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.
Build a Route Optimisation Tool for Lagos BRT Cargo Corridors
Prototype a simple tool that helps small businesses in Lagos use the BRT bus corridors to move goods more cheaply and predictably than motorcycle couriers. The city has infrastructure that is almost never used for freight.
Design a Cold Chain Network for Perishable Goods Across Northern Nigeria
Design a practical cold chain network that connects smallholder tomato and pepper farmers in Kano and Kaduna states to urban markets, cutting post-harvest losses. This matters because Nigeria loses an estimated 45% of its perishable produce before it reaches buyers.
Map Legal Deserts Across Delta State's Oil Communities
Participants will produce a data-driven map and analysis of access to legal services across Delta State's oil-producing communities, identifying where residents have no realistic route to legal help. The output should be usable by civil society organisations deciding where to focus pro bono resources.
Prototype a Digital Tenancy Agreement Generator for Renters in Abuja
Participants will prototype a simple web or mobile tool that helps tenants and landlords in Abuja generate clear, legally grounded tenancy agreements without needing a lawyer. Informal and often unenforceable rental agreements are the norm across Abuja's middle and lower-income neighbourhoods, leaving both parties exposed.
Build the Case for a Small Claims Court in Kano State
Participants will produce a policy brief and implementation proposal for a small claims court in Kano State, where traders and micro-entrepreneurs have almost no affordable legal route to recover debts under 500,000 naira. The brief should be persuasive enough to put in front of the Kano State Ministry of Justice.
Design a Know-Your-Rights Toolkit for Domestic Workers in Lagos
Participants will design a practical, plain-language rights toolkit for domestic workers in Lagos, where an estimated 3 million people work in private homes with almost no formal employment protections. The toolkit should be something a worker can actually use, not just read.
Design a Remote Work Policy for a Lagos SME That Actually Works
Participants will design a practical remote and hybrid work policy for a small or medium-sized Nigerian business, accounting for real constraints like unreliable power, data costs, and informal management culture.
Design a Neighbourhood Flood Risk Map for a Ibadan Community Before the Next Rainy Season
Produce a working flood risk map and a short action brief for a low-income neighbourhood in Ibadan, using open data, satellite imagery, and community input. Ibadan floods severely and repeatedly, and most affected communities have no accessible documentation of which streets and houses are at greatest risk.
Pitch a Co-Living Model for Young Professionals Moving to Port Harcourt
Develop a business model and investor pitch for an affordable co-living product targeting young workers aged 22 to 30 relocating to Port Harcourt for oil sector and tech jobs. The city has a severe shortage of decent, safe, mid-range rental housing for people who arrive without a local guarantor.
Redesign the Abuja Informal Settlement Registration Process for First-Time Applicants
Produce a service design proposal that makes it easier for residents of Abuja's peri-urban informal settlements to begin formalising their land tenure. The current process is opaque, paper-heavy, and practically inaccessible to people without connections or cash.
Build a Tenant Rights Toolkit for Lagos Renters Facing Illegal Eviction
Design a practical, plain-language resource that helps low-income Lagos renters understand their legal rights and respond to unlawful eviction notices. Millions of Lagosians rent informally with almost no protection, and most do not know what the law actually says.
Prototype a Referral Tracking Tool for Community Midwives in Kaduna
Traditional birth attendants and community midwives in rural Kaduna State refer high-risk patients to facilities, but have no way to know if those referrals succeed. Prototype a simple tracking tool they can actually use.