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 […]

Meet our #AWiM21 Pitch Zone Awardees: Nitasha Ramparsad

#AWiM21 Pitch Zone received pitches from incredible media women all over the continent. It is our pleasure to profile Professor Nitash Ramparsad, who won the ‘Boosting Africa’s Cultural and Creative Industries and their contribution to the economy‘  Category. Read more about Prof. Nitasha below Tell us/the readers about yourself, your education, job, interests and what you […]

Meet our #AWiM21 Pitch Zone Awardees: Sarah Mawerere

#AWiM21 Pitch Zone received pitches from incredible media women all over the continent. It is our pleasure to profile Sarah Mawerere, a Ugandan Journalist who won the ‘Science and technology – Enhancing outer space science studies, activities and facilities in Africa’  Category. Read more about Sarah below Tell us/the readers about yourself, your education, job, interests […]

Meet our #AWiM21 Pitch Zone Awardees: Cindy Sipula

#AWiM21 Pitch Zone received pitches from incredible media women all over the continent. It is our pleasure to profile Cindy Sipula, from  Zambia, who won Improving Africa’s Public Health Sector – Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic’  Category. Read more about Cindy below Tell us/the readers about yourself, your education, your work, your interests and what you […]

Meet our #AWiM21 Pitch Zone Awardees: Sheila Ponnie

#AWiM21 Pitch Zone received pitches from incredible media women all over the continent. It is our pleasure to profile Sheila Ponnie, from  South Sudan, who won the ‘Women in trade: Financial inclusion as a tool to boost intra-African trade‘  Category. Read more about Sheila below Tell us/the readers about yourself, your education, your work, your interests […]

Meet our #AWiM21 Pitch Zone Awardees: Elizabeth Angira

#AWiM21 Pitch Zone received pitches from incredible media women all over the continent. It is our pleasure to profile Elizabeth Angira, from  Kenya, who won the ‘Africa’s digital transformation strategy – How the digital economy can help accelerate the achievement of the Africa We Want‘  Category. Read more about Elizabeth below Tell us/the readers about yourself, […]

#AWiM21: Watch all the Sessions on the Go!

What a conference that was! AWiM21 had over 500 registered attendees and 133 speakers and trainers. We had an audience from over 45 countries. A huge thank you to all our partners, speakers, moderators, trainers, and attendees for making the annual African Women in Media conference the largest gathering on women’s rights and media development […]

CFP: African Women in Media 2021 Conference

(DEADLINE EXTENDED) Call for Papers  AWiM 2021 Conference  The Future of Media in Africa: Building Resilience in a COVID19 World  Conference Date: 2-3 November 2021, online  Submission Deadline: 01 September 2021 (DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15 September 2021)     African Women in Media (AWiM) welcomes submissions for the 2021 virtual conference, ‘The Future of Media in Africa: Building Resilience in a […]

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.