February 9, 2026, is the deadline for Mythbusters Fellowships (REMOTE) in Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Niger
by Piyush Mathur
Code for Africa, a pan-African nonprofit network of digital democracy labs and data journalism initiatives, has set February 9, 2026, as the application deadline for its second cohort of Mythbusters Fellowships, which carry a stipend. These fellowships will be offered on a part-time basis and run for 6 months. A successful candidate may be fluent in English or French.
This second cohort will include eight fellows, and the fellowships will target Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali, and Niger.
The intention behind this project is to select and train nano- and micro-influencers located in these 5 countries in quality journalism.
Further details regarding the selection process can be read up here:
This is the official digital poster for the Mythbusters Fellowships 2026. (Image credit: Code for Africa)
This is the online form through which applications for these 8 seats are to be submitted on or before February 9, 2026: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfY8e94qtPWp5EFjyb8P89rMVZwsUEnaEwTIyaQ4KEf63HcHw/viewform
The call includes the following two addresses as contacts, if needs be: mitchelle.awuor@codeforafrica.org and dalila.yaro@codeforafrica.org
It may be useful to know that there is another deadline, of February 6, for as many 23 such fellowships for ‘community influencers in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.’