Africa’s Data Future Fellowship 2026 ($1,500 stipend) – YOA

Deadline: September 18, 2026

Applications are open for the Africa’s Data Future Fellowship 2026. The 2026 Africa’s Data Future Fellowship, organised by the Centre for the Study of the Economies of Africa (CSEA), is a 3-month distant capability-constructing programme for rising leaders within the African information governance panorama.

The 2026 Africa’s Data Future Fellowship will give attention to the next thematic areas:

• Digital Rights
• Data Sharing
• Data Value Chain
• Digital Public Infrastructure
• Regulatory Interoperability
• Data Sovereignty

Benefits

• A stipend of US$1,500 most upon profitable completion of the fellowship
• Bi-weekly digital masterclasses and skilled periods with sector leaders
• Fellows’ work featured on CSEA’s platforms
• Pan-African skilled community

Eligibility

• Hold a postgraduate diploma and have at the least one 12 months {of professional} expertise in social sciences, legislation, expertise, information coverage, or associated fields.
• Be from, and resident in any African nation.
• Be at present working or professionally engaged in information governance, digital coverage, Artificial Intelligence, expertise, or associated areas inside any of the next sectors: authorities establishments; personal sector organisations; AI begin-ups, together with fintech, edtech, healthtech, agritech, and associated ventures; analysis, coverage assume tanks, universities; and civil society organisations.
• Demonstrate an curiosity in and/or expertise within the public sector, information governance, digital coverage, and/or expertise as an added benefit.
• Be prepared and in a position to commit at the least 2 hours per week at some stage in the fellowship.
• Have entry to a dependable web connection and a purposeful pc at some stage in the fellowship.

Application

The fellowship is granted by a aggressive choice course of based mostly on purposes submitted by eligible candidates. All purposes have to be submitted by the web application system and in English.

Applicants are required to submit:

• A accomplished application kind
• A CV (most 2 pages) 
• An announcement of curiosity explaining why you have an interest in your chosen fellowship thematic areas (most 300 phrases)
• An issue assertion outlining an information governance and digitalisation problem in your sub-area associated to any of the thematic areas highlighted above (most 300 phrases)
• A writing pattern, equivalent to a coverage transient or analysis paper, on information governance, Artificial Intelligence, digital coverage, or a associated subject

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to Africa’s Data Future Fellowship.