Vacancy: AWiM MEDIA GRADUATE TRAINEE PROGRAMME

Start Date: May 01, 2022  Position Type: Fixed Term (May – December 2022)  Number of Position: 4 (Four)  Stipend: $450/month  ABOUT THE AFRICA WOMEN IN MEDIA (AWiM)  African Women in the Media (AWiM), is a network for African women working in media industries anywhere in the world. Our aim is to impact positively the way […]

Vacancy: AWiM MEDIA GRADUATE TRAINEE PROGRAMME

Start Date: May 01, 2022  Position Type: Fixed Term (May – December 2022)  Number of Position: 4 (Four)  Stipend: $450/month  ABOUT THE AFRICA WOMEN IN MEDIA (AWiM)  African Women in the Media (AWiM), is a network for African women working in media industries anywhere in the world. Our aim is to impact positively the way […]

DR. YEMISI AKINBOBOLA

C.E.O & Co-founder, AWiM

Dr Yemisi Akinbobola is an award-winning journalist, academic, consultant and co-founder of African Women in Media (AWiM). AWiM’s vision is that one-day African women will have equal access to representation in media. Joint winner of the CNN African Journalist Award 2016 (Sports Reporting), Yemisi ran her news website IQ4News between 2010-14.
Yemisi holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from Birmingham City University, where she is a Senior Lecturer. She has published scholarly research on women’s rights, African feminism, and journalism and digital public spheres. She was Editorial Consultant for the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 commemorative book titled “She Stands for Peace: 20 Years, 20 Journeys”, and currently hosts the book’s podcast.
She speaks regularly on issues relating to gender and media. In 2021 she was recognized as one of 100 Most Influential African Women.