Given the increasing number of young people in Nigeria, Civic Tech has emerged as a powerful catalyst for positive societal change, strategically leveraging digital innovation to bridge the gap between government and citizens, potentially expanding the civic space. Its transformative impact extends across crucial aspects of public participation, transparency, climate resilience, justice reforms, accountability, and the efficient delivery of public services.
The civictech fellowship aims to raise new civic-tech leaders through an incubation program, which will focus on key themes which include; Civic Participation & Engagement, Transparency & Accountability, Institutional Efficiency, Justice reforms, and Climate resilience and environmental issues.
Bi-annually, they incubate civictech solutions that advance these thematic areas. The fellowship embraces different levels of ideas, irrespective of the scale – local or hyperlocal – and they are open to the diverse use of technology – radio, text, print, IoT, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or social media – as a channel. They heavily focused on the impact the ideas will have on the people and the civic spaces, the sustainability of ideas to deliver value, and the unrelenting spirit of the participants.
About Civichive
Civichive was Founded in 2017 as the innovation centre of BudgIT, Civichive was set up to create an innovative virtual & physical space for partnerships and to raise civic tech leaders/solutions in Nigeria. It was also set up to improve the capacity of existing NGOs and media organizations, thereby making a huge impact within the Nigerian space. Civichive has incubated 12 civic start-ups and supported over 70 organizations in Nigeria. Civic Hive has continued its support for existing and new organizations to push solutions that connect citizens to the government
Aim and Benefits of CivicHive CivicTech Fellowship
The fellowship program will incubate 12 new innovative and creative solutions in the civic space. The fellows will be given technical and legal support to get their solutions ready and set to launch.
They will be placed on a monthly stipend of N150,000 and provided a workspace throughout the fellowship.
Requirements for CivicHive CivicTech Fellowship Qualification
Open to early-stage Civic innovators with tech-enabled ideas that can solve social problems.
They should be based in Nigeria.
Focus should be on Civic Participation & Engagement, Transparency & Accountability, Institutional Efficiency, Justice reforms, and Climate resilience and environmental issues.
Application Deadline: August 15, 2024
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to Civichive on docs.google.com to apply
For more details,visit CivicHive website
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