Africa IoT & AI Challenge

The IEEE Nigeria Section invites you to join the Africa IoT & AI Challenge!

Africa IoT & AI Challenge is a regional capacity-building and pre-incubation program for Senior University Students and Startups that have innovative ideas in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT) & Artificial Intelligence (AI) and related fields to enable and leverage a smart future. The challenge is not just a competition, it’s a digital transformation movement, that’s why it delivers training and workshops to the participants and provides them with all the needed support. After the training, participants compete in local finals, then winners from each country get qualified to the regional finals to compete for the African title.

The challenge is co-organized by several national and international partners like the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Nigeria Section of IEEE with its dedicated society for Technology and Engineering Management (IEEE TEMS), and different universities, corporate and governmental entities in Africa. The program unites the resources and experiences of the organizers and their respective partners to avail all the required materials, mentors and expertise to the participating projects.

Digital Africa is the local organizing partner for the Sub-Saharan Africa. This epoch making event will identify solutions in IoT and Artificial Intelligence among graduating students in the Universities across Nigeria and Ghana including startups in that field.

 Challenge Categories

The African market needs tech-based services in different sectors, and innovators are more aware of their local challenges and needs. The expected outcome from participants by the end of the program is Minimum Viable Products (MVP) in the following categories:

• Automotive
• Energy
• Healthcare
• Education
• Smart Manufacturing
• Retail & Ecommerce
• Smart Buildings
• Smart Homes
• Smart Agriculture
• Smart Transportation
• FinTech
• Other

The Benefits of the Challenge

1. Technical mentorship
2. Project funding, for free equity
3. Top-notch companies networking (Intel – Here – AWS – Google and others)
4. Advanced technical training
5. Access to global conferences
6. Access to advanced digital fabrication labs
7. Access to AIoT Arab region community
8. Networking with academia, industry leaders & governmental representatives
9. Incubation programs for winners
10. Recognition certificates

Timeline

Download the Program Flyer