Uche Okpa-Iroha (Nlele Institute, Lagos, Nigeria), Seydou Camara (Yamarou Photo, Bamako, Mali) and Eva Maria Ocherbauer (Foto Factory Lagos, Nigeria) talk about their educational programmes, the challenges they encounter and their plans. The panel was hosted by Benjamin Füglister (CAP Association, Basel, Switzerland) and took place in the framework of the 2019 Bamako Encounters OFF programme in Bamako, Mali.