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AI in Cameroon's news media

4 verified, source-linked AI implementations across 4 news organizations, 2024–2025.
Sub-Saharan Africa2024–2025
Cases
4
Organizations
4
Active since
2024
Controversies
0

What AI is used for

Talent Development & Upskilling4

How far adoption has gone

1 – Access4
2 – Adoption0
3 – Proficiency0
4 – Ways of Working0
5 – Reorganizing0

Who is adopting

Funding: Media dev org (3), Tech company (Google/GNI) (1)

Notable cases

2024Ndefam Radio Bamenda

FactCheckAfrica AI Journalism Fellowship West Africa 2024 — staff participation in AI journalism training programme for West African newsrooms; one of 41 fellows from 30+ organisations across 6 countries; worked on AI translation, fact-checking and audience tools for African-language journalism

Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access
AI journalism tools (translation, fact-checking, NLP)Source →

2024Digifarms Africa

FactCheckAfrica AI Journalism Fellowship West Africa 2024 — staff participation in AI journalism training programme for West African newsrooms; one of 41 fellows from 30+ organisations across 6 countries; worked on AI translation, fact-checking and audience tools for African-language journalism

Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access
AI journalism tools (translation, fact-checking, NLP)Source →

2024Cameroon Radio Television (CRTV)

FactCheckAfrica AI Journalism Fellowship West Africa 2024 — journalists Effande Lyonga Larry and Yukfu Sylvie Bantar participated in AI translation and audience tools projects; CRTV is Cameroon's national state broadcaster

Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access
FactCheckAfrica AI Fellowship curriculum (VoxAfrica AI translation;" AI audience tools)Source →

2025CBS Radio Buea

JournalismAI Academy Sub-Saharan Africa 2025 — staff participation in 5-week LSE Polis programme for newsrooms across Sub-Saharan Africa; training in AI tools for journalism

Talent Development & Upskilling1 – Access
JournalismAI Academy curriculum (LSE Polis / Google News Initiative)Source →

Elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa

Burkina Faso 1Ethiopia 3Ghana 2Guinea 1Ivory Coast 1Kenya 13Lesotho 1Liberia 3Malawi 2Namibia 2Nigeria 29
Data from J·Index, the Journalism AI Index — every case verified against a published source. See the methodological note for how cases are collected and coded. Updated 2026-07-23.