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THE JOURNEY CONTINUES… 🇪🇬🌍🇳🇬 From Egypt to the rest of Africa, what a remarkable journey it has been! @MCITEgypt | @NEPAD_Agency | @_AfricanUnion | @OfficialAPET As we close the third chapter of the Presidential African Youth in AI & Robotics Competition 2026, we extend our heartfelt appreciation to the Government of Egypt, our Honorary Sponsor H.E President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology @MCITEgypt and all our visionary Egyptian partners for hosting this edition and contributing to a legacy that will continue to inspire generations of African innovators.🫡 Thank you! 🇪🇬🇪🇬🇪🇬🌍 To our winners, congratulations! Your journey has only just begun. Your ideas, ingenuity and determination shape the future Africa is building.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 To all participating innovators, judges, mentors, partners and sponsors, thank you for being part of this journey and for making this edition possible. We extend our deepest gratitude our esteemed Diamond Sponsors and Partners: @afreximbank | @badeabank And all our partners: @AfDB_Group | @ITU | @AIforGood | @SADC_News | @easteco1 | @WeRobotics For those who could not join our virtual awards ceremony, you can watch the celebration here: 🔗 drive.google.com/file/d/1XXj… And now, the journey moves forward. 🇳🇬 ALL ROADS LEAD TO LAGOS!🌍✨ #ARIH 📣Stay tuned for the next chapter and further announcements. Africa’s next generation of innovators is just getting started. #PresidentialAfricanYouthAICompetition #ARIH #AIForGood #AfricanInnovation #AIforAfrica #YouthInInnovation #Robotics The Journey Continues!🌍✨

✨🌍CELEBRATING BRILLIANT AFRICAN MINDS! 🎖️Meet Marie from Niger 🇳🇪, a winner from the third cohort of the Presidential African Youth in AI and Robotics Competition 2026. Marie is leveraging Agentic AI to strengthen food security through Saheli, an AI-powered platform designed to forecast food insecurity. 💡What makes her innovation particularly compelling is its multi-agent architecture. Saheli runs a pipeline of five specialised AI agents that analyse climate, conflict and market data in real time to forecast emerging food insecurity risks. And this is not just a concept or a prototype on paper. Saheli is a real-world deployment, demonstrating how Agentic AI can be applied to complex, interconnected challenges affecting communities across Africa. As the continent confronts growing food security challenges, innovations that combine data intelligence, predictive capabilities and context-relevant technology are increasingly important. Marie’s work has been tested in Niger and can be monitored through a smartphone. It represents the kind of bold, purposeful innovation we seek to champion: young Africans harnessing emerging technologies to address real challenges and shape solutions for the continent. Congratulations, Marie! 👏 We extend our gratitude to all our partners and sponsors for investing in African Talent: @NEPAD_Agency | @_AfricanUnion | @OfficialAPET | @MCITEgypt | @afreximbank | @badeabank | @AfDB_Group | @ITU | @AIforGood | @easteco1 | @SADC_News | @WeRobotics Africa’s future will be shaped by the ingenuity of its young innovators. #AfricanInnovation #AgenticAI #FoodSecurity #YouthInAI #PresidentialYouthCompetition #AfricaRising

🌍CELEBRATING BRILLIANT AFRICAN MINDS!✨ Introducing our winners from the third cohort of the Presidential African Youth in AI and Robotics Competition 2026! Today, we take a journey to Nigeria 🇳🇬 ..She walked into a workshop in Nigeria and built an electric vehicle from scratch, using materials sourced from local markets.👏🏽 🎖️ Meet Elizabeth Chiketarauba, a Mechatronics Engineering student at the University of Benin and winner in the Best Robotics Design category. Her innovation, Torquenova, is no ordinary electric vehicle. It doubles as a mobile power station, designed to tackle two pressing challenges: energy access and mobility. ⚡ It can power small businesses such as barbershops and phone-charging stations, as well as support household electricity needs. 🤖 Its AI-powered diagnostic system monitors vehicle components and communicates critical information through voice alerts and dashboard notifications. 🆘 It also features an emergency SMS alert system to notify designated contacts in the event of an accident. Elizabeth is now advancing Torquenova’s development, with the ambition of taking it from an operational prototype to a commercially available vehicle. What makes this particularly inspiring is that she is not simply adapting imported technology. She is engineering, building and testing her own solution right here in Africa. Congratulations, Elizabeth Chiketarauba! 🇳🇬👏🏽 We extend our deepest appreciation to all our partners and sponsors for investing in African Talent: @NEPAD_Agency| @_AfricanUnion | @OfficialAPET |@MCITEgypt | @badeabank | @afreximbank | @ITU | @AIforGood | @AfDB_Group | @SADC_News | @easteco1 | @WeRobotics Africa’s future will not just be driven by innovation. It will be built by African innovators. #ARIH #AYAIR #AfricanInnovation #WomenInSTEM #Robotics #ElectricMobility #EnergyAccess

