African Union (AU) Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2024

This informs the public about the African Union (AU) Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2024 – Cohort 2. Details about the Program are given below.

African Union (AU) Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2024

The fellows will be expected to co-create and build innovative tailor-made products and processes that improve the delivery of the African Union’s mandate especially in the context of good governance and citizens engagement.

Additionally, the program will seek to facilitate conditions for building the internal capacity of the host African Union organs in the long term.

Program Details

The first cohort was launched in September 2021 and has since produced 13 fellows deployed to different units/organs of the African Union to proffer digital solutions to the gaps in their data management and operations.

The fellowship program is implemented through the BMZ Commission’s GIZ DataCipation program which supports the African Union and its organs to enhance its mandate on citizens engagement.

Benefits

  • Participate in several capacity-building training sessions that will be facilitated by top experts from the African innovation ecosystem.
  • Receive mentorship 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.
  • Attend a grand graduation ceremony where certificates will be awarded to fellows.
  • Be recognized as a fellow/alumni of the African Union Digital and Innovation Fellowship Program.

Eligibility

  • Be based in Africa and must 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 its equivalent;
  • Have the capacity to gather comprehensive information on complex problems or situations and the ability to evaluate and analyze 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 to participate in an induction workshop;
  • Be available and willing to dedicate 12 months. Fellows will be required to take a break from current obligations and relocate to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Applicants who speak more than one official language of AU (Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swahili) are strongly advised to apply.

How to Apply

For those interested in the African Union (AU) Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2024. Open this link to start the application process.
  • At the close of the application window, all eligible applications will be assessed by independent reviewers, and top scorers will be picked as finalists for the next stage of the selection process.
  • Finalists will undergo rounds of interviews by the AU departments/organs and the best 16 will be confirmed as fellows. Selected fellows will be mandated to attend the Fellows Induction Workshop and a virtual pre-deployment training before traveling to Addis Ababa and to be deployed to the AU departments/organs.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 28 April 2024.

Open this link for more details about the African Union (AU) Digital and Innovation Fellowship 2024.

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