Programmes
Teen Innovators Challenge.
An annual open competition for young Nigerians aged 13 to 22. Entry is completely free. Submit a working prototype or early product with a video walkthrough. Reviewers screen all entries and shortlist the top 20. Those 20 develop their work through the programme and submit a final version by October. Judges review the work asynchronously, without presentations. The top 10 advance to Build Day, where teams build live in front of judges and the public. Winners are announced the same day. TIC alumni are prioritised for TIA, the structured accelerator that takes the work further.
How TIC works
TIC is an annual open competition for young people aged 13 to 22. This year, entry is prototype-first. Participants submit a video walkthrough of a working prototype or early product — not a pitch deck, not a written proposal. The video is the application. Applications go through two rounds. In Round 1, a panel of reviewers screens all entries and shortlists the top 20. Those 20 attend orientation, work with mentors, and submit a developed final version by October. In Round 2, judges review those final submissions asynchronously — they go to the work, not the other way round. The top 10 advance to Build Day. On Build Day, teams spend two to three hours building live in a room, in front of judges and a public audience. There are no presentations. Judges observe the build, deliberate, and announce winners on the day.
Prize pool
- Grand Prize — ₦200,000 in cash
- 2nd Place — ₦100,000
- 3rd Place — ₦50,000
- All finalists — accelerator access (TIA cohort)
The problems TIC asks participants to solve are real. There is no textbook answer. Past finalists have built civic-tech platforms for reporting blocked drains in Lagos, proposed electoral transparency systems, designed inclusion programmes for students with disabilities, and developed health tools for girls in under-resourced schools. The work produced, and the thinking behind it, belongs to the person who built it. ATTP exists to make sure that thinking gets seen.
Past cohorts
See what previous finalists built.
Finalists from TIC 2024 and 2025, session recordings, and the full prize results, all in one place.
Tools & resources
Build your submission with the right tools.
Canva, Figma, Notion, AI assistants, and more, a curated list of everything useful for researching a problem and building your entry.
Want to be in the next cohort?
TIC is where ATTP finds the talent. The strongest performers at each TIC are prioritised for TIA, the structured accelerator where the work continues over several weeks with facilitators and a graduation day. Applications for TIC open when the challenge launches each year. In the meantime, Launchpad briefs are open to all, with no application and no cohort place required.