DDP will accept applications from Anglophone and Francophone Africa from January 10 to February 14, 2025.
Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP) is currently soliciting applications from Anglophone and Francophone Africa for the Sustainable Protection Fund (SPF). This fund aims to help human rights organisations or collectives build their long-term digital security capacities. The SPF provides grants up to €15,000 and covers activities for a maximum of one year.
The priority groups for this 2025 SPF call are youth groups, environmental and land rights groups, women’s rights groups, LGBTQIA+ rights groups, journalists and actors that make data available to the public.
DDP will only review applications submitted through our application platform. Make sure to submit your application by Friday, February 14, 2025.
Covered Countries
The list of countries that we cover under the SPF Africa 2025 application are: Angola, Benin Republic, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde (Cabo Verde), Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Republic of the Congo), Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger Republic, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Other countries not under here will be covered under our Arabic language call for application later in the year. If you want to learn more about the Sustainable Protection Fund or other DDP funds, visit our funds webpage.