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Empowering Media and Voices for Public Good

Freedom of Expression
& Digital Rights Media for Democracy
& Good Governance

Our Impact

Ghana
Investigation by our accountability journalism project triggers presidential review of multimillion-dollar contract
Benin
Beneficiary of our DPI story production grants wins human rights award
Nigeria
Alumnus of our DPI Journalism Fellowship wins top award with digital payments story
Ghana
Our investigative journalism project’s exposé named among GIJN’s 2025 most impactful stories
Ghana
Protecting the Public Purse: How our accountability journalism project is saving millions for the Ghanaian taxpayer
Ghana
Our climate change fellowship alumni wins global agriculture reporting award
Nigeria
Teaching hospital in Nigeria pilots e-registration after our DPI Journalism Fellow’s story
Ghana
Amplifying forgotten voices: Stories from our six NGIJ Fellowships
Nigeria
7,000 market women in Northern Nigeria access PoS machines after DPI Journalism Fellow’s report
Nigeria, West Africa
Two DPI Journalism Fellows win at West Africa’s biggest journalism awards
Ghana
NGIJ Fellows win national cocoa sector reporting top awards
Nigeria
Our support helps Nigeria’s WikkiTimes win USD 654,000 defamation suit
More Impact Stories

Our Priorities

Freedom of Expression & Digital Rights

Media for Democracy & Good Governance

Media for Peace & Social Cohesion

Issues in Focus

Our Founder, Professor Kwame Karikari, Honoured with The Africa Editors Forum Lifetime Service Award
MFWA, partners train 500 media professionals to foster information integrity in West Africa
Ghana government signals reintroduction of Media Development Fund; modalities remain unclear
Our Executive Director urges ECOWAS to seek fair compensation from Big Tech for regional media
More Issues in Focus

Country Highlights

Guinea: Regulator to publish authorised list of media outlets, journalists ahead of elections in May
Niger: Former MP detained, sentenced over call for transition timetable
Sierra Leone: Law student detained for a week over Facebook video
Ghana: Court begins trial in journalist assault case
More Country Highlights

Latest From Our Partners

IPC, CSOs coalition in Nigeria urge National Assembly to safeguard integrity of 2027 elections
MFWA partner in Guinea elects new leadership
UJIT empowers female journalists on security, gender equity in Togo
More From Our Partners

Opportunities

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: Prequalification of Service Providers and Vendors
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Financial Data Analysts/Financial Experts to Produce Analytical Reports for Accountability Journalism
Request for Proposals: Consultant for the development and roll out of a membership programme for The Fourth Estate, a non-profit, public interest journalism project of the MFWA
More Opportunities
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