FUNGAI Africa Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Governance in Africa Fellowship 2026 for early-career researchers ($300/month stipend)

Application Deadline: April 5, 2026

Applications are actually open for the 2026 FUNGAI Africa DPI Governance in Africa Fellowship. Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), which incorporates identification programs, information platforms, and repair portals reshaping state-citizen relations, is just not impartial. It both deepens inequality or advances justice. This fellowship brings collectively a brand new era of African researchers to audit DPI via a human rights and democratic lens.

Fellowship aims

By the top of the programme, fellows will be capable to:

• Analyze DPI governance utilizing rights-based and social justice frameworks
• Investigate how DPI impacts marginalised communities (ladies, refugees, rural populations, individuals with disabilities)
• Apply digital safety greatest practices in delicate analysis environments
• Translate advanced findings into coverage, advocacy, and public-facing outputs
• Join a rising community of African digital rights and coverage practitioners

Requirements

• Early-career researchers
• Digital rights advocates
• Policy thinkers
• Anyone captivated with expertise, governance, and justice in AfricaApplications are actually open for the DPI Governance in Africa Fellowship!

Fellowship Structure

Output: Country analysis protocols + stakeholder maps

Month 2: Field Research & Documentation

• Conducting interviews and managing delicate conversations
• Analysing insurance policies, contracts, and laws
• Data administration: transcription, coding, safe storage
• Mid-point peer assessment and reflection

Output: Field notes, transcripts, preliminary findings

Month 3: Analysis & Translation

• Turning information into structured evaluation
• Writing for advocacy: coverage briefs, toolkits, public outputs
• Peer assessment and refinement
• Cross-country comparability and synthesis

Output: Final case study + coverage outputs

Fellow Outputs

Fellows will contribute to:

• A DPI Research Report (nation case research + synthesis)
• A DPI Advocacy Toolkit
• Country Policy Briefs
• Press summaries & public messaging outputs
• Published opinion items

This fellowship is about making certain that Africa’s digital future is constructed on:

• Justice
• Rights
• Inclusion
• Accountability

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the FUNGAI Africa DPI Governance in Africa Fellowship