The African Women in Media (AWIM), in collaboration with the African Union (AU) and Deutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has announced the completion of 25 multimedia investigative reports under the Move Africa 2025 project.
In a statement made available to RMTimes, AWiM and its partners described the project as an ambitious journalism initiative that spotlighted the gendered dimension of intra-African migration and free movement.
It revealed that no fewer than 25 journalists with 5 to 15 years of experience from across Africa participated in the fellowship, which supported them with editorial guidance, mentorship, and rigorous peer review.
The statement added that the project also partnered with fellow Move Africa grantee Barazalab. The journalists took a one-month Data Foundation Course, comprising live webinar sessions and self-paced classes, to advance their expertise in sourcing and presenting useful data.
It further explained that each commissioned report is a long-form investigative feature presented in a minimum of three multimedia formats, including written articles, documentaries, photojournalism, podcasts, infographics, and social media storytelling, making it one of the most expansive journalistic endeavours on migration and gender in Africa to date.
“Move Africa 2025 repositions migration reporting away from trauma and towards stories of innovation, trade, and cultural exchange told through the lived experiences of African women. These stories span regions from Congo to Kenya, Malawi to Zambia, Nigeria to Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal to Morocco, Madagascar and beyond, waiving a vivid, deep portrait of the opportunities and challenges within the African continent’s migration landscape.”
“Move Africa 2025 proves that intra-African migration is an issue of policy and a story of people, “said Oluwatoyin Adeoye, Co-Managing Editor of AWiM News. “By following the journeys of market women, nurses, creative, climate innovators, and entrepreneurs, our fellows uncovered powerful stories of the agency and cross-border kinship that are often missing from African migration reporting. ”
“Migration within Africa is often reduced to the language of crisis, yet the real stories are far more nuanced, dynamic, and urgent,” said Lolase Alaka, Co-Managing Editor. Move Africa 2025 flips the script by centring women as not just migrants but economic drivers, cultural connectors, and policy influencers.”
“The result is a high-impact portfolio of underreported, gender-aware narratives that interrogate everything from cross-border health access in Malawi and Kenya to fashion trade between Zimbabwe and Eswatini to how migrant women from Uganda are revitalising rice farming in Kenya’s West Ahero region.
“Too often, migration stories are told from a distance by people outside our continent, speaking over African women instead of to or with them,” said Dr. Yemisi Akinbobola, AWiM Co-founder. “We launched Move 2025 to change that. These stories are our stories, reported by African women journalists who know the questions to ask and truths that deserve to be told.” The statement reads in part.
Citing the African Union’s Agenda 2063, which identifies free movement as a cornerstone of African development and regional integration, it stated that through the partnership, Move Africa 2025 aligned with the aspirations while making visible the everyday impact of migration frameworks, “both their failures and their triumphs, on women and marginalised communities.”
“Our vision at AWiM has always been to transform media narratives by and about African women,” added Bamidele Ogunleye, AWiM Co-founder. “This project brings that vision to life. These stories not only inform- they provoke, they connect, and they inspire. They challenge media houses, policy, and global audiences to expand their understanding of African migration beyond the crisis frame.”
