Lifecycle: { "status": "rolling_page_live_verify_current_cycle", "edition": null, "cadence": "rolling selections with annual cohort pages", "duration": "3–6 months", "renewable": false, "dates": { "deadline": "end of the applicable year or when 12–14 storytellers have been selected" } } Funding and benefits: { "amount": { "minimum": 500, "maximum": 3000, "currency": "USD", "scope": "per micro-grant" }, "award_count": { "target": "12–14 per rolling cycle" }, "total_pool": null, "benefits": [ "project micro-grant" ] } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": "African", "residence": "Africa or African diaspora", "age": "under 35", "applicant_type": [ "individual storyteller", "collective", "media organization represented by one applicant" ], "education": null, "experience": "at least two years of related work and evidence of narrative-shifting work", "fields": [ "journalism", "writing", "photography", "podcasting", "visual art", "music", "dance", "spoken word", "animation" ], "institution": "African Narrative Collective membership required", "language": [ "English", "French" ], "location": "global for Africans", "remote": true, "route": "rolling online grant portal", "exclusions": [ "filmmakers directed to Last Mile Film Fund", "equipment purchases", "event attendance or hosting", "first-time creators without evidence", "multiple applications" ], "performance_filters": [ "minimum 5,000 combined followers on named social platforms" ] } Application: { "opens": "rolling", "deadline": "end of year or when cohort target is reached", "decision": "rolling portal notification", "start": null, "end": "3–6 months after award", "url": "https://africanofilter.org/what-we-do/community/kekere-storytellers-fund", "materials": [ "project pitch", "work examples", "narrative-change evidence", "audience/platform evidence", "budget" ], "selection_stages": [ "African Narrative Collective membership", "application", "panel review", "rolling portal notification" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "program_leaders": [ { "name": "Moky Makura", "public_role": "Africa No Filter Executive Director and public spokesperson" } ], "latest_recipients": [ { "name": "Sadiya Attahiru Balasokoto", "edition": "2023/2024" }, { "name": "Nangamso “Mkutaji” Gumbe", "edition": "2023/2024" } ], "past_recipients": [ { "name": "Bryan Emry", "edition": "2021/2022" }, { "name": "Michael Mulusa", "edition": 2021 }, { "name": "The Critics Company", "edition": 2021 }, { "name": "Tinnah Joma", "edition": 2021 } ], "coverage": "Representative official public recipients are mapped; official cohort pages contain additional names." }, "history": { "launched": "November 2020", "editions": [ { "year": 2021, "recipients": 18, "grant_range_usd": [ 500, 2000 ] }, { "year": "2021/2022" }, { "year": "2022/2023", "recipients": 11 }, { "year": "2023/2024", "grant_range_usd": [ 500, 2000 ] }, { "year": "2024/2025" } ], "statistics": [ "Current main page advertises USD 500–3,000 and a 12–14 storyteller rolling target" ] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "calendar year attached to the undated live rolling page", "complete normalized 2024/2025 recipient roster", "total annual pool" ] Source conflicts: [ "Historical cohorts received up to USD 2,000; the live program page now states a USD 3,000 maximum, treated as a current-program change." ]