African Union Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2024(Cohort 2) – call for Applications (Fully-funded). Apply below.
28th April 2024
Are you a tech innovator passionate about driving change in Africa? Do you have what it takes to tackle complex data management challenges within the African Union (AU) system? If so, the AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship Program awaits you!
The African Union Digital and Innovation Fellowship Program is a dynamic 12-month initiative designed to identify and deploy highly skilled tech innovators from across Africa to various units and organs within the AU headquarters as ‘resident fellows’. These fellows will immerse themselves in these units, understanding their systems, identifying data management challenges, and co-creating innovative solutions to address these challenges. The aim is to enhance data management processes and overall AU operations while ensuring the sustainability of the developed products and processes beyond the fellowship period by strengthening the internal capacity of AU staff.
The fellows will collaborate to develop tailor-made products and processes that advance the AU’s mandate, particularly in the realms of good governance and citizen engagement. Moreover, the program seeks to foster conditions for long-term capacity building within the host AU organs.
The inaugural cohort, launched in September 2021, successfully deployed 13 fellows to different AU units/organs, where they provided digital solutions to improve data management and operations.
This fellowship program is implemented through the BMZ Commission’s GIZ DataCipation program, which supports the AU and its organs in enhancing citizen engagement.
Fellowship
To be eligible for the AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship, applicants must:
Applicants fluent in more than one AU official language (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swahili) are encouraged to apply.
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Fellows selected for the AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship will enjoy numerous benefits, including:
Testimonials from Cohort 1 Fellows
The application process for the AU Digital and Innovation Fellowship is open to all eligible candidates and is entirely merit-based.
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