🌍 CELEBRATING BRILLIANT AFRICAN MINDS!✨ Introducing our winners from the third cohort of the Presidential African Youth in AI and Robotics Competition 2026! Today, we take a journey to Tanzania 🇹🇿 🥇 Meet Mohamed, founder of #Index, an AI-powered learning platform enhancing secondary school education. 💡What if every African student could have a teacher, examiner and learning assistant available whenever they study, wherever they are? Even when visually impaired. That is the vision behind #Index.🌍 The platform gives students access to learning resources across all four levels of secondary education, with AI-powered support that helps them explore difficult concepts, access real-world examples and deepen their understanding. But what makes #Index particularly meaningful is its commitment to inclusive education. Through AI-powered audio support, students with visual impairments can listen to lessons, difficult terms, definitions and explanations, making educational content more accessible and supporting greater independence in learning. And there is more. Index goes beyond conventional multiple-choice assessments. Students can answer open-ended questions, receive AI-powered marking and personalised feedback, and generate examinations directly from their learning materials to test their knowledge and practise at their own pace. This is AI expanding the boundaries of who gets to learn, how they learn and the opportunities available to them. Mohamed’s innovation reminds us that the future of education must be accessible to every learner, including those too often left out of conventional digital learning systems. We extend our deepest appreciation to all our partners and sponsors for investing in African Talent and advancing inclusive access to education through solutions like Mohamed’s: @NEPAD_Agency |@_AfricanUnion | @OfficialAPET | @MCITEgypt | @badeabank | @afreximbank | @ITU | @AIforGood |@AfDB_Group | @SADC_News | @easteco1 | @WeRobotics Through this platform, we are proud to champion young African innovators who are translating emerging technologies into solutions with meaningful societal relevance. Congratulations, Mohammed! 🇹🇿👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 The future of education is not just intelligent. It must be inclusive. #ARIH #AYAIR #AfricanInnovation #InclusiveAI #EdTech #AIinEducation #Accessibility #YouthInAI

🌍 CELEBRATING BRILLIANT AFRICAN MINDS! Introducing our winners from the third cohort of the Presidential African Youth in AI and Robotics Competition 2026! Today we take a journey to Mali 🇲🇱 🥇 Meet Zeid Ombotimbe, founder of #Niani. Zeid is building an AI-powered financial intelligence infrastructure designed to transform how African capital markets access and use financial data. Using #AI, OCR and large language models, Niani converts fragmented financial reports and scanned stock market documents into structured, machine-readable intelligence, making market information more accessible, comparable and useful across African exchanges. By addressing a critical data infrastructure gap, Niani is contributing to a future where African financial markets are better connected, more transparent and increasingly accessible to investors and innovators. Congratulations, Zeid, for building a solution that speaks to Africa’s evolving financial and technological landscape! We look forward to witnessing your growth. Our deepest appreciation goes to our partners and sponsors for investing in African talent and supporting the next generation of African innovators: @NEPAD_Agency | @OfficialAPET | @MCITEgypt | @_AfricanUnion | @afreximbank | @badeabank | @AfDB_Group | @ITU | @AIforGood | @WeRobotics | @easteco1 | @SADC_News Africa’s future is being built by its innovators. And we are proud to help bring their ideas to the world.

