What we fund

OpenDoTT fellow, free/open advocate, and researcher focusing on smart cities. Lead on a number of community initiatives dedicated to critical thinking and making at the crossroadsf culture, science, + technology

Mozilla Fellow working with artists and cultural producers in the Arab world to explore questions of expression, labor, and the public domain in today's privatized network.

Mozilla Fellow, Alex researches sociopolitical violence while promoting technological sovereignty amongst human rights defenders in Mexico.

Mozilla Tech + Society Fellow interested in the use of technologies for the protection of Human Rights Defenders.

Exploring how the future of money can generate new business models for creator compensation. Author of Calm Technology.

Rethinking the economics & governance of data. MozFest Wrangler 2019. Mozilla Fellow 2019/20.

Mozilla Fellow working towards advancing Cyber Security Capacity Building and promoting Cyber Awareness and Resilience approaches.

Britone Mwasaru is a technologist and community builder. He will be working on voice technology with a focus on the Kiswahili language.

Mozilla Fellow, working on online targeted threats and disinformation campaigns, exposing their impact on society and vulnerable users globally, and also trying to yield better detection and mitigation techniques

PhD candidate at The University of Dundee researching connected homes for the OpenDoTT project.

Africa Innovation Mradi Consultant. Focus on policy developments enhancing digital rights with AI uptake in Africa.

OpenDOTT fellow focusing on wearables and the self. Exploring poetic interaction and resonance as a way to make IoT healthy and sustainable.

Mozilla Fellow. Deputy Exec. Director of Legal Agenda. Working on promoting inclusive and trustworthy online spaces for policy deliberation.

Mozilla Fellow, tech policy consultant, privacy professional and former German diplomat.

Mozilla Fellow. Researcher & development-practitioner, currently developing a social-network-learning space leveraging books & movies for critical thinking.

Kathleen Siminyu is an AI Researcher focused on Natural Language Processing, building speech tools for Luhya languages and now Kiswahili.

Mozilla Fellow. CS Responsible. Former founding engineering and product member of the United States Digital Service. Focused on ethics and responsible computer science, engineering culture, and academic curricula

Mozilla Fellow working on advancing open monetization strategies for the web, fostering technologies to capture value without the involvement of closed platforms. Previously publisher at Condé Nast.

Namrata attempts to investigate the design features of trust in the Internet of Things leading to 'A Trustmark for the IoT'.

Mozilla Fellow. Cofounder of Odipo Dev & a data journalist with bylines at Buzzfeed News and Daily Nation.

Rebecca is a techie,writer and researcher.She will be working towards building an open voice dataset in Kiswahili to promote voice tech.

Reem is a journalist and researcher focusing on the intersection of internet infrastructure, politics and knowledge production.

Remy Muhire will be working on voice-enabled technology in order to address the exclusion of people from digital service in Africa.

Mozilla Fellow, developing a “openness by design” project. Through research, authorship, and convenings, he seeks to broaden our understanding of openness across the different tech modalities.

MozFest Wrangler 2021 and Marie Curie Research Fellow, Northumbria University and Mozilla. Safari drives and nature walks give me life.

Mozilla Fellow. Empower organisations & changemakers to become confident & effortless with technology for social good.

Mozilla Fellow in Residence. Founder of Village Telco. Expert in telecommunications policy in developing countries. Identifying regulatory and policy barriers around connecting the unconnected.

Mozilla Fellow researching how civil society organizations respond to digital safety needs and algorithmic harms to minorities in Brazil.

Mozilla Fellow. PhD Candidate at the University of Cambridge. Developing algorithms to create more trustworthy and transparent AI systems