- The Badagry Builder Challenge
Build something Badagry needs. Pitch it to 500 people.
The Badagry Builder Challenge is a competition for people who make things. You find a real problem in education, health, farming, money, transport, the creative economy or local commerce, you build a solution, and if you make the final ten you pitch it live on the Main Stage on 27 November in front of judges, partners, press and everyone else in the room.
- Who can enter
Built by people who know Badagry
Student/Young Builders
You're a student, a young builder or an early-stage team.
Badagry Residents
You're from Badagry Division, or you've got a real connection to it. Wider Lagos is welcome; Badagry gets priority.
Small Teams
Teams of one to four. One entry per team
Strategy and Planning
Your solution can be an idea with a prototype, a working product, or something already live with users. Stage matters less than substance.
- What you build
Real Problems. Real Solutions.
Education
Anything that helps a student in a Badagry classroom learn faster.
Health
Access, records, reminders, the queue at the general hospital.
Agriculture
Fishing, farming, getting produce to market at a fair price.
Money
Saving, paying, getting paid, for people the banks don't serve well.
Transport and logistics
The expressway, the waterways, the last mile.
Creative economy and local commerce
The market, the makers, the tourism nobody has packaged yet.
Community infrastructure
Power, water, waste, safety.
If your problem doesn’t fit a box, enter anyway. The box isn’t the point.
Every submission judged by Five things, equal weight:
01.
Problem.
Do you understand it, and is it real?
02.
Usefulness.
Would someone in Badagry actually use this?
03.
Execution.
Does it work? Show us.
04.
Innovation.
Is there an idea in here we haven’t seen?
05.
Scale.
Could this go beyond one street?
Challenge Timeline
5 October
Application Opens
31 October
Applications close, midnight
7 November
Ten finalists announced
8–25 November
Mentoring and pitch coaching
6 November
Technical rehearsal on the real stage
27 November
The finale
- what to expect
Questions? We've got you.
Do I need to be a coder?
No. Hardware, design, a service, a business model: if it solves the problem and you can show it working, it counts
Can I enter with something I built for school?
Yes, if it’s yours and it’s real.
Is there an entry fee?
No.
Do I keep ownership of what I build?
Yes. All of it.
What if I can't get to Badagry for the final?
Finalists need to be in the room on 27 November. We help with transport for school teams.
I have more questions. Who do I ask?
Contact us at hello@technowglobal.org, subject “Builder Challenge”.
How to enter
One form. It asks who you are, what the problem is, what you’ve built, and for a link or a two-minute video. Twenty minutes if you already have the thing; longer if you’re still building it, which is fine.