MFWA Executive Director urges NGIJ fellows to cultivate honesty and integrity

By: Rafiq Nungor Adam.


The Executive Director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Mr. Sulemana Braimah, has urged Fellows of the 2023 edition of the Next Generation Investigative Journalism (NGIJ) Fellowship, to cultivate honesty and integrity in their line of work as budding journalists.

According to him, these are necessary values that can help them make a difference in society.

Mr. Braimah gave the advice at a brief welcome ceremony to officially induct the Fellows into the three-month Next Generation Investigative Journalism Fellowship.

He said: “Your friends might question your choices, but remember, great things do not come easy. If you aspire to be a fantastic journalist, integrity and honesty should be your guiding principles.

It's not only about your career but also your future. Without integrity and honesty, you cannot be a leader, a successful individual, or a respected entrepreneur.”

The NGIJ fellowship programme is an initiative of the MFWA that seeks to promote quality Journalism through training and mentoring young promising journalism graduates to produce compelling journalistic pieces that advance human rights, governance, transparency, accountability and participatory public discourse.



The fellowship blends theory with practicals to improve the knowledge and sharpens the skills of selected individuals.



Ten NGIJ fellows were selected and will be exposed to contemporary journalism techniques, through these topics: investigations, fact checking, interviewing, and also offers beneficiaries the opportunity to network and develop softy skills such as public speaking, act of interviewing and inclusive leadership.

Expressing his excitement that a tradition of empowering young people through the NGIJ fellowship is continuing with the 2023 fellows, Mr. Braimah added, “this is an exciting moment for all of us, and it should be for you as well. We are committed to making your stay with us as impactful and engaging as possible. My colleagues and I have various plans to ensure that it's not all about work. We aim to strike a balance between work and fulfillment of the reasons you are here for. Whether you choose to leave and make an impact elsewhere or stay with us, we want you to be agents of positive change.”

A total of ten selected Fellows will go through three months of mentorship in the fellowship. The fellows are; Jessie Ola Morris, Emmanuel Kwadwo Gyan, Sandra Agyeiwaa Otoo, Leroy Hawkson, Rafiq Nungor Adam, Naomi Kwofie, Ibrahim Khalilulahi Usman, Benjamin Tenkorang, Mavis Emefa Goka and Albert Kuzor.

The ten fellows were selected through a rigorous and highly competitive process including an aptitude test and interview sessions.