Code for Africa (CfA) AI for Good Fellowship 2025 for African technologists ($500/month stipend)

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Application Deadline:  14th April 2025 

Applications are actually open for the 2025 Code for Africa (CfA) AI for Good Fellowship. The Digitalise Youth consortium, by way of Code for Africa (CfA), is providing six fellowships to technologists in Africa to work with human rights defending (HRD) organisations to help them in quickly scaling up their interventions by way of the savvy use of AI expertise. The HRDs will probably be situated within the Sahel, in addition to neighbouring international locations in West and East Africa, so familiarity with the area is a should.

Under this fellowship, technologists will assist HRDs to construct on their present AI-based initiatives and sources or develop new instruments or options. Fellows should due to this fact have confirmed expertise in AI/ML immediate engineering or modelling, and a powerful dedication to human rights and moral AI. Activities will embrace co-designing AI instruments with HRDs, making certain moral compliance in AI deployments, and producing actionable insights to tell coverage and advocacy.

Eligibility Requirements

 Code for Africa (CfA) is search problem-solvers with:

• Social Impact – Demonstrated expertise in growing AI-driven options that improve civic info, assist human rights defenders, or handle societal challenges.
• Data Fluency – Expertise in amassing, cleansing, and analysing socio-economic or environmental datasets.
• Design Thinking – Skill in co-creating options with communities and CSOs.
• Prototyping Experience – Track file of testing AI options in resource-constrained settings.
• Scalability Planning – Ability to design instruments for broad adoption throughout numerous areas.
• Technical Proficiency –  Experience in AI modelling (NLP, laptop imaginative and prescient, predictive analytics).
• Ethical AI Practices – Commitment to equity, transparency, and inclusivity in AI design.
• Collaboration Skills – Experience working with policymakers or grassroots organisations.
• Fluency in both English/French/Arabic
• Familiarity with open-source instruments and open-data ideas.
• Applicants should reveal ties to African communities.
• Location: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Guinea, Benin, Togo, Cameroon, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia.

Benefits

• Selected fellows will obtain assist from CfA’s TechLab, DataLab, and AI Sandbox, alongside mentorship from international AI consultants, CSOs, and policymakers. Partners embrace local weather resilience networks, public well being organisations, and digital rights advocates, offering sources for prototyping, testing, and scaling options.

For More Information:

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