Afri'Kibaaru
#Afrikibaaru
Goals
To provide the populations of the Greater Sahel region with reliable, accessible and attractive news, to help them understand sustainable development and become involved in its implementation.
CFI’s objective is to entrench local skills in the production and dissemination of attractive content and to support specialisation in sustainable development issues.
3,5 M
48months
48Participating organizations
6Countries
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In the Greater Sahel region, few local media outlets produce news that is able to raise awareness of sustainable development issues and solutions among their audiences. However, they play a crucial role when it comes to informing the population and, thereby, contributing to changes in behaviour.
In partnership with France Médias Monde, CFI is implementing the Afri’Kibaaru* project to support the production and dissemination of news related to sustainable development in Africa, in several local languages, and the training of journalists in covering these issues.
Over a period of 42 months, Afri’Kibaaru will, through the media, raise awareness among the populations of six countries of the Greater Sahel region on issues related to the climate, gender, health and education. This will contribute to increasing their participation in public debate.
*“Kibaaru” means “news” in several African languages involved in the project
Verbatim
After the training I started going into the field and doing my own journalistic papers, choosing my angles, things I didn't do before.
Project beneficiaries
- Journalists from 48 media outlets, particularly from public and private radio stations in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Senegal.
- Journalists from RFI’s local partner media outlets in this region.
- Influencers, bloggers and members of civil society organisations.
Project manager
Thomas DELALANDRE
Files to download
afrikibaaru-en.pdf (PDF - 118.29 KB)
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The production of content in local languages by and for the people of the Greater Sahel region
This part of the project is being implemented by RFI, with a budget of €11.5 million.
- The broadcasting, by RFI, of reliable and verified news in Fula and Mandinka.
- The broadcasting, by RFI, of diversified content for the promotion of sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Fula, Mandinka and Hausa.
- Interventions by experts speaking in local languages and the organisation of balanced debates.
- On-air promotion of local sustainable development initiatives.
- The establishment and training of a network of community radio journalists who will, simultaneously, act as local correspondents for larger media outlets in the project target area.
- Making the magazine programmes produced available to community radio stations.
- The creation of channels for the dissemination of news and for interaction via social media in the three languages.
Related news
Afri’Kibaaru: 3 questions for Thierry Vallat, Chairman and Managing Director of CFI
January 18, 2021CFI is providing a key component of the Afri’Kibaaru project, dedicated to training, with a view to boosting the skills of the local media in...
Interactivity and attractiveness: three questions for Nigerien journalist Ali Oumarou
July 8, 2022Since April, the 46 media outlets that are project partners have received one week of on-site support to improve the quality of their interactive...
"If you want to reach the public, call on women!" Three questions for Mame Aminata Ndir and Adja Aissatou Diallo
September 26, 2022In July 2022, ten women who are experts in the SDGs* underwent the first Afri’kibaaru media training session in Saly, Senegal. Doctor Mame...
Training and enhancing the skills of local journalists and media outlets
This part of the project is being implemented by CFI, with a budget of €3.5 million.
- Training for trainers.
- Training in media outlet management, the basics of journalism and fact-checking.
- On-site coaching (adapted to the specific needs of each media outlet).
- Training in the development of an editorial strategy and on the interactivity and attractiveness of content produced for radio and the internet.
- Support, design and production of content specialising in issues and formats adapted to the SDGs.
Related news
Afri’Kibaaru call for applications
December 18, 2020CFI is looking for 48 media outlets to improve the information available on sustainable development in the Sahel region.
Media and SDGs: should the media promote journalism that speaks out?
August 13, 2021In April and May 2021, the Afri’Kibaaru project was officially launched with six seminars, one in each of the host countries. These seminars were...
On the agenda for the return of Afri’Kibaaru, six journalist training sessions in the Greater Sahel region
October 8, 2021In September, 92 journalists working for media outlets in six project partner countries attended sessions to review the basics and fundamentals...
Starting the year with training sessions for Afri’Kibaaru coaches on the interactivity and attractiveness of content
March 8, 2022Two training sessions organised in Nouakchott and Niamey helped to boost the skills of the 19 coaches tasked with supporting the beneficiaries of...
Interactivity and attractiveness of content on the agenda at Afri’Kibaaru training sessions
March 30, 2022Five workshops, held simultaneously in March 2022 in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Dakar (Senegal), Niamey (Niger) and N...
“Journalism can help push the boundaries for girls”
June 1, 2022At the end of last year, the first competition focusing on gender equality, organised simultaneously in the six countries involved in the Afri...
The SDGs at the heart of media support: three questions for Chadian journalist Ousmane Diarra
August 29, 2022Since April, the 46 media outlets that are Afri’Kibaaru project partners have received one week of on-site support to improve the quality of...
Interactivity at the heart of media: three questions for Abdoulaye Tienon and Rasmata Diallo
November 3, 2022Since April 2022, 46 media outlets have received one week of on-site support to improve the quality of their interactive programmes in connection...
Female Chadian experts in front of the camera
December 2, 2022They are a paediatrician, an oncologist, an entrepreneur, an actress, a lawyer and an engineer. These women met for the first time in mid...
Interactivity at the heart of the media: three questions for Moustapha Seck and Eve Sokeng
February 9, 2023Since April 2022, the 38 media outlets covered by the project in its five partner countries (Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Chad)...
Three questions for Bénédicte Dero Korndo, a journalist from the Central African Republic
March 31, 2023We meet with a young woman who has had a passion for journalism since childhood, who fled to Chad to escape the war in the Central African...
Madjissembaye Ngarndinon: hard-working, tireless, talented
May 16, 2023Even as a child, Madjissembaye Ngarndinon was a brilliant yet humble grafter. Now aged 33, the Director of Publication at the online newspaper...
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🔵 Rencontre avec Bénédicte Dero Korndo, une jeune femme passionnée par le journalisme depuis sa jeunesse, qui a fui la guerre en RCA pour le Tchad, où elle est devenue secrétaire de rédaction de Radio Réveil FM, partenaire d’#Afrikibaaru
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« L’engagement de CFI est de donner la parole aux femmes et de les rendre visibles dans la sphère des médias... »
🔵 Témoignage de @ThierryVallat, PDG de CFI
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🔵 "مهمة CFI هي إعطاء المرأة صوتًا وإبرازها في المجال الإعلامي ..."
شهادة @ThierryVallat، الرئيس التنفيذي.
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🔵 38 médias des pays partenaires du projet #Afrikibaaru (Burkina Faso, Mauritanie, Niger, Sénégal et Tchad) bénéficient d’un accompagnement in situ afin d’améliorer la qualité de leur production en lien avec les ODD.
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Women's rights: a simple matter of quotas ?
🔵 @ThierryVallat sharing somme CFI projects that include equality between women and men.
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🔵 38 media outlets covered by the #Afrikibaaru project have received one week of on-site support to help them produce better SDG-related content.
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