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 Mineral Traceability System That Prevents Conflict Mineral Flows from Nigeria
Nigeria exports significant volumes of coltan, gold, and other minerals that are impossible to trace from mine to market. Design the traceability system that satisfies international due diligence requirements.
Formalise and Make Safer Nigeria's 500,000 Artisanal Miners
Artisanal miners in Zamfara, Osun, and Cross River die preventably every month. Lead poisoning has killed children in Zamfara. Design the formalisation model that protects miners without removing their livelihoods.
Remediate the Environmental Damage from Nigeria's Mining Industry
Mining has left an estimated 50,000 hectares of contaminated land in Nigeria. Almost none of it has been remediated. Design the business model that makes clean-up economically viable.
Design a Fair Community Benefit-Sharing Model for Nigerian Mining Communities
Communities that host Nigeria's mining operations receive almost none of the economic benefit and bear almost all of the environmental cost. Design the benefit-sharing framework that changes this.
Support the Mental Health of Nigeria's 20 Million Unpaid Caregivers
Nigerian women who care for elderly parents, sick spouses, or children with disabilities are experiencing a silent mental health crisis. They receive no recognition, no support, and no respite. Design the intervention that reaches them.
Position Nigeria as a Responsible Supplier of Critical Minerals for the Energy Transition
Nigeria has significant deposits of lithium, graphite, and rare earth elements. The global EV battery supply chain needs them. Design the strategy that gets Nigeria into this value chain on favourable terms.
Design a Faster, Fairer Land Dispute Resolution System for Nigeria
Land disputes are the most common source of community violence in Nigeria and the most clogged category in the courts. Design the alternative resolution pathway that bypasses both the court queue and the mob.
Give Nigerians Visibility Into What Is Happening with Their Court Cases
A litigant in Nigeria often does not know when their case will be heard, what stage it is at, or whether their lawyer has attended. Design the transparency system that ends this information blackout.
Build the Data Platform That Manages Nigeria's Port Congestion Crisis
The Apapa gridlock costs the Nigerian economy an estimated ₦1 trillion a year. The information asymmetry between port users, logistics companies, and the port authority makes it worse. Design the data platform that reduces it.
Give Nigerian Workers a Plain-Language Guide to Their Rights
Most Nigerian employees do not know what they are legally entitled to. Employers — aware of this — routinely violate labour law without consequence. Design the tool that shifts this information imbalance.
Design the Court Process Reforms That Could Clear Nigeria's Case Backlog
Nigerian courts have over 1 million pending cases. Some cases have been pending for 20 years. Design the process reform, technology, or service model that actually reduces this backlog.
Build the Aggregation Platform That Gets Nigerian Smallholders' Produce to Market
Millions of Nigerian smallholders sell at farm-gate prices because they cannot aggregate enough volume to access wholesale markets. Design the logistics model that changes this.