Competition
Technovation Challenge 2027 season (girls track and mixed track)
Technovation
At a glance
- Deadline
- Closes 11 March 2027, 140 days leftThe posting gives a date, not a time. Days left are counted in Lagos time.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- aged 8 to 18 (divisions: Beginner 8-12, Junior 13-15, Senior 16-18 as of 1 August 2027)
- Where
- Remote. Online, from anywhere; some regional pitch events in person
A free global competition where teams of young people aged 8 to 18 build an app or AI project for a community problem; Africa has its own regional honours, and finalist teams in the girls track get free travel to the World Summit plus 500 to 750 USD per person for learning.
The facts
- What you get
- Free to enter. Regional Honors teams get a 250 USD stipend per member; finalists 500 USD per person; Grand Prize winners 750 USD per person
- Where
- Online, from anywhere; some regional pitch events in person
- How long
- October 2026 to May 2027, about 12 weeks of project work
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- aged 8 to 18 (divisions: Beginner 8-12, Junior 13-15, Senior 16-18 as of 1 August 2027)
- a team of students with an adult mentor; all written items must be in English; a phone or computer with internet
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.
A long application, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
In their words: “A team project submission (description, development, learning reflection, video) in English by 5 May 2027”
2. Dates
- Closes 11 March 2027, in 140 days.
- Aim to send it by 8 March 2027. Websites slow down near a deadline, and data runs out. Our advice
Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp
The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a competition
General advice from us, the same for every competition. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on Technovation's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
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How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Technovation's own website on 11 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.