✨🌍AFRICA’S NEXT GENERATION IS ALREADY BUILDING THE FUTURE. 🦾🥳 From Egypt 🇪🇬to the African continent, we came together to celebrate the exceptional young innovators using Artificial Intelligence and Robotics to shape Africa’s tomorrow. The Virtual Awards Ceremony of the Third edition of Presidential African Youth in AI and Robotics Competition 2026 marked another important milestone in our journey to identify, elevate and empower Africa’s emerging technology talent. Behind every winning solution is a young African mind daring to imagine differently, solve real-world challenges and turn possibility into progress. It was an honour to bring together distinguished leaders, experts and ecosystem partners whose contributions reaffirmed a shared conviction: Africa’s technological future must be shaped by African talent, African ingenuity and solutions grounded in our realities. To our distinguished speakers, our expert panel of judges, partners and everyone who has supported this journey, thank you for being part of this continental mission. And to our winners: this is not the end of your journey. It is the beginning of what comes next. We look forward to seeing your ideas grow, your innovations reach new communities, and your work inspire the next generation. Africa is not simply preparing for the future of AI and Robotics. Our young people are already building it. CONGRATULATIONS to all our winners! 🥳👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 📹 Watch the unveiling video if you missed it! 📌A recap of this session will also be made available once ready. We extend our deepest gratitude to all our sponsors and partners: @NEPAD_Agency | @_AfricanUnion | @OfficialAPET | @MCITEgypt | @badeabank | @afreximbank | @ITU | @AIforGood | @AfDB_Group | @easteco1 | @SADC_News |@WeRobotics #AfricanInnovation #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #YouthInnovation #DigitalTransformation #Africa

✨HAVE YOU REGISTERED YET? ⏰TOMORROW! Africa’s next generation of AI and Robotics innovators takes centre stage. @NEPAD_Agency | @OfficialAPET | @_AfricanUnion | @MCITEgypt Welcome to a continental celebration of African ingenuity. A future full of possibilities.🌍✨ Join us as we unveil the winners and celebrate the exceptional young African minds building solutions for Africa’s tomorrow during the Virtual Awards Ceremony of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition. ✨The countdown is on! Don’t miss it! 29 October 2026
 ⏰14:00–16:00 SAST | 15:00–17:00 Cairo time REGISTER NOW: zoom.us/meeting/register/D0W… Witness the talent. Celebrate the innovation. Shape the future.🦾 Together, we are building the Africa We Want. #AfricanInnovation #AIandRobotics #AfricanYouth #STISA2034 #Agenda2063 We extend deepest gratitude to all our sponsors and partners: @badeabank | @afreximbank | @ITU | @AIforGood | @AfDB_Group | @WeRobotics | @easteco1 | @SADC_News

We are pleased to share that our CEO, @BaldwinYvonna, will be speaking at the World Investment Forum 2026 in Doha, Qatar She will join the Global Investment Promotion Conference for a discussion on “Digital Investment Frontiers: Attracting the Industries of Tomorrow,” exploring how investment can unlock emerging industries, accelerate digital transformation, and create opportunities for sustainable economic growth. Convened by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the World Investment Forum is a flagship global investment platform, bringing together leaders, investors, policymakers, and innovators from more than 160 countries. We look forward to contributing to these important conversations on the future of investment and the opportunities shaping tomorrow’s digital economy. Attending #WIF2026 in Doha? Let’s connect! worldinvestmentforum.unctad.… #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026 #WIF2026 #DohaWIF2026 #DigitalInvestment #InvestmentPromotion #DigitalEconomy #EleVateAIAfrica

✨The innovation Phenomenal! 🌍The talent absolutely Extraordinary! Africa’s next generation of AI and robotics innovators is intentionally leveraging technology for socioeconomic development. @NEPAD_Agency | @OfficialAPET| @_AfricanUnion | @MCITEgypt 📣Welcome to the Virtual Awards Ceremony for the 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition 2026! After the Presidential Award recipients were announced at the Alamein Africa Forum in Al-Alamein, Egypt 🇪🇬 The celebration continues as we honour Africa’s outstanding AI and robotics innovators whose ideas are pushing boundaries and reimagining what is possible for Africa.🦾 From bold ideas to solutions with the potential to transform lives, these young innovators are showing us what happens when African talent meets the power of AI and robotics. 🌍 12 categories. Exceptional African talent. One extraordinary celebration. 📣 YOU ARE INVITED! Join us for the Final Virtual Awards Ceremony of the 2026 Presidential African Youth in AI and Robotics Competition as we celebrate outstanding innovators, reveal the category winners and rankings, and recognize the bold ideas shaping Africa’s technological future.👇🏾 🔗 REGISTER NOW: zoom.us/meeting/register/D0W… 📅 Date:29th October 2026 ⏰ Time: 14:00-16:00 hrs SAST Be there. Celebrate excellence. Together we are building the Africa We Want. #STISA2034 #Agenda2063 We extend our deepest gratitude to all our sponsors and partners: @badeabank | @afreximbank| @AfDB_Group | @ITU | @AIforGood | @SADC_News | @easteco1 | @WeRobotics #AfricanInnovation #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics #YouthInInnovation #QuantumReserach

