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WanaData Fellowships 2026: Digitalise Youth Voices in Africa

🏛 Code for Africa (CfA) and partners 📍 Worldwide 📅 2026
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About this opportunity

Code for Africa (CfA) offers stipend-based WanaData Fellowships to fourteen African data journalists and data scientists to empower youth voices and promote a secure digital space through gender projects. The fellowship includes a monthly stipend, hands-on data tools and training, mentorship, and ongoing support from CfA’s team.

Benefits & funding

Monthly stipend, hands-on data tools and technical training, one-on-one mentorship, and ongoing support from CfA’s team.

Eligibility

Be a registered WanaData member with at least one year of experience as a data scientist or data storyteller and have a portfolio of published work; ideally based in the Sahel region, neighbouring West Africa, or the Horn of Africa.

How to apply

Apply through the provided Google Form; more information is available on the WanaData Fellowships page.

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