Call for Trainees: AI, Newsrooms and African Women Journalists

Call for Trainees: AI, Newsrooms and African Women

AWiM’s recently concluded research report on the gendered impact of artificial intelligence within African newsrooms highlights how technological adoption intersects with existing social inequalities. Through interviews, focus groups, and surveys, the study reveals that women often perform invisible labour by teaching themselves AI tools despite a lack of formal organisational support. The findings identify significant technological trust gaps and safety concerns, noting that AI can reinforce sexist […]

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 an Associate Professor of Women’s Rights and Media Development. 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.