ATTP Conversations
Long-form conversations with young Africans navigating identity, purpose, faith, and ambition. 57 episodes. Listeners in 64 countries. Hosted by Akintunde Idowu from Lagos.
Impact
Six years of practical youth development work.
ATTP helps young Africans turn promising ideas into useful projects, careers and ventures. Here is the evidence collected so far.
57+
Podcast episodes
ATTP Conversations
64
Countries reached
Podcast listeners
38
Sectors on Launchpad
Curated briefs, drawn from real problems
3
Programmes delivered
1 TIA cohort, 2 TIC challenges
Why this work matters
Young people need room to discover what they can do.
Many young Africans are expected to make important decisions about their future without enough guidance, practical experience or access to people who can help. ATTP creates that support around them.
Participants work on real problems, develop projects, receive feedback and build a record of what they can do. ATTP Conversations makes useful ideas and honest experiences available to a wider audience beyond each programme.
We want every participant to understand their strengths, build useful work and explain clearly what they can contribute.
CAC registration is ongoing. The Foundation will provide the governance structure that helps ATTP grow through strong systems and partnerships.
How the work runs
Four active programmes. One connected pathway.
Teen Innovators Challenge
An open competition for young Nigerians to submit real ideas and proposals. Two challenges completed, 2024 and 2025. The strongest performers at TIC are prioritised for TIA.
Teen Innovators Accelerator
A cohort programme for young Nigerians selected from TIC. Cohort One ran 13 weeks, January to April 2026. From 2027, TIA moves to an intensive six-week format with morning and afternoon sessions daily. Structured sessions, mentors, and a demo day where the work is judged by real professionals.
Launchpad Briefs
Curated briefs across 38 sectors, drawn from real Nigerian problems. No guaranteed prize, but the experience, certificate, and portfolio are real. Open to all.
The journey
How we got here.
- 2020
The podcast begins
ATTP Conversations launches on Christmas Day 2020 in Bariga, Lagos. A single microphone, an audience of fewer than ten, and a conviction that honest conversation about identity and purpose could change the trajectory of a young person's life.
- 2022
School outreach begins
ATTP takes the conversation into Lagos schools. A session at Bishop Howells Grammar School on purpose and starting with God early, the first time the work moves from a microphone into a room of young people who did not come looking for it.
- 2024
Teen Innovators Challenge, first run
The first TIC opens to young Nigerians. 85 applications. Real briefs, real submissions, real feedback. The challenge surfaces ideas and builders ATTP did not know existed.
- 2025
Teen Innovators Challenge, second run
TIC runs for the second time with 22 team entries from 18 schools and community groups across Lagos. The brief structure sharpens. The pool of talent that will seed the Accelerator grows.
- 2026
Teen Innovators Accelerator and Launchpad launch
TIA Cohort One runs from January to April 2026, with 13 weeks of structured sessions, mentors and a public demo day. Launchpad also opens briefs across 38 sectors to young Africans outside the cohort.
How we measure
We measure what participants do during and after each programme.
ATTP is building a consistent evidence system across every programme. We track who takes part, what they complete, what they build and what continues after the programme ends.
Reach
- Applications received
- Individual applicants and team members
- Age, gender, location and school
Participation
- Participants selected
- Attendance and completion
- Mentor hours
- Safeguarding incidents and resolutions
Learning and work
- Skills before and after participation
- Projects produced
- Participant satisfaction
Continuation
- Projects active after 6 and 12 months
- Education, employment or venture outcomes
- Cost per participant
Where historical records are incomplete, we say so. New programme cycles use the same definitions so results can be compared over time.
Where the work reaches
Rooted in Lagos. Open everywhere.
The podcast has reached listeners in 64 countries. The top audiences outside Nigeria include the United States, Vietnam, Canada, Ireland, Germany, and the United Kingdom, with growing listenership across Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, India, and Australia. The tribe does not stop at the border.
United StatesVietnamCanadaIrelandGermanyUnited KingdomGhanaSouth AfricaKenyaIndiaAustralia
Want to be part of what comes next?
Sponsor a challenge brief. Become a mentor. Donate to the programme. Or share the work with someone who needs to hear it.