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Francophone Africa

01 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2023
01 Apr 2024 - 30 Sept 2025

The CIJ collaborated with 4 partners in the Francophone Africa region who were responsible for coordinating and delivering activities including training of participants during the Year 1 period of the project. They are ADISI-Cameroun, Cell Norbert Zongo for Investigative Journalism in West Africa (CENOZO), Institut Panos Afrique de l’Ouest and Ajebudi-Yaga.

During the next iteration of OCRI running till September 2025, the CIJ is collaborating with the Cell Norbert Zongo for Investigative Journalism in West Africa (CENOZO) who will co-coordinate activities that includes the delivery of the new Climate Investigations Course (CIC) developed by the CIJ and tailored to the context of the region.

Watch this space as we make more announcements and follow us on X (twitter) or sign up to our newsletter to stay informed as the project develops.

For inquiries or opportunities, contact the Project Manager, Adeolu Adekola at adeolu@tcij.org.

Announcements

Published: 11 Apr 2025

Climate Investigations Training Scholarship for 18 Journalists

The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is delighted to announce the award of climate investigations training scholarships to 18 deserving journalists from 12 countries under its global Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI).
Published: 28 Mar 2025

Implementing OCRI 3 Years On: CIJ Commences Climate Investigations Course

The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) London has commenced its new Climate Investigations Course (CIC) launched in January 2025 after months of curriculum development and at the end of the third anniversary of the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) implementation.
Published: 09 Dec 2024

Breaking new ground: A 2024 OCRI review

What a year 2024 has been! It still feels like yesterday when we shared about the global difference our Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) made in 2023, and just like a flash, we are here again at the end of 2024.
Published: 11 Nov 2024

Researchers and journalists discuss the use of climate data in Francophone Africa

Researchers from Côte d'Ivoire, journalists from West and Central Africa and other climate advocates met on 13 October, in Abidjan, to discuss a key element in journalistic investigations and climate research: data.
Published: 14 Aug 2024

Call for Applications: Journalists From 8 Francophone African Countries to have Advanced Training in Climate Investigations

CIJ's Francophone Africa partner Norbert Zongo Cell for Investigative Journalism in West Africa (CENOZO) has launched a call for applications for the selection of twelve (12) journalists from French-speaking West and Central Africa to take part in a series of activities as part of the year three of the Open Climate Reporting Project (OCRI).
Published: 01 Aug 2024

Catching up with OCRI at 2024 #CIJSummer

For the third year in a row, the CIJ's Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) featured prominently at the annual #CIJSummer Conference. Notwithstanding the UK general elections that was called in May, the conference was fully booked and a huge success welcoming 190 delegates and 42 speakers!
Published: 31 Jul 2024

Four organisations to deliver Climate Investigations Course (CIC)

With the third year of the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) in full swing, the CIJ is working with four partner organisations in Francophone Africa, South Asia, Anglophone Africa and Latin America to deliver it's new Climate Investigations Course (CIC) as part of activities for OCRI Year 3.
Published: 30 Jul 2024

#CIJSummer 2024 – OCRI Focus Day – Presentations

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Published: 30 Apr 2024

Climate Investigations Course to be delivered in four regions for OCRI Year Three

Following a successful pilot in Nepal and six regions covered in Year 1 and 2, the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) will in its next run cover four regions namely Latin America, Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa, and South Asia till September 2025.
Published: 05 Apr 2024

What reporting climate change really means: Reflections from the Open Climate Reporting Initiative after two years, six regions and 53 countries

 From April 2022 after months of scoping and ground work, the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) of the Centre for Investigative Journalism, London (CIJ) took off with a pilot programme in Nepal.
Published: 18 Dec 2023

2023 OCRI Highlights: Facilitating Real World Actions!

2023 has been a rollercoaster year for the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) at the CIJ! We built on a successful Year One (April 2022 – March 2023) and moved into 3 new regions for Year Two that runs till March 2024.
Published: 31 Mar 2023

OCRI Year two kicks off as impactful Year one ends

The last twelve months of implementing the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) of the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) has been an impactful one and has provided the springboard to achieve more as we go into working in three new regions of the world namely Brazil & Lusophone Africa, South Asia and the Middle East & North Africa (MENA).
Published: 16 Feb 2023

Adeolu Adekola speaks to BBC World Service on OCRI and Nigerian elections

CIJ OCRI Project Manager Adeolu Adekola took part in the BBC World Service Weekend programme on 5 February, discussing among other things the CIJ OCRI Programme and elections in Nigeria. You can hear the discussions below.
Published: 01 Feb 2023

Cross-border investigative stories published as conference on climate change in West Africa holds

After months of training journalists, forging partnership with research institutes and climate study as well as investigative stories field work, CIJ's OCRI partner, the Cell Norbert Zongo for Investigative Journalism in West Africa (CENOZO) held a public conference on Friday, 20 January 2023 in  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Published: 31 Jan 2023

Investigative stories presented as stakeholders discuss mangrove disappearance in Cameroun

Stakeholders from Government agencies, Civil Society Organisations, researchers/academics working on mangrove issues as well as the media were present as Adisi-Cameroun held an Investigative stories presentation and roundtable event.
Published: 25 Nov 2022

Investigative stories presentation and roundtable in Cameroun

OCRI's Anglophone Africa partner, Adisi-Cameroun is hosting an official presentation of the results from the investigative stories and a roundtable on the dangers of mangrove destruction and the consequences as it relates to Climate Change.
Published: 18 Nov 2022

OCRI at Climate Change Media Summit and AIJC2022

At this year's African Investigative Journalism Conference #AIJC2022 which ran from October 31 to November 2, our partners from Anglophone and Francophone Africa shared lessons on working with the CIJ as a partner and reaching about 200 journalists, researchers and activists/environmentalists across 19 African countries under OCRI.
Published: 30 Jun 2022

OCRI trainers in Cameroon head to a planning workshop

In Cameroon, trainers who will be involved in the implementation of the Open Data for Environment and Civic Awareness project under OCRI are meeting for a planning and curriculum development workshop on July 4 and 5, in Douala, the economic capital of the country.
Published: 29 Jun 2022

OCRI now covers 8 countries in Francophone Africa

The CIJ's Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) will now be implemented across 8 countries in Francophone Africa. Joining the initial three partners covering 7 countries is Ajebudi-Yaga, a leading innovative and young-led media organisation in Burundi.
Published: 29 Jun 2022

Investigating climate change: First OCRI training for journalists in Francophone Africa held

CIJ's partner and West-Africa-based investigative journalism network CENOZO, organised its first climate change reporting training on June 23 and 24, under the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) project.
Published: 24 Jun 2022

Training and grant opportunity for journalists in Senegal, Niger and Côte d’Ivoire to investigate climate change

The Centre for Investigative Journalism's partner on the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) project, Institut Panos Afrique de l’Ouest, has launched a call for applications to journalists in Senegal, Niger and Côte d'Ivoire who are interested in investigative reporting on climate issues.
Apply here (postulez ici)
Published: 08 Jun 2022

Training and Mentoring on climate change reporting for Journalists in 7 Francophone Africa countries

The Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) is delighted to announce partnerships with 3 organisations to train and mentor Journalists in 7 Francophone Africa countries under its Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI).

Partners