Civic Hive Innovation Fellowship for Early-Stage Civic Innovators 2022

The fellowship is a 20-week bootcamp and implementation program designed for early-stage Civic innovators with tech-enabled ideas that can solve social problems.

The incubation program will focus on bringing more players into the civic tech space. The Civic Hive project, under the fellowship program, seeks to raise a new set of civic tech leaders that transform governance. Civic Hive will put out a call for application for innovative civic ideas and solutions. Successful applicants will be taken through a series of training on financial, business, website, and social media management. The fellowship program will be sustained throughout the project to incubate 12 new innovative and creative solutions in the civic space.

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, foster institutional ef... read more

Civic Hive Innovation Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of Civic Hive Innovation Fellowship

• Fellows will be placed on a monthly stipend of N200,000 and provided a working space throughout the fellowship. 
• The fellows will be given a platform to project their works, leveraging BudgIT’s network to meet with prospective donors and mentors.

Requirements for Civic Hive Innovation Fellowship Qualification

• Open to early-stage Civic innovators with tech-enabled ideas that can solve social problems.
• They look for solutions that advance transparency, accountability, and civic engagement in thematic sectors.
• They will embrace different levels of ideas, irrespective of the scale – local or hyperlocal – and they will be open to the diverse use of technology  – radio, text, print, IoT, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or social media – as a channel.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Civic Hive Innovation Fellowship

Selection Criteria

They will also focus 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. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details,visit Civichive website