CivicHive Civic Tech Fellowship 2026 (West Africa)

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Call for CivicHive Civic Tech Fellowship 2026 (West Africa) is open now!!

The CivicHive Civic Tech Fellowship is a 20-week incubation and implementation programme designed to support early-stage civic innovators building tech-enabled solutions to pressing social challenges across West Africa. The fellowship provides a structured pathway for innovators to refine ideas, develop sustainable civic products, and strengthen democratic participation, accountability, and public service delivery.

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 Nigeria is home to one of the world’s fastest-growing youth populations. In this context, civic technology has emerged as a powerful catalyst for social change, leveraging digital and non-digital tools to bridge gaps between governments and citizens, expand civic space, and strengthen democratic participation.

Thematic Areas

• Artificial Intelligence for Good: Civic tech solutions that use AI responsibly to address social challenges, strengthen accountability, mitigate bias and harm, and contribute to transparent, inclusive, and effective governance of AI systems.
• Low-Cost Climate Tech Solutions: Affordable, tech-driven solutions addressing climate adaptation, agriculture, environmental management, food security, and community resilience, particularly in local and resource-constrained contexts.
• Technology for Social Good (Health, Education, and Justice): Civic innovations that improve access to essential public services, protect rights, close service delivery gaps, and empower citizens to demand accountability and equitable outcomes.
• Advocacy and Social Movements: Tools that strengthen advocacy, civic organising, collective action, and citizen-led movements, especially in shrinking civic spaces and contexts facing repression or exclusion.

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The CivicHive Civic Tech Fellowship exists to identify, nurture, and support the next generation of civic tech leaders responding to these challenges. Over the past five years, 34 CivicHive Fellows have built impactful civic products addressing social challenges across multiple sectors. Alumni projects such as Gavel, Amplify, and Flemer Project have gone on to form strong partnerships with global organisations, consistently citing the CivicHive training as instrumental to their growth. Other notable fellows include GenderMobile, PROMAD, PolicyShapers, JusticePadi, and Urban Alert, whose work continues to shape civic engagement and accountability.