ATFL– Mawazo Fellowship

Supporting early-career African women researchers to translate rigorous scholarship into influential ideas.

The ATFL–Mawazo Fellowship Fellowship is a joint initiative between the African Tech Futures Lab and Nairobi-based Mawazo Institute to identify and platform emerging African thinkers with bold, policy-relevant ideas to shape Africa’s energy, climate, and digital futures. 

Drawing on Mawazo’s extensive network of doctoral and postdoctoral women scholars, the fellowship provides flexible support that creates space, mentorship, and visibility for big ideas. Fellows receive tailored guidance to translate their research into compelling, public-facing outputs, positioning them as credible new voices in global debates about technology and development. 

Through this collaboration, ATFL and Mawazo aim to strengthen the pipeline of African public intellectuals advancing Africa-centered perspectives on the continent’s technological future. This collaboration also builds on a shared history—ATFL was founded by Mawazo’s co-founder Dr. Rose M. Mutiso—linking two aligned platforms committed to amplifying African research talent and thought leadership.

The inaugural cohort of ATFL-Mawazo Fellows (2026) will be selected through a competitive process. Subscribe to our mailing list to receive updates when the call for applications is announced.