Applications are now open for designers, journalists, data researchers and web developers to attend this year’s DATA4CHANGE flagship event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Since 2014, hundreds of people from all over the world have attended DATA4CHANGE events in London, Beirut, Amman and Kampala. Moreover, the event is a 5-day design sprint where multidisciplinary teams consisting of the best local, regional as well as international talent in data, design, journalism and technology are teamed up with NGOs that collect data. Together, they create high-level prototypes of data-driven projects or campaigns aimed at solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

This year, all of the NGOs who attend are working on topics relating to digital rights, internet freedom and/or freedom of expression online in Africa and the Middle East.

Benefits

1. Travel and accommodation: They cover travel travel and accommodation for all international and non-local participants to the event in Nairobi, Kenya. Although applicants must purchase their own travel insurance, without proof of that they won’t let applicants come, safety first.
2. Per diem: Participants are also provided a modest per diem to cover additional expenses such as taxis and food.
3. Certificate: After the event applicants will receive a certificate and they will be added to Data4Change exclusive network.
4. New skills, new friends, new opportunities: Their events are often described as “life changing” and they expect nothing less of Nairobi event. By attending DATA4CHANGE applicants will learn new skills and make new friends from all over the world who are as passionate as they, about using data for social good. Many people who have attended our events have found new exciting jobs opportunities and collaborators as a result.

Eligibility

• They are after people who work as data researchers and analysts, graphic designers, UX designers, web developers and journalists.
• Because each creative team only has 4-6 members they are especially fond of people with more than one skill set.