Meet the Fellows || Africa’s Data Future Fellowship (2025 cohort)

Africa’s digital future is being reimagined by a new generation of bold, insightful policy thinkers. In this post-fellowship video, exceptional Fellows from across the continent share the heart of their policy briefs – what problems their policy brief tackled, the recommendations they propose, and the impact they hope to drive in their home countries and beyond.
From cutting-edge insights on artificial intelligence and micro-transformation approaches to digital sovereignty, health data, agriculture, telecom governance, and regional data control, each Fellow offers a clear, evidence-driven perspective shaped by the lived realities of their national contexts.
Each Fellow also shared personal insights on their fellowship experience and how it had shaped their thinking, deepened their policy skills, and connected them to a pan-African network of change-makers committed to ethical, interoperable, and people-centred digital transformation.

Meet the Fellows:
North Africa
1. Zeyneb Zerouali
Country: Algeria
Policy brief: Governing Telecom Data for Ethical AI Adoption in North Africa: Policy Pathways from Algeria’s Experience
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/go...
2. Donia Tarek Abdelwahab Mohamed, Ph.D
Country: Egypt
Policy brief: Making AI Work for All: Policy Pathways for Gender-Inclusive AI Innovation in Africa
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/ma...
Central Africa
3. Fabrice Nzepang, Ph.D
Country: Cameroon
Policy brief: Governing Urbanisation Data: Strengthening Stewardship and Interoperability for Inclusive Cities in Cameroon
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/go...
4. Relance Kataliko
Country: Democratic Republic of Congo
Policy brief: Responsible AI in Education: Ethical Data Governance for Inclusive Learning in the Democratic Republic of Congo
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/re...
East Africa
5. Dorine N. Wanjeru
Country: Kenya
Policy brief: Repatriating East Africa’s Data: Reclaiming Control for Sovereignty and Innovation
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/re...
6. Saminas Seyfu
Country: Ethiopia
Policy brief: Unlocking Agricultural Finance through Data Governance Reform: Building Ethiopia’s Agri-Stack for Inclusive Growth and Digital Sovereignty
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/un...
West Africa
7. Mariame Bah
Country: Guinea
Policy brief: Building a Data-Driven Public Sector in Guinea: A Roadmap for Interoperability and Efficiency
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/bu...
8. Robert O. Ifeonu, Ph.D
Country: Nigeria
Policy brief: Small Steps to Big Intelligence: A Micro-Transformation Approach to AI Governance in Nigeria’s Public Institutions
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/sm...
Southern Africa
9. Tamika Kampini, Ph.D
Country: Malawi
Policy brief: From Policy to Practice: Advancing Open Data Governance in Malawi
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/fr...
10. Zacharia Grand, Ph.D
Country: Zimbabwe
Policy brief: Building Zimbabwe’s Health Data Commons: Harnessing Digital Public Goods for an Inclusive Health System
https://cseaafrica.org/postdetails/bu...


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