed to help frontline organisations respond to digital threats with practical, community-led solutions. Through the programme, participants will explore ways for frontline watchdog media to coll ... read more and apply
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  • • 2025 Documentary Africa (DocA) EAccelerate Fund for East African Filmmakers

    • The  EAccelerate Fund 2025  is now accepting applications from East African filmmakers looking to bring their short film ideas to life. This fund is designed to provide support, funding, and mentorship to filmmakers from East Africa to create high-quality short films with regiona ... read more and apply
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  • • DW Akademie’s SparkChange Programme for Changemakers 2025

    • DW Akademie is inviting community champions from rural and peri-urban Uganda and Tanzania to pitch creative ideas that amplify youth and women’s voices in public life. Are you someone who’s already working to make sure youth and women are heard and included in the conversations and de ... read more and apply
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  • • DW Akademie International Media Studies Masters Programme 2025

    •  The full-time, four-semester program offers an unparalleled mix of research, lectures and practical experience and prepares students for communications and media industry careers. The interdisciplinary program curriculum covers a multitude of topics, such as media and developmen ... read more and apply
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  • • Call for Applications: DW Traineeship for Graduate Students in Developing Countries 2025

    • The DW traineeship is one of the most prestigious journalism training programs in Germany and beyond, and gives you the skills needed to become a successful multimedia reporter and editor. DW trainees receive a salary and gain hands-on experience in TV, online and radio with a combination of prac ... read more and apply
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  • • Apply Now: DW Akademie 2024 Fellowship for Investigative Journalism in East Africa

    • The program aims to support the research and reporting project on digital challenges as well as on concrete solution-based approaches, and therefore offers financial support for implementing relevant in-depth stories. In East Africa, an increasing economic system of disinformation and hate speech ... read more and apply
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  • • DW Akademie Southern Africa: Journalism Idea Lab & Innovation Fund 2023

    • Journalists and newsroom innovators from Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe can apply with their ideas to improve their newsrooms in the area of AI and data journalism to better serve their audiences. Our next innovation initiative starts with an IdeaLab in Namibia in Septem ... read more and apply
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  • • DW Akademie Film Development Fund for East African Filmmakers 2022

    • We want to support creatives in developing film projects who may otherwise struggle to get their voices heard and their stories told and thus contribute to social change and freedom of expression.  ... read more and apply