Meet our Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellows (CAMFF) 2023-2024

Abimana Chançard has a passion for storytelling and social change. He is a journalist, filmmaker, communication specialist, and human rights activist based in Bujumbura, Burundi. Abimana is the founder of a local television channel called ARGOS.

Fekadu is Founder & Executive Director of ENMS. He has extensive experience in media, academia, and social media platforms. He has written a number of feature articles on politics, media, and social and economic issues, and has participated in critical investigative issues.

Yasmine runs Mina Bilkis, a digital business offering storytelling, event curation and communication services. She believes in being an agent of change by building communities via responsible digital storytelling to contribute to sustainable and transformative gender change.

Paul is Communications Analyst at the Rwanda Development Board. He holds a master’s in Media and Development from the University of Westminster, UK. He is passionate about strategic communications and media development.

Jasper founded Risper Media, a publisher of community newspapers. He was Chairperson of the Community Newspapers Association of Zimbabwe. He is Deputy Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Media Commission, a constitutional media regulatory body.

Johnson is an award-winning journalist and media trainer. He has over a decade of experience in human rights journalism. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication from Uganda Christian University, a Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation from University of Pretoria, and is a Humphrey Fellow.

Faith holds a Bachelors Degree of Arts in Communication and Cultural Studies from the University of Malawi and a Diploma and a Certificate in Journalism. She has over 15 years of experience in the media industry, having worked with the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation as a Reporter, Editor and Producer for 12 years.

Jima Francis is a master's graduate of Syracuse University S.I Newhouse School of Public Communication, New York State, majoring in Television, Radio, and Film and Sports Production. In 2013 he attained his Bachelor’s Degree from Uganda Christian University and in 2015 co-founded King Media.

Siphamandla is an award winning South African journalist at eNews Channel Africa (eNCA). Based in Johannesburg, he mainly covers politics, business and environmental reporting. A Chevening Scholar, Siphamandla holds an MA in Multimedia (Broadcast) Journalism from University of Westminster in London.

Patience has over a decade's experience in free expression and media freedom advocacy and partnership building with national and regional groups. She has led advocacy for policy and legislative reform and currently runs 'Gender and Media Connect' in Zimbabwe which promotes free expression rights for women.

Ivan is a lawyer and PR practitioner with 12+ years of experience in driving communication and public relations in government and the private sector. He is passionate about data driven communications and humanisation of statistics for correctional and evidence-based policy and decision-making.