The SafeTech Fellowship is WDFA's flagship learning initiative and an applied expression of its feminist digital citizenship model. Delivered through cohort-based cycles, the fellowship integrates AI literacy, digital safety, mental wellbeing, mentorship, and economic orientation within a supportive peer environment. Designed for young women across Africa, SafeTech provides practical foundations in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies while centering care, agency, and contextual relevance. The program is mobile-friendly and low-data, utilizing accesible digital learning spaces, one-on-one mentorship clinics, and locally grounded case studies to ensure accessibility for women in underserved communities.

Beyond knowledge transfer, SafeTech cultivates sustained participation and economic possibility. Participants develop critical awareness of digital systems, build confidence in navigating AI tools, and explore pathways into digital economies, from entrepreneurship to emerging tech roles. The cohort model strengthens collective learning and peer support, creating networks that extend beyond the six-week program. Fellows gain not only technical competencies but also the psychological safety and structural support needed to engage with technology purposefully and on their own terms.

SafeTech reflects WDFA's commitment to positioning young women as active contributors to Africa's digital transformation rather than passive recipients of technological change. The fellowship generates insights that inform WDFA's evolving practice while creating tangible pathways for participants to shape safer digital cultures, influence emerging norms, and pursue meaningful opportunities within an increasingly digital society. Implemented in partnership with the Digital Rights and Mental Health Initiative (DRMHI), SafeTech demonstrates that equitable digital futures require more than access. They require care-centered ecosystems that enable women to thrive.