Are you a content creator telling new stories about climate change and climate action in Africa?

Are you an African podcaster, blogger, TikToker or vlogger with a passion for telling stories about climate change in Africa as well as news that focuses on disasters and climate crises?

Africa No Filter, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is looking for storytellers in Africa and the Diaspora to create exciting content that shows a continent that is taking action against climate change.

The content should be original and cut across a diverse range of topics. Any of the formats below would suffice:

• Conversations with climate activists.
• Communities turning the tide against climate change.
• Profiles of entrepreneurs and innovators in the climate space.
• Original content not portraying Africa as a broken and dependent continent or showing Africans as lacking agency.

VALUE

• Content creators will receive grants worth up to US$ 5000 thousand to produce new content.
• Content creators will also receive networking opportunities and support to amplify their content. All content must be delivered in English, Arabic or French.

ELIGIBILITY

• Open to African content creators based anywhere in Africa and the Diaspora.
• Content creators must be over 18 and have a history of producing climate content.
• Content creators should have more than two years' experience producing podcasts, blogs, vlogs and social media content about climate action in Africa.
• Content creators must have a combined audience of at least 5,000 followers on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
• Content creators should not be represented by an agent or apply to represent an organisation.
• Content creators can be individuals or a maximum of three hosts.
• Content creators must have a demonstrable passion for telling African climate stories beyond the usual stereotypes of poverty, disease, conflict, poor leadership and corruption.

DEADLINE: 29 June 2023

To sign up and find out more, sign up here.