Code for Africa Civic Graph Fellowship in South Africa 2026 (stipend available) – YOA

Deadline: June 28, 2026

Do you wish to take an energetic position in serving to construct Open Source Civic knowledge? Apply now for the Code for Africa Civic Graph Fellowship in South Africa 2026. Through its Open Data Initiative, Code for Africa (CfA) is providing seven part-time Civic Graph Fellowships. The chosen fellows will help companions in constructing superior open-supply civic knowledge tasks, utilizing standardised Open Civic knowledge codecs to make sure interoperability, transparency, and scalability.

The three-month, part-time fellowships are part of a joint initiative between CfA and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strengthen data integrity by mapping Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and Politically Influential Persons (PIPs) in South Africa throughout the municipal election interval, with elections scheduled for November 2026.

The fellows will help the gathering and verification of knowledge factors and social media identifiers linked to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and Politically Influential Persons (PIPs) in South Africa, with explicit concentrate on the nation’s native authorities elections scheduled for November 2026.

Benefits

• Stipend: Fellows will obtain a aggressive month-to-month stipend
• Mentorship: Fellows will obtain steerage from CfA’s iLab.

Eligibility

• Proficiency and powerful working information of Google Sheets and formulation.
• Language proficiency: Fluency in English, + ≥1 of the next languages: Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho and Setswana.
• Familiarity with gathering knowledge from social media platforms akin to TikTok, Facebook, X, YouTube, and Telegram.
• Preferably, candidates ought to be analysts, technologists or college college students with a background in civic knowledge.
• Ability to stick to open-supply knowledge assortment requirements.
• Ability to keep up well timed and open communication with the programme administration crew.

Application

The deadline for purposes is 28 June 2026. 

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Civic Graph Fellowship in South Africa.