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Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship 2024 for young Africans (US$1000 stipend)

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Application Deadline: 19 July 2024.

Applications are now open for the 2024 Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship.

Paradigm Initiative (PIN) welcomes applications for its virtual 4th Edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL). Successful applicants will participate in a four-month fellowship programme from 10 August 2024 to 10 December 2024. Paradigm Initiative (PIN) connects under-served young Africans with digital opportunities and ensures the protection of their rights. We have worked in communities across Nigeria since 2007 and across Africa since 2017, building experience, community trust, and an organisational culture that positions us as a leading non-governmental organisation in ICT for Development and Digital Rights on the continent. Across our regional offices in Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon and beyond, we have impacted youth with improved livelihoods through our digital inclusion and digital rights programmes.

Primary Purpose                       

  • To build expertise on digital rights topics among digital rights actors in the Global South.
  • To increase advocacy skills among digital rights actors for effective policy influencing in the Global South.
  • To build a network of digital rights advocates in the Global South

Region Focus: African countries and India.

Target Audience: Potential candidates must be early-career individuals with at least two years of experience as technology or social innovators, media practitioners, researchers, policy experts, and/or entrepreneurs.

Qualifications: Fellows must have relevant undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications and be exceptional individuals who will bring new learnings and innovations and gain exposure to the digital ecosystem.      

Fellows’ Responsibilities        

  • Fellows will be expected to dedicate at least 10 hours per month to the fellowship spread across two meetings and assigned activities during the fellowship.                               
  • The fellows will be expected to publish research and deliver an advocacy campaign on digital rights or digital inclusion in African countries and India. 
  • Fellows may have an opportunity to travel to the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) in April 2025 in Lusaka, Zambia and host a session.                                                               
  • The fellowship will end with a closing ceremony on 11 December 2024. The fellowship is open to potential fellows living in African countries and India. 

Fellowship Benefits

  • PIN will provide a US$1000 stipend to the selected fellows, covering participation in the Fellowship.        
  • Fellow submissions will be published on PIN’s website and shared with the digital rights community.                               
  • Fellows will be connected to industry experts who will lead sessions.                                            
  • Fellows will have an opportunity to join the Net Rights Coalition for continuous engagements.                  
  • PIN will cover communications costs associated with fellow activities and provide opportunities for fellows to be embedded within the digital rights ecosystem.                                                         
  • The fellowship will provide editorial and technical support for reports/Policy Briefs and guidance on advocacy campaigns. 

Timeline

  • This application call is open from 08 July 2024 until 19 July 2024.                          
  • The selection process will be finalised at the end of July, with successful Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab fellows expected to resume in August through to November 2024. 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship

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Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship 2023 for young Africans (US$500 stipend)

by OFA
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Application Deadline: 12 July 2023.

Paradigm Initiative (PIN) welcomes applications for the 3rd Edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL). Successful applicants will participate in the four-month virtual fellowship program from 1 August 2023 to 30 November 2023.

Paradigm Initiative works to connect under-served young Africans with digital opportunities and ensures the protection of their rights. 

Across regional offices in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia, Zimbabwe and beyond, the organisation works to impact their livelihoods through digital inclusion and digital rights programs.

Through DRILL, Paradigm Initiative seeks to host innovative learning around digital rights and inclusion in Africa and serve as a space for enhanced capacity and networking. This is an opportunity for fellows to be embedded in the digital rights and inclusion ecosystem.

Eligibility

  • Potential candidates must be early-career individuals with at least two years of experience as technology or social innovators, researchers, policy experts, and/or entrepreneurs.
  • Fellows must have relevant postgraduate qualifications and be exceptional individuals who will bring new learnings and innovations and gain exposure to the digital ecosystem.

Fellows’ Responsibilities 

  • Fellows will be expected to dedicate at least 10 hours per month to the fellowship spread across two meetings and assigned activities during the fellowship.
  • The fellows will be expected to publish research and deliver an advocacy campaign on digital rights or digital inclusion in Africa.
  • Fellows may have an opportunity to travel to the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) in April 2024 in Accra, Ghana and host a session.
  • The fellowship will end with a closing ceremony on 8 December 2023. The fellowship is open to potential fellows living in Africa.

