Code for Africa is partnering with Global Forest Watch to empower African journalists to use Global Forest Watch tools and data to investigate deforestation in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda, and publish a series of data journalism projects on the findings. The project is done in collaboration with partner organisations Oxpeckers.org and InfoCongo.org

This call is specifically for the training sessions set to start in November 2020 up to 2021. We welcome data journalists and reporters based in Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon and Uganda to apply. Upon participation in the workshop, participants will be invited to apply for a Fellowship opportunity that will provide them access to grants and mentorship to work on deforestation data journalism.

Here is a short introduction to Code for Africa: Code for Africa (CfA) is the continent’s largest federation of non-profit civic technology laboratories, which use open source software and open data to build digital democracy services that give citizens timely and unfettered access to actionable information that empowers them to make informed decisions and that strengthens civic engagement for improved public governance and accountability.