TheCable’s Bolanle Olabimtan selected for MFWA’s DPI fellowship

Bolanle Olabimtan, a journalist with TheCable, has been selected for the Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) journalism fellowship.

The fellowship is organised by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) in partnership with Co-Develop.

The fellowship aims to increase public awareness and access to information on digital public infrastructure and digital public goods (DPGs).

It also seeks to promote and ensure that the uptake and adoption of DPI in West Africa is inclusive, safe and equitable.

According to a statement by MFWA, the 45 fellows were selected after a thorough process from a pool of 291 applications received for the second phase of the prestigious fellowship programme.

“The Fellowship will run from November 6, 2024, to January 31, 2025, with post-fellowship activities running till April 2025,” the statement reads.

The selected journalists will engage in multiple training sessions on DPI/DPGs and receive editorial support to produce in-depth and well-researched stories for publication or broadcast.

Olabimtan was selected as one of 45 journalists from four countries — Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, and the Republic of Benin.

A graduate of media and communications from Afe Babalola University, Olabimtan started her journalism career in 2017.

She joined TheCable in 2019 and has since done major reports on beats including judiciary, human rights, crime, and gender.

Other fellows from Nigeria include Majeed Bakare (Premium Times) Justina Ashishana (The Nation), Amos Aluko (Sahara Reporters), Oluwatobi Odeyinka (Ripples Nigeria), Flora Iweanya (Orange FM), Samson Akintaro (Nairametrics), Babaji Usman (Wikkitimes), Zulaiha Danjuma (Kano Focus), Ibukun Eniola (News Agency), Emmanuel Uti (FIJ), Godfrey George (The Punch), Idris Ibrahim (Leadership), Funmilola Afolabi (Crest FM), Ibrahim Adeyemi (HumAngle), Precious David-Ogaga (NTA), Vanessa Richard-Bassey (Sparking FM), Alfred Ajayi (Federal Radio Corporation), and Chinenye Anuforo (Daily Sun).