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✨🌍 IT. IS. OFFICIAL. 🌍✨ 📣The 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition 2026 is OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED and NOW OPEN for applications! 🦾✨ Launched TODAY at the African Union’s Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Week, alongside the unveiling of the African Union’s STISA-2034 Framework; Africa’s bold roadmap to accelerate our transition into an innovation-led, knowledge-based economy in line with Agenda 2063. In collaboration with the @_AfricanUnion, @NEPAD_Agency & @OfficialAPET we are proud to announce that the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition is now an official STISA-2034 aligned initiative. 🌍✨ This is where bold, context-relevant African innovation meets continental priorities, global relevance, and real, measurable development impact. We are extremely proud and honoured to announce that the host country for the 3rd Edition (2026) is the Arab Republic of Egypt! 🇪🇬@MCITEgypt To the young innovators of Africa: This is your moment. Your platform. Your time. 📣Applications are OPEN. 🌍 Together let us build the Africa we want! #Agenda2063 Find out more & apply here: 👉🏽lnkd.in/dWXY2TyR #Egypt2026 #AfricanExcellence #AI4Africa #STISA2034 #Agenda2063 #YouthInAI #Robotics #InnovationWithImpact Our deepest gratitude goes to our partners and sponsors: @afreximbank @badeabank @AfDB_Group @SADC_News @WeRobotics

✨ After a year-long journey, it all comes down to this! The #AIforGood Innovation Factory Grand Finale brings together the most promising #AI startups from around the world, ready to pitch their solutions live on a global stage. Four top #entrepreneurs will present their AI-driven #innovations, each tackling real-world challenges with scalable impact. With high-stakes pitches and live Q&A from a jury of world-renowned #experts, this is where ideas turn into opportunity, and where the next breakthrough begins. At the #AIforGood Global Summit, you won’t just hear about #innovation, you’ll witness it. Discover the #startups shaping the future and competing for recognition, funding, and global visibility. 👉 Join us in Geneva 7–10 July. Register now: aiforgood.itu.int/summit26/passes Our Innovation Factory Local Chapters! @Akbank, Generalitat de Catalunya (@gencat)

✨🌍 No great human achievement has ever existed without effort. This Labour Day, we celebrate the hands that shape our world and the dignity, resilience and purpose behind every act of work. Today, we also proudly celebrate and appreciate our incredible team at Ele-vate AI Africa. Your passion, brilliance, and commitment to building impactful, inclusive technology are the true driving force behind everything we do. Thank you for showing up, pushing boundaries, and turning vision into reality every single day. ✨Happy International Worker’s Day! 🛠️🦾 #InternationalWorkersDay #DignityOfLabor #SocialJustice #Respect #TeamAppreciation

The 3rd Edition of the STISA Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition will bring together young African talent pushing the boundaries of technology, innovation, and homegrown solutions on the continent. Join us on 6 May 2026, from 13:00 to 15:00 SAST, to witness what African youth are building and what it means for the continent's future. Register here to secure your spot: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

✨🌍 7 DAYS TO GO! In just one week, we go live with an exclusive webinar for the 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in AI & Robotics Competition 2026 an initiative under the African Union’s Science Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa STISA 2034. Join us to find out how you can to turn your bold ideas into real, scalable impact across the continent. 📅 6 May 2026 
⏰ 13:00–15:00 (GMT+2) | 14:00–16:00 (GMT+3 Cairo time) 
💻 Zoom Hosted by @NEPAD_Agency, @Ele_VateAI Africa, and the Government of Egypt @MCITEgypt, you’ll gain:
✨ Insider tips on how to apply and stand out
✨ Access to funding, mentorship & continental exposure
✨ A chance to compete for a $120,000 prize pool
✨ Direct engagement with the organizers Whether you’re a researcher, developer, founder, student or innovator; if you’re building for Africa, this is for you. 🌍 Theme: Inclusivity, Education & Context-Relevant Innovation for Africa’s Tomorrow 🔗 Secure your spot now:
zoom.us/webinar/regist… Together, let us build the Africa we Want! #Agenda2063 #AI #Robotics #YouthInTech #STISA2034 #Egypt2026 #InclusiveInnovation #Quantumresearch We extend our deepest appreciation to all our visionary sponsors and partners: @_AfricanUnion @NEPAD_Agency @OfficialAPET @MCITEgypt @badeabank @afreximbank @SADC_News @easteco1 @AfDB_Group @ITU @AIforGood @WeRobotics

✨🌍 Calling Africa’s next generation of AI & Robotics leaders, this is your moment! Join our exclusive webinar to discover how YOU can build impactful, scalable solutions that shape Africa’s future through the 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in AI & Robotics Competition 2026 an initiative under the African Union’s Science Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa -STISA 2034. 📅 6 May 2026 ⏰ 13:00–15:00 (GMT+2) | Cairo time 💻 Live on Zoom Hosted by @NEPAD_Agency @OfficialAPET , @Ele_VateAI, and the Government of Egypt @MCITEgypt 🇪🇬, this session will walk you through: ✨ How to apply and stand out ✨ Funding, mentorship & continental exposure opportunities ✨ Access to a $120,000 prize pool ✨ Direct engagement with organizers Whether you’re a researcher, a student, a developer, a founder, or young technology entrepreneur; if you’re building for Africa, this is for you. 🌍 Theme: Inclusivity, Education & Context-Relevant Innovation for Africa’s Tomorrow 🔗 Register here to secure your spot: zoom.us/webinar/regist… #AI #Robotics #AfricaInnovation #YouthInTech #STISA2034 #FutureOfAfrica #Innovation We extend our deepest appreciation to all our visionary sponsors and partners: @_AfricanUnion @NEPAD_Agency @OfficialAPET @MCITEgypt @badeabank @afreximbank @AIforGood @ITU @SADC_News @easteco1 @WeRobotics

Which #EmergingTechnologies should Africa prioritise next? #APET wants your input to guide #InclusiveGrowth and innovation. Africa’s future is being shaped now. Your expertise belongs in this conversation.👇 🗓 30 April 2026 🔗 bit.ly/41JaDN0 #Agenda2063

💡 There’s a persistent gap in Africa’s AI and Robotics narrative: What institutions say vs what communities actually experience. The Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Competition is actively changing that. 👉 ele-vate.co.za/african-youth-… It is not another policy conversation. It is execution. It takes AI out of strategy documents and puts it into the hands of young Africans building real solutions for real problems across critical sectors driving Africa’s Development. 🦾 ✨ ⚡ From rhetoric to working prototypes ⚡ From isolation to connected ecosystems ⚡ From skills gaps to real capability ⚡ From youth exclusion to youth leadership ⚡ From ideas to commercialization pathways This is what structurally anchored innovation looks like and it is already taking shape across the continent. In doing so, it is closing the gap between institutional ambition and lived reality. ✨ 🤝 🌍Our sincere appreciation to all our partners & sponsors whose foresight and commitment are enabling this transition from promise to practice across the continent: @_AfricanUnion @NEPAD_Agency @OfficialAPET @MCITEgypt @badeabank @afreximbank @the_dtic @ITU @AfDB_Group @SADC_News @AIforGood @WeