MédiaLab pour Elles [MediaLab for Women]: 24 journalists selected

These 24 journalists (twelve women and twelve men) come from four different countries (six per country); Madagascar, Niger, Côte d’Ivoire and Cameroon.
They were selected by a panel composed of CFI staff, the lead expert on the programme, Marianne Bouchart, and eight trainers, both women and men, from Médialab pour Elles: Paul-Joël Kamtchang, Madeleine Ngeunga, Fatiman Alher, Gaston Sawadogo, Satou Kane, Anderson Diedri, Fabienne Rafidiharinirina, and Fah Andriamanarivo.

The selection criteria related to the relevance of the topic and the feasibility of the proposed investigation, incorporation of the gender approach, identification of sources and editorial innovation, along with experience and interest in investigative journalism, digitisation and open data.

These journalists will take part in a series of workshops on data journalism and gender investigation using open data, starting in the month of March in Douala, Abidjan, Antananarivo and Niamey. At the start of the workshops, they will be split into groups of three for research and investigation to produce two collaborative investigations per country on gender inequality, for publication and joint distribution across the various media in December 2021.

The winners:

• Cameroon
- Alexandra Tchuileu Ngangom
- Fotso Fonkam
- Marie-Louise Mamgue
- Ghislaine Deudjui
- Emmanuel Batake
- Yannick Assongmo
• Côte d’Ivoire
- Bakary Traore
- Aïssatou Fofana
- Ismaël Angoh
- Laetitia Goli
- Mireille Tiahi
- Marthe Kra
• Madagascar
- Elise Nandrasanela
- Nadia Raonimanalina
- Perle Ratsimbazafy
- Léonard Razafindrasetra
- Seth Andriamarohasina
- Dina Andriarimanjaka
• Niger
- Mouktar Sadou Alize
- Bouli Adamou Ide
- Oumarou Hama Seley Ide
- Ali Maman
- Moussa Amma
- Ousseina Harouna