2025 Pollicy’s Fellowship Programme

📝 About Pollicy’s Fellowship Programme

Since 2017, the Pollicy Fellowship has been a launchpad for emerging African thinkers, doers, designers, and dreamers. This program brings together students, creatives, technologists, researchers, and community organizers to explore how civic technology, digital rights, and feminist data practices can reshape our collective future boldly, creatively, and on African terms.

For the 2025 Fellowship Programme, Pollicy aims to recruit and empower 3 fellows to support its various data initiatives. The fellowship roles include:

1. Francophone Community Engagement Fellow
2. Grants & Growth Fellow
3. Games Design Fellow

📅 Opportunity Details

• Date Published: July 22, 2025
• Application Deadline: August 04, 2025
• Category: Fellowship
• Eligible Locations: Africa

📋 Fellowship Details

• Duration: 6 months
• Time Commitment: 4 days/week (flexible remote-first work)
• Location: Primarily remote; possible in-person gatherings or events
• Stipend: USD 500/month + internet allowance

🎁 Benefits of Pollicy’s Fellowship Programme

• Direct contribution to real Pollicy projects
• Weekly mentorship and learning sessions
• A platform to publish your work (toolkits, blogs, campaigns, games)
• A final public-facing project
• Access to a growing community of alumni and collaborators

✅ Fellowship Programme Requirements

• Open to students, early-career professionals, activists, creatives, technologists, and researchers
• Experience in community organizing, civic tech, research, storytelling, policy, or design
• Individuals from underrepresented groups and communities
• People based in Africa, especially East, West, and Central Africa

📅 Application Date and Process

• Application Deadline: August 04, 2025
• To apply, visit the application website.

📄 Additional Information

• View the detailed fellowship advertisement here.

📧 Contact Information

For further inquiries, visit the Pollicy website.

• Direct contribution to real Pollicy projects
• Weekly mentorship and learning sessions
• A platform to publish your work (toolkits, blogs, campaigns, games)
• A final public-facing project
• Access to a growing community of alumni and collaborators