For partners
Bring your company. Meet the builders.
Reach Africa’s students and builders through hacks, challenges and research prizes.
Shared ambition
Talent is everywhere. Let's give it somewhere to go.
Read the partner story
Hacks so far in Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda. Research prizes open across Africa.
Choose a programme below and shape it with us for the community you want to reach.
Hacks
Sponsor a hack.
What you can bring
Bring your tools
Your tools, APIs or credits in builders’ hands.
Share your know-how
Domain experts who unblock teams and judge demos.
Bring your people
Your people working side by side with student builders.
Reach campus builders
Put your brief in front of students through campus hubs.
Hacks backed so far by Major League Hacking · Cohere · Google Cloud · Google Gemini · Devpost · Adaptation AI · DigitalOcean
Challenges
Set a challenge.
- A clear brief
- Time to build
- Milestones. Mentor feedback.
- A final demo
Proposed briefs · applications not open
Prizes
Fund a research prize.
- Back original undergraduate and postgraduate research.
- Awards judged by expert panels.
- A visible commitment to African research.
Six fields to back
Campus connections
Meet builders. Campus by campus.
- Kigali
- Ikeja
- Nairobi
- Abeokuta
- Lagos
Our partners
See who brings what.
Major League Hacking
Hackathon infrastructure behind Build Zero — Nairobi and UNILAG.
Cohere
AI infrastructure and mentorship at Future in 48.
Google Cloud
Cloud infrastructure and Gemini credits at Build Zero.
Google Gemini
Student AI benefits and project support at Build Zero — UNILAG.
Adaptation AI
$800 in AI cloud credits for every Build Zero — UNILAG participant.
Fidelity Bank
Industry partner at Build Zero — UNILAG.
Devpost
The submissions platform behind Build Zero.
Space ya Tech
Community partner for Build Zero — Nairobi.
Crafts.School
General technology education partner supporting b54 builders and researchers.
Global Mentorship Initiative
General career mentorship partner supporting the b54 community.
Working together
Talk. Plan. Make it happen.
Share your goal.
Tell us your goal and the people you want to reach.
Design together.
Agree the format, timeline, budget, and goals together.
Run. Learn. Measure.
Run the programme, review the results, and agree what comes next.
Your next move