CIVIC TECH FUND AFRICA / 2026 EDITION
Small tools.
Stronger voices.
Civic technology connects communities, public evidence and the people who make decisions. Explore support, learn from African initiatives and turn a practical idea into a project that people can use.
2026 / Current opportunities
Current opportunities
Support opportunities are active. Contact the programme team for the current call, eligibility requirements, support package and application route. Confirm the relevant deadline and terms before preparing a submission.
Programme status confirmed by the authorised site representative on 8 October 2026. Individual call conditions are supplied by the programme team.FROM A LOCAL QUESTION TO PUBLIC ACTION
Build for the people who will use it.
Listen
Define whose problem you are solving, in their own words.
Design
Choose the smallest useful intervention and the response it needs.
Test
Try it with real users, including people with limited connectivity.
Learn
Track what changes, who benefits and what still needs work.
One continent. Many starting points.
Explore earlier country calls to understand their civic purpose, documentary requirements and institutional context.
Field notes for your next project
Write a civic tech concept note
Turn an issue into a small, testable intervention.
↗02 / FIELD GUIDECollect less. Protect more.
A practical data-safety checklist for citizen-facing tools.
↗03 / FIELD GUIDEMeasure the response, not just the clicks.
Connect participation to observable changes.
↗The fund platform and first support calls
Programme delivery and country initiatives
AU Civic Tech Fund 2.0 and its second cohort
Active opportunities confirmed by the site representative
Use the evidence in your project
Civic tech initiatives: the project directory
Explore 36 named initiatives documented in the Charter Project Africa booklet of May 2024. Compare their participation methods, countries and programme groups.
↗ECDPM / ACDEGResearch and learning library
Original documents, their real publication dates and practical ways to use them. Read the source before carrying a historical finding into a new project.
↗Practical applicationWhat is civic tech? Start with a public decision
A practical definition, African examples and a worksheet for deciding whether a digital tool will improve participation.
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