Call for submissions
The African Agentic AI Design Challenge
Build a working agentic AI for a real African institution.
This challenge is open to not only developers but problem solvers located anywhere in Africa. The task is simple! Build an agentic AI, using MCP, plus open-source tools, that solves a real workflow problem facing African institutions.
Every track shares the same shape. A real bottleneck. A non-negotiable human-in-the-loop rule: Your AI agent recommends, a human-in-the-loop decides.
Top 40 submissions are shortlisted, get mentor support and compute credits, and the best 10 go on to showcase at the MCP Dev Summit in Nairobi this November!! The top 40 will form the first cohort of a visible pipeline of agentic AI developers on the continent; and your submission is how you enter it.
- 7 days
- to build
- 20 min
- live review
- 4
- tracks
- All of Africa
- open to builders resident anywhere
Four tracks. Choose one.
Each track is a complete brief: the scenario, its sub-themes, requirements, prizes, rubric and rules. Open one to read it, then apply.
- Healthcare
The Triage Desk
Get a patient in front of the right level of urgency faster — sourced, and never a diagnosis.
Read the brief → - Governance
The Bid Box Challenge
Build an agentic AI that evaluates public tenders — five days to build, then twenty minutes live in your own code.
Read the brief → - Agriculture
The Extension Backlog
Turn scattered farm, weather and market data into a defensible recommendation for a real extension office.
Read the brief → - Education
The Long View
Follow one learner across years, not one term — early enough for a teacher to act on it.
Read the brief →