Briefs
Find a problem worth working on.
Client briefs come from organisations with a problem they want help solving. Training briefs are created for learning and practice. Both help you produce work you can explain and show. Open to young Africans aged 13 to 30.
Client briefs
Real, sponsored, judged by the clientThe first client briefs arrive with the first sponsored season.
Client briefs are real problems posted by organisations, with prize money and the client on the judging panel. If your organisation has a problem worth fifty young builders' attention, post a brief.
Training briefs
Build your skillsA focused starter library drawn from real Nigerian problems. Each brief has a realistic scope, a clear submission and safety limits. You still receive feedback, and strong work can earn a verified certificate and portfolio entry. There is no external client waiting on the other end.
Build and publish something useful with $30
Choose a small problem from your own life, build one working solution and let someone else try it.
Beginner · 1 day
Help more girls take part in sport at one school
Research the barriers in one school and design a small, safe programme the school could test.
Intermediate · 2 weeks
Create a small, trustworthy dataset for a Nigerian language
Build and document a carefully checked sample dataset that could improve a language tool.
Intermediate · 2 weeks
Give one small business a clearer brand
Work with a real small business to improve how it explains and presents what it sells.
Beginner · 1 week
Explain something important in a Nigerian language
Create and test a short piece of useful content in a language your intended audience understands.
Beginner · 1 week
Make one STEM idea genuinely fun to practise
Design and test a short game that helps secondary students practise one specific STEM concept.
Intermediate · 2 weeks
Prototype a game inspired by West African storytelling
Turn a carefully researched story, character or setting into a small playable game concept.
Intermediate · 2 weeks
Design a lesson that still works with little or no data
Adapt one learning experience for students using basic phones, shared devices or unreliable internet.
Beginner · 1 week
Plan a safer e-waste collection pilot for one community
Map what happens to unwanted electronics locally and design a safe collection and referral pilot.
Intermediate · 2 weeks
Make WhatsApp ordering easier for one small retailer
Improve one retailer's ordering flow without asking them to adopt an expensive new system.
Beginner · 1 week
Record and preserve one community story responsibly
Create a small oral-history record with consent, context and a plan for safe long-term access.
Beginner · 1 week
Help one smallholder make a better seasonal decision
Turn reliable weather or farming information into one simple planning aid for a real local crop.
Intermediate · 2 weeks