Our goal: €40,000
- €15,000: we cover our annual IT and administrative costs.
- €30,000: we keep our current team in place.
- €40,000: we hire a part-time staff member to strengthen the team.
2027: media independence at stake
The 2027 elections cast a heavy shadow of uncertainty over the independent press in France. No one knows the outcome, but some risks are already clear. If the far-right Rassemblement national came to power, the public subsidies on which media outlets like ours partly depend would very likely be called into question. Some of our readers, authors and partners, in France and on the African continent, would also be directly exposed to its policies. Without outlets like ours, the field would be left open to the far-right media of billionaire Vincent Bolloré’s empire and, at best, to media owned and run by reactionary billionaires.
The means of independence: you
In this context, there is one resource that no political decision can take away from us: yours.
In the coming weeks, we will publish a major investigation, the result of several months of work, at the heart of what is at stake in 2027, where France and Africa meet. This kind of work, long, costly and risky, is what your donations make possible.
Your donations pay for our editorial work: independent coverage of the continent, as close to the ground as possible; expertise on Africa that is rarely found elsewhere; a committed editorial stance on human rights, democracy, ecology and the fight against corruption.
In recent months, thanks to you, we have published (articles in French):
- Investigations that expose networks. With the African investigative journalism consortium Truth Reporting Post, we followed the trafficking networks sending Togolese women to work as domestic workers in the Middle East. In Kenya, we tracked down a middleman paid by Cambridge Analytica to smear opposition leader Raila Odinga.
- In-depth field reporting where (almost) no one goes. In South Sudan, where floods have submerged oil wells and contaminated the water. In Ceuta, where the arrival of thousands of migrants this summer fuelled the militarisation of the city and the rise of the far right.
- Long-form series. In “Local struggles and environmental defence”, we gave a voice to those resisting the grabbing of their land, from Cameroon to Madagascar by way of Casamance.
Five years of investigations, and the drive to go further
Afrique XXI means five years of investigations, reporting and analysis. It also means a first book published in September, a programme on the media outlet Au Poste, a partnership with Histoires crépues, and a presence on the main social networks and at major events such as the Fête de l’Humanité.
The newspaper is growing, but its resources are not keeping pace: subsidies are falling, and only our readers’ support can take over. To sustain these developments and launch new ones, we need to secure our current team and strengthen it.
That is what this campaign is about: giving Afrique XXI the means to last, and to hire so that we can rise to the challenge of 2027.
A one-off or monthly donation, 66% tax-deductible in France
You can make a one-off donation or choose a monthly donation, of any amount and with no commitment. Your monthly support gives us the visibility we need to build the newspaper’s future.
If you pay income tax in France, your donation entitles you to a tax reduction of 66% of its amount, up to 20% of your taxable income. A €60 donation therefore costs you only €20.40; a €10 monthly donation, €3.40 a month.
Practical questions
I don’t want to donate online. What can I do?
- By Orange Money: +33 6 13 54 11 45
- By cheque made out to “Association Afrique XXI”, sent to: Afrique XXI, c/o EMI, 10, rue des Prairies, 75020 Paris, France
- By bank transfer: please contact the editorial team at afriquexxi@afriquexxi.info
Can I change or stop my monthly donation?
Yes, at any time, from your Donorbox account or by writing to contact@jaimelinfo.fr.
How do I get my tax receipt?
Your tax receipt is sent directly by J’aime l’info, which collects donations on behalf of Afrique XXI.
