The East-African (2017) and the South-South Media Lab Collaboration (2018) were short-term in-residence programs, allowing young professionals and innovators of the East-African and South-East Asian media sectors to network and collaborate with colleagues from media centres in neighbouring countries and/ or cross-regional contexts.
The transnational character of the program led to better global and regional integration and long-lasting continuation of the developed relations. It has been truly inspiring to witness these collaborations at work and to be a part of a community of committed individuals who create and critique, collaborate and innovate, share and teach for a better, more creative, innovative and just world.
When the East African Media Lab Collaboration became the South -South Media Lab Collaboration in its second year, the goal of creating spaces for partnerships among media professionals, activists and innovators was both consolidated and widened in scope and scale. This program has always been motivated by a desire to create an alternative to the predominant model of fellowships based on south to north exchange.
LIST OF FELLOWS AND PARTNERS EAMLab 2017
- Abdourahmane Diop (Senegal) hosted by blueMoon (Ethiopia)
- Setra Rakotomalala (Madagascar) hosted by kLAB (Rwanda)
- Helina Yigletu (Ethiopia) hosted by CDEA (Tanzania) and
Impact Hub Kigali (Rwanda) - Nebila Abdumelik (Ethiopia) hosted by Impact Hub Khartoum (Sudan)
- Bullen Chol (South Sudan) hosted by Andariya (Sudan)
- Omnia Shawkat Abbas (Sudan) hosted by Kweeta (Uganda)
- Marina Modi (South Sudan) hosted by Earuyan Solutions (Ethiopia)
- Taye Balugon (Nigeria/Kenya) hosted by Impact Hub Kigali (Rwanda)
- Princely Hope Glorious (Tanzania) hosted by Red Sea Cultural Foundation (Somaliland)
- Hamdi Ali (Somaliland) hosted by Impact Hub Kigali (Rwanda)
LIST OF FELLOWS AND PARTNERS SSMLab 2018
- Abel Asrat (Ethiopia) – Akatiga (Indonesia)
- Chief Nyamweya (Kenya) – 360ed (Myanmar)
- Dia Hamed (Egypt) – HONF (Indonesia)
- Dilman Dila (Uganda) – The Carrot Co. (Kenya)
- Hirut Gebretsadik (Ethiopia) – JRKI (Indonesia)
- Juliet Atellah (Kenya) – ODC (Cambodia)
- Lubna Hawwa (Maldives) – Kweeta (Uganda)
- Patricia Kigula (Uganda) – Kapal Perempuan (Indonesia)
- Pham Thu Hang (Vietnam) – SINA (Uganda)
- Rosanna Lopez (Philippines) – Imagine We (Rwanda)
- Saad Akhtar Chinoy (Singapore) – Andariya (Sudan)
- Shayma Idris (Sudan) – Engage Media (Indonesia)
- Sotheavin Doch (Cambodia) – CIPESA (Uganda)
- Victor Nyang’a (Tanzania) – Launch Garage (Phillippines)
- Vincent Rumahloine (Indonesia) – iceaddis (Ethiopia)
- Yen Duong (Vietnam) – Addis Standard (Ethiopia)
Core teams: Agazit Abate and Markos Lemma (iceaddis, Ethiopia) / Gustaff H. Iskandar and Reina Wulansari (common room, Indonesia) / Jörn Schultz and Tiemo Ehmke (icebauhaus, Germany)