Regina, #AFFCameroon Cohort 2 Fellow “It has been a great experience for me. Going through #AFFCameron has been a real transformation process. Before the three months training, I have heard about misinformation, disinformation, fake news and fact-checking without knowing their differences and what they are all about. With the training,
ABONGWA ACHU, #AFFCameroon Cohort 5 Fellow “I have always been hearing of Fact checking, fake news, misinformation, disinformation and other terms associated with the social media era. Putting my fingers on the difference between one or the other or even measuring the impact of all these was not easy at
Olivier Mokoudi, Boursier #AFFCameroon 5e Cohorte « Lorsque je postulais pour la bourse #AFFCameroon, j’avais pour mission d’acquérir des rudiments pour détecter les mauvaises des bonnes informations. En tant que juriste de formation et blogueur dans l’exercice, je me sentais mal de partager les informations dont je ne connaissais pas la
“Vianney, #AFFCameroon Cohort 4 Fellow” Being part of the #AFFCameroon Cohort 4 program was a life-changing experience for me. When I went through the program concept on the application portal, it outlined clear cut objectives that were the most needed in my line of work, so I had to apply
Jean Besane Mangam, Boursier #AFFCameroon 4e Cohorte « Lorsque je postulais pour la bourse #AFFCameroon, c’était dans un premier temps de découvrir et de comprendre en profondeur les notions de fact-checking et la lutte contre les discours haineux online et offline. Après l’organisation de mon tout premier Meetup avec certains animateurs
Kiven Brenda, #AFFCameroon Cohort 4 Fellow “Before #AFFCameroon, I did not care about fake news and if I see someone propagating it, I just ignore it and move. I was also guilty of certain biases and used hate words, though not too much but it was there. I didn’t really
Marthe Ndiang, Boursière #AFFCameroon 4e Cohorte « J’intègre le projet alors que je pratique depuis plusieurs mois le Fact-checking au sein de la rédaction de Data Cameroon où, grâce au travail quotidien, je rédige des articles de fact-checking. Mais le besoin de me former pour pouvoir pousser mes vérifications se fait
Shing Timothy, #AFFCameroon Cohort 3 Fellow Getting the opportunity to be trained on fact-checking and hate speech mitigation has greatly helped me as a journalist and a person. It has helped to professionalise my practice and my daily interactions, especially on social media. The training helped me to be able
Mahmoud Sabir, Boursier #AFFCameroon 3e Cohorte « Ce projet m’a permis d’ouvrir les yeux face aux montées des désinformations et le discours haineux dans la sphère digitale. Je me suis donc engagé à promouvoir la culture de la paix et le vivre ensemble au sein de ma communauté. Après avoir passé