Fellowship Benefits

  • PIN will provide a US$500 stipend to the selected fellows, covering participation in the Fellowship. 
  • Fellow submissions will be published on PIN’s website and shared with the digital rights community.
  • Fellows will be connected to industry experts who will lead sessions.
  • Fellows will have an opportunity to join the Net Rights Coalition for continuous engagements.
  • PIN will cover communications costs associated with fellow activities and provide opportunities for fellows to be embedded within the digital rights ecosystem. 
  • The fellowship will provide editorial and technical support for reports/Policy Briefs and guidance on advocacy campaigns

Application Procedure

  • This application call is open from 4 July 2023 until 12 July 2023.
  • The selection process will be finalized at the end of July, with successful Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab fellows expected to resume in August through to November 2023.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship 2023

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Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship 2021 for young Africans

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Application Deadline: 30 October 2020.

Paradigm Initiative (PIN) welcomes applications for its Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL). The successful applicants will work full time with Paradigm Initiative team members for 9 months starting from 1 March 2021 to 31 November 2021. As a mid-career fellowship, potential candidates will be expected to have had a minimum of 5 years’ experience as technology or social innovators, researchers, policy experts, and/or entrepreneurs. Fellows must have a relevant postgraduate qualification, be exceptional individuals who will bring new learnings and innovations as well as gain exposure to the digital ecosystem.

Paradigm Initiative (PIN) is a social enterprise that builds ICT-enabled support systems and advocates for digital rights in order to improve the livelihoods of under-served young Africans. Our digital inclusion programs include a digital readiness school for young people living in under-served communities (LIFE) and a software engineering school targeting high potential young Nigerians (Dufuna).

Through DRILL, PIN seeks to host innovative learning around digital rights and inclusion in Africa, and serve as a space for enhanced capacity, practice and reflection aimed to involve and connect different stakeholders and create dialogue amongst researchers, social innovators, policymakers and actors, the private sector, as well as civil society. 

Fellows’ Responsibilities 

Applicants will be required to briefly discuss their intended focus for the fellowship period during the application process. Paradigm Initiative will expect to receive a cutting edge project proposal that will benefit from the exposure to the African digital rights and inclusion community. If your proposal is big, innovative and addressing a real issue in the digital ecosystem, we look forward to reviewing your submission. 

The successful fellows will be expected to work full time within any of the PIN offices. 

  • The successful fellows will propose and work on an innovative project which will be completed during the fellowship ( i.e cutting edge research/technology-centric project that seeks to address digital rights or digital inclusion issues in Africa)
  • The fellows will be expected to host monthly ecosystem/sector meetings with the PIN Team to engage the ecosystem on critical issues arising or existing.
  • The fellows will conduct biweekly presentations and prepare content to share with the PIN team on their project and to feature a monthly DRILL podcast to be recorded with the PIN Executive Director. 
  • Each Fellow will have the opportunity to host a Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF) – Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab in April 2021. 
  • The last month of the fellowship will feature a final meeting, final presentation and final podcasts from the selected fellows. 

There will be a closing event with PIN’s leadership team to reflect on what has been achieved in the fellowship month period and to award the Fellow with certification for completion.

The fellowship is open to potential fellows living within the following countries – Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 

Fellowship Benefits

  • PIN will provide a monthly stipend to the selected fellows which will cover participation in the Fellowship. 
  • PIN will provide a research project grant to support an approved project and budget. 
  • PIN will cover costs associated with activities at the Digital Rights and Inclusion Lab and provide an opportunity to be embedded within our team, access to the ecosystem and feedback on projects throughout the duration of the fellowship. 
  • A possible opportunity to travel to an international platform to showcase the finished project. 

Application and Timeline

  • This call for applications is open from 6 October 2020 until 30 October 2020.
  • The selection process will be finalised in November  2020 with the fellow of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Lab expected to resume on 1 March 2021.

Apply Now for the Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Paradigm Initiative’s Digital Rights and Inclusion Learning Lab (DRILL) Fellowship

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