HumAngle Foundation calls for applications to the second cohort of the HumAngle Technology and Civic Impact Fellowship (HTCIF).
With the aim of strengthening innovation for social impact in Nigeria, the Fellowship will contribute to increasing the pool of civic actors who are championing underrepresented perspectives and engaging emerging technologies to make significant contributions to society.
The Fellowship targets journalists, civil society/non-profit professionals and researchers who possess a clear track record of excellence, and body of work in leveraging technology for social change.
The Fellowship will follow a two-part model consisting of a 5-day in-person training (in the FCT) and a 3-month post training period to allow the fellows practicalise their learnings.
Training topics will include, but are not limited to:
- Opportunities for Research and Advocacy in AI
- Introduction to VR
- GIS for Storytelling
- History, Trends and Ethical Considerations in Generative AI
- Tech for Policy Advocacy and Public Accountability:
- Information Warfare
- Data for Civic Engagement
- Tech Tools for Immersive Storytelling
The ideal candidate
- Civil society actors such as advocates, non-profit professionals, researchers and journalists. Women are especially encouraged to apply.
- Professionals aged between 21 and 35, with at least 2 years of proven experience in advocacy, technology, research, journalism, humanitarian activities and public policy.
- Professionals with an interest in leveraging tech for social impact and past experience of embedding AI in their work
Benefits of Participation
- Tailored mentorship for the duration of the Fellowship
- Publication/feature of projects on HumAngle Media.
- Acquisition of skills in advocacy, fact-checking, AI/tech in storytelling and activism.
- Opportunity to pitch for a small project grant
- Monthly calls for learning and peer-to-peer sharing
Expectations of Fellows
- Commitment to a 5-day in-person training in Abuja
- Monthly reports on their project development/execution
- Step-down training to colleagues in their respective organisations
- Commitment to implementing a short-term project (within 3 months) that visibly embeds technology in it.
- Commitment to engaging in all post-training activities in the 3-month period. This specifically includes one session with a mentor (if assigned) and one group call with other fellows each month.
Overview of Personal Projects
Fellows are expected to develop their projects based on their passions and skills, and build upon the Fellowship’s objectives.
Examples of projects fellows may consider:
- Training for young people on the use of emerging tech for social impact
- Research projects on an aspect of AI use
- Documentary that experiments with AI
- Digital advocacy campaigns that leverage emerging technologies
- In-depth journalistic reports that embed AI or explore AI policy and ethical use
- Combination of any these strategies or similar ones
- An AI-powered platform that promotes accountability or civic engagement
Please note that these are only examples and are not meant to limit the creativity of prospective fellows.
Projects should
- Be innovative and actively using technology in its development or execution
- Have feasible SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timebound) goals
- Have an implementation period of 3 months
- Leverage the Fellow’s existing skills, experience and network to reduce the project cost
- The project should address a real-world issue around accountability, human rights, transparency or democracy.
For enquiries, email training@humangle.org
