ALESA Digital Governance Incubator – 2026 Cohort – YOA

Deadline: November 28, 2025

Applications are open for the ALESA Digital Governance Incubator – 2026 Cohort. Accountability Lab East and Southern Africa (ALESA) invites younger changemakers from Malawi, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe to apply for the Digital Governance Incubator, launching in January 2026. Built on the legacy of Accountability Lab’s flagship programme, the Accountability Incubator, the Digital Governance Incubator is tailor-made for citizen or residents of Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania who’re between 18 and 35 years.

The Digital Governance Incubator will assist younger changemakers who’re reimagining what civic management within the digital age utilizing digital instruments to foster good governance, citizen participation, and accountability. ALESA understands that digital governance is not only about coding new platforms but additionally about connecting individuals, energy, and objective. That’s why the Digital Governance Incubator goes past principle that can assist you design and drive the change your neighborhood wants.

Over twelve motion-packed months, you’ll be part of a community of accountability entrepreneurs “Accountapreneurs” working collectively to construct accountability in a quickly evolving technological world.

Eligibility

• Open to residents or residents of Zimbabwe, Malawi and Tanzania who’re between 18 and 35 years.
• Applicants with digital governance and civic tech concepts that fall below the next pillars are inspired to apply for the Digital Governance Incubator:
  • Openness and Transparency in Government – Innovative know-how concepts that enhance authorities transparency and openness.
  • Access to Information and Participation – Innovative know-how-primarily based initiatives that improve residents’ entry to essential authorities data and allow residents to take part extra successfully in governance processes.
  • Effectiveness and Efficiency of Government Services -Innovative options that enhance the efficiency of the central or native authorities and their companies within the execution of their mandate.
  • Digital Inclusion, Equity, and Accessibility – Novel initiatives that crowd-in marginalized communities, promote fairness and accessibility, and deal with the digital divide.
• Women, individuals with disabilities, and different minority teams are inspired to apply.

Application

Application Deadline: 11:59 PM EAT, 28 November 2025

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to ALESA Digital Governance Incubator.