Briefs
Real briefs. Real problems. Real work.
Organisations and individuals bring real problems to ATTP and ask for young African perspectives. Pick a brief, do the work, document your thinking, and submit. No experience required. Open to ages 13 to 35.
Design a Digital Land Registry System for Lagos Informal Settlements
Participants will design a low-tech-friendly system for documenting land ownership in informal settlements, tackling one of the most persistent sources of displacement and legal conflict in urban Nigeria.
Create an Accountancy Career Pathway Guide for WAEC School Leavers
Produce a practical, honest career guide for Nigerian school leavers who want to enter the accounting profession but have no family connections in the field. Clarity and specificity matter more than comprehensiveness.
Audit Notary and Document Authentication Bottlenecks in Kano
Conduct a structured audit of the process for authenticating key documents in Kano State, focusing on the real costs in time and money for ordinary residents. Produce a report with specific, actionable recommendations.
Design a Pro Bono Matching System for Abuja-Based SMEs
Create a service model and prototype interface that connects small businesses in Abuja to early-career professionals willing to offer short-term pro bono work. The brief asks you to solve a coordination problem, not just describe one.
Build a Tax Compliance Toolkit for Lagos Freelancers
Design a practical, plain-language toolkit that helps Nigerian freelancers understand and meet their tax obligations under the Personal Income Tax Act. Most young professionals in Lagos's gig economy have no idea what they owe, or to whom.
Map the Environmental Cost of Illegal Gold Mining Along the Zamfara River Basin
Produce a data-driven analysis of the environmental and public health damage caused by artisanal gold mining in Zamfara State, using open data sources, satellite imagery, and published research. The human cost of mining in this region is severe and underreported, and decision-makers need clear evidence to act.
Pitch a Mineral Data Business That Serves Small-Scale Miners in Plateau State
Develop a business model for a service that gives artisanal and small-scale miners in Plateau State access to real-time or reliable pricing and demand data. These miners are chronically exploited because they sell without knowing what their ore is actually worth.
Build a Community Land Rights Tracker for Mining-Affected Villages in the Niger Delta
Design a low-tech tool that helps villages in mining and extraction zones document land rights, track compensation promises, and hold companies accountable. Land disputes in Nigeria's resource-rich communities rarely get resolved because communities have no organised record of what was agreed.
Map the Mental Health App Landscape for Francophone West Africa
Conduct a structured landscape analysis of digital mental health tools available to French-speaking users in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. The research will identify gaps, surface what is actually being used, and produce a public-facing brief that a founder or NGO could act on.
Pitch a Workplace Mental Health Policy for a Nigerian SME
Develop a practical mental health policy and implementation pitch for a Nigerian small or medium enterprise with 20 to 100 employees. Most SME owners in Nigeria have no formal mental health policy and little incentive to create one. Your job is to make the case, and make it actionable.
Design a Grief Support Programme for Young Adults Who Lost Parents to COVID-19 in West Africa
Create a structured peer-led grief support programme for 18-to-25-year-olds in Ghana or Nigeria who lost a parent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Bereavement in this cohort carries compounded burdens: sudden financial dependence, interrupted education, and a cultural context where prolonged grief is often read as weakness.
Build a Mental Health Triage Tool for Lagos Community Health Workers
Design a simple, offline-capable screening and referral tool that community health extension workers (CHEWs) in Lagos can use to identify people in psychological distress. Most Nigerians who need mental health support never see a psychiatrist. CHEWs are often the closest thing to a frontline health worker they will ever meet.