🇪🇬🌍 The 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition Presidential Awards Ceremony took place on 2 October 2026 at the Alamein Africa Forum; celebrating Africa’s extraordinary young innovators. 🦾✨ From 36 countries in our first edition to 49 African countries today, this journey continues to grow into a powerful continental platform for discovering and amplifying Africa’s next generation of innovators. 🏆 Presidential Award Winners & Finalists: 1. A.M.A.D — Egypt 2. Sambal AgroConnect — Nigeria 3. LaRouche — Ghana 4. BioScaffold — Egypt To every young African who submitted an idea: your courage to build solutions for our continent matters. 👏🏽 Our deepest gratitude to H.E. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for his honour and support, and to our Diamond Sponsors @afreximbank and @badeabank . Thank you to our Host, @MCITEgypt , our Alamein Africa Forum hosts, @MFAEgOfficial , Our Co-conveners @NEPAD_Agency , @OfficialAPET , @_AfricanUnion, and all our institutional partners and supporters @SADC_News @easteco1 @WeRobotics @AfDB_Group @ITU @AIforGood ✨ This is only the beginning. Africa’s future is being built now. Stay tuned for the virtual awards ceremony celebrating our winners across the other 11 categories! #PresidentialAfricanYouthInAIandRobotics #AIforAfrica #AfricanInnovation #YouthInAI

✨ 📣 The moment has arrived. All roads lead to New Alamein City. 🇪🇬🌍 @NEPAD_Agency | @_AfricanUnion | @OfficialAPET | @MCITEgypt On 2nd October 2026, the 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition reaches its defining highlight: the Presidential Awards Ceremony at the Alamein Africa Forum. 🏆 Presidential Awards Ceremony 📅 2 October 2026 🕚 11:00–11:30 📍 New Alamein City, Egypt Under the Honorary Sponsorship of H.E. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, we gather to celebrate Africa’s brilliant young minds and the ideas shaping our continent’s technological future. The stage is set. The future is here. Welcome to a celebration of Africa’s brilliant young minds; building inclusive, context-aware solutions for socioeconomic development, unlocking intra-African trade and positioning Africa as a significant contributor to the global technology landscape. We extend our deepest gratitude to our co-conveners, sponsors, judges, institutional and strategic partners for being part of this transformative continental journey: @afreximbank | @badeabank | @SADC_News | East African Community @easteco1 | @AfDB_Group | @ITU | @AIforGood | @WeRobotics View Programme: alameinforum.com Tomorrow, we celebrate the innovators shaping what comes next. 🏆🌍 #PresidentialAward #AI #Robotics #AfricanInnovation #AlameinAfricaForum

