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 Archive for Yoruba Oral Poetry Before It Disappears
Participants will design a product strategy and information architecture for a digital archive that preserves Yoruba oriki (praise poetry) and ijala (hunters' chants), addressing how to collect, classify, and surface this content for younger audiences who have no existing relationship with it.
Build a Flood Risk Map for Port Harcourt's Informal Settlements
Use open data and community research to map flood-prone areas in Port Harcourt's low-income neighbourhoods, and produce a risk brief that local planners or NGOs can actually use.
Audit the TVET Gap in Rivers State and Pitch a Fix
Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Rivers State is chronically underfunded and misaligned with the actual jobs available in Port Harcourt's oil services, logistics, and construction sectors. Conduct a small-scale audit using public data and interviews, then pitch a targeted fix to the Rivers State government.
Make the Case for Teaching Yoruba in Tech Bootcamps
Most coding and digital skills bootcamps in Lagos and Ibadan teach entirely in English, which excludes or slows down a significant portion of participants who are fluent in Yoruba but not confident in technical English. Write a policy brief arguing for a bilingual instruction model and show what it would look like in practice.
Create a Business Model for a Mobile Hair Studio Serving Lagos Market Women
Participants will design a viable mobile hair and beauty service model targeting traders in Lagos markets such as Balogun, Tejuosho, and Mile 12, women who cannot leave their stalls for a salon but still want professional services.
Design a Thrift Resale Brand for University Students in Ibadan
Participants will develop the brand identity, product sourcing strategy, and go-to-market plan for a student-run secondhand clothing business at the University of Ibadan, where budget constraints and style consciousness collide.
Pitch a Menswear Line Built Around Agbada's Working Week Problem
Participants will develop a product concept and investor pitch for a menswear line that modernises traditional Yoruba and Igbo formal wear for everyday professional use in Nigerian offices and boardrooms.
Redesign the Audience Experience at a Nigerian Live Music Venue
Participants will conduct a UX audit of the live music experience at a specific mid-tier Nigerian venue and produce a redesign proposal covering ticketing, arrival, in-show engagement, and artist discovery, aimed at converting casual attendees into loyal regulars.
Build the Business Model for a Travelling Contemporary Art Show Across Secondary Cities
Participants will develop a viable business model and operational plan for a contemporary African art exhibition that tours mid-sized Nigerian cities, specifically Enugu, Benin City, Kano, and Jos, rather than defaulting to Lagos or Abuja.
Redesign the WAEC Results Experience for First-Generation Students
The moment a student gets their WAEC results is high-stakes and often confusing, especially for those whose parents never sat the exam themselves. Redesign the post-results journey as a digital product, with a focus on students in public schools in Lagos or Ogun State who have no adult at home to help them interpret results or plan next steps.
Create a Micro-Pension Product for Market Women Tied to Their Church Cooperative
Design a retirement savings product that works through the thrift and cooperative structures already embedded in Nigerian churches. Millions of women who trade in Lagos, Onitsha, and Port Harcourt markets save through their church groups but have nothing waiting for them at 65.
Design an Interfaith Early Warning System for Communal Violence in the Middle Belt
Create a community-level conflict monitoring tool that Christian and Muslim leaders in Plateau or Benue State could use to flag rising tensions before they turn deadly. The Middle Belt has lost thousands of lives to cycles of violence that, with better information, might have been interrupted.