ATTP
← Briefs
Sports & RecreationOpen

Design a Financially Sustainable Grassroots Sports Academy for Nigerian Teenagers

Elite Nigerian athletes almost all came from informal grassroots structures. Design the formal model that scales that pipeline sustainably.

Closes 6 Sept 2026

The brief

Nigeria produces world-class athletes, but the pathway is fragile — dependent on a scout spotting talent by chance, or a family sacrificing significantly to support training. There is almost no structured, affordable, financially sustainable grassroots academy model. Your challenge is to design a sports academy model for teenagers aged 13 to 18 in a single Nigerian city. It must be affordable for families earning ₦80,000 to ₦200,000 a month, sustainable without government funding, and produce measurable athletic development within 12 months. Submit: academy structure, sports offered, coaching model, fee structure, how sustainability is achieved, and how you measure and demonstrate athlete progress. Judging criteria: 35% financial sustainability, 30% athlete development model, 25% affordability, 10% originality.