✨Welcome to the Third Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition 2026. @NEPAD_Agency | @_AfricanUnion | @OfficialAPET | @MCITEgypt 🇪🇬 Held under the Honorary Sponsorship of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, this year’s edition brings together Africa’s young innovators, leveraging frontier technologies to solve African challenges and advance inclusive socioeconomic development. 12 Categories | 5,972 submissions in 2026 | 49 African countries | 10,000+ submissions across three editions. An AU #STISA2034-aligned initiative, the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition has grown into a pan-African platform connecting talent, technology and opportunity across the continent. And now, the journey reaches its defining moment. From East, West, Central and Southern Africa, all roads lead to El Alamein, Egypt, for the Presidential Awards Ceremony of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition 2026. Taking place as part of the distinguished Alamein Africa Forum, this landmark gathering brings together African leadership, business, innovation and opportunity. alameinforum.com/ ⏰The Presidential Awards Ceremony 📍El Alamein, Egypt | 2 October 2026 Alamein Africa Forum Welcome celebration of African ingenuity. A celebration of a generation stepping forward, building with intention and solving African problems through context-aware technology. A generation shaping what comes next. We celebrate all our finalists and young innovators who have brought their ideas, solutions and vision forward and everyone who took the time to participate. Your ideas matter. To our expert judges, partners, sponsors and institutions; thank you for believing in this platform and in the power of African talent! @_AfricanUnion | @NEPAD_Agency | @OfficialAPET | @MCITEgypt | @afreximbank | @badeabank | @AfDB_Group | @SADC_News | @jumuiya @easteco1 | @ITU | @AIforGood | @WeRobotics We look forward to welcoming you to Al-Alamein. See you at the Presidential Awards Ceremony. 🇪🇬🌍🤖 #AYAIR2026 #AlameinAfricaSummit #AfricanYouthInAI #AIForAfrica #Robotics #Africa #Innovation

📣THE BIG REVEAL IS HERE! ✨🌍From the Island states to the hinterland of Africa, a new generation is leveraging technology to solve real problems and shape Africa’s future @NEPAD_Agency | @OfficialAPET | @_AfricanUnion | @MCITEgypt After months of adjudication and due diligence, we are proud to unveil the 2026 AYAIR Finalists. 5,972 submissions | 49 countries | One extraordinary generation 🙌🏾 ✨Meet our Top 36 finalists in no particular order. To our esteemed Expert Panel of Judges, we salute your dedication, expertise, and invaluable contribution to shaping Africa’s next generation of innovators. 🤝 We extend our deepest gratitude to our Esteemed Diamond Sponsors, @afreximbank | @badeabank and our valued partners @SADC_News | @AfDB_Group | @ITU | @AIforGood | East African Community East African Science and Technology Commission @easteco1 | @WeRobotics thank you for believing in African youth and innovation.🤝 👏🏽To our finalists: this is your moment. 🚀 Africa’s future is being built.🦾 #AYAIR2026 #AfricanYouth #AI #Robotics #Innovation #Africa

🌍 THE WAIT HAS BEEN LONG. THE ANTICIPATION… ELECTRIC!⚡ @OfficialAPET | @NEPAD_Agency | @_AfricanUnion | @MCITEgypt For over two months, ideas have been challenged, scrutinized and rigorously assessed. ⚖️ ✨Our esteemed expert panel of judges has undertaken an extensive adjudication and due diligence process to identify the young innovators whose ideas have the potential to move beyond possibility and into real-world impact.🌍 Now, the wait is almost over! 📣On 17 September 2026, we unveil the 2026 Cohort of Finalists of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Competition. They are building solutions to African challenges. Creating jobs and new opportunities. Opening pathways to participation in the digital economy. And helping shape the technological and economic future of our continent. From imagination to innovation. From innovation to opportunity. From opportunity to impact. The future does not arrive fully formed; It is built by those courageous enough to imagine it. The 2026 edition is held under the Honorary Sponsorship of H.E. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt 🇪🇬 We are deeply grateful to the visionary institutions standing behind this movement and investing in Africa’s next generation of innovators: @afreximbank | @badeabank | @NEPAD_Agency | @_AfricanUnion | @OfficialAPET | @MCITEgypt | @SADC_News | @AfDB_Group | @ITU | @AIforGood | @jumuiya @easteco1 East African Scienceand Technology Commission EASTECO | @WeRobotics ⏰17.09.2026 The finalists will be revealed. The next chapter begins. Stay tuned for some exciting Updates!

🌐🇺🇳Inclusive innovation takes shape here. As the global community gathers in Geneva, Switzerland🇨🇭 for the AI for Good Global Summit 2026, Ele-Vate AI Africa is proud to present “How Young African Innovators Are Applying AI to Solve Real-World Challenges” on the Frontier Stage at the AI for Good Global Summit 2026.🌍 ✨ As a valued partner of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Competition, AI for Good and International Telecommunication Union continue to provide a global platform that champions AI in service of humanity, advancing inclusive, equitable and sustainable development through responsible innovation. aiforgood.itu.int/event/how-…