Deadline: 04 October, 2021
African Union (AU) has opened applications for the 2021–2022 African Union Digital and Innovation Fellowship.
The fellowship identifies and deploys highly competent tech innovators within the African continent to AU organs as ‘resident fellows’ to understand the system within those organs, identify challenges within the system and propose solutions.
Benefits
- Participate in several capacity building training that will be facilitated by top experts from the African innovation ecosystem
- Receive mentoring support from experienced industry experts drawn from the AfriLabs community
- Network and benefit from several peer-to-peer learning opportunities
- Receive monthly stipends throughout the period of the fellowship
- Embark on several all-expense-paid trips to ecosystem events, onboarding/offboarding, study/learning tour, etc
Eligibility
- Be based in Africa and be a national of an African Union member state
- Be under the age of 34 prior to the time of application
- Hold a tertiary education degree or equivalent
- Have the capacity to gather comprehensive information on complex problems or situations, and the ability to evaluate and analyse information accurately in order to identify key issues and proffer solutions
- Have experience and technical know-how in designing innovative technology products/solutions
- Be available to travel in late October 2021 to participate in an induction workshop during the AfriLabs annual gathering in Abuja, Nigeria
- Be available and willing to dedicate 12 months from November 2021 to September 2022
- Applicants who speak more than one AU official language (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Swahili) are strongly advised to apply
To apply and for more information, click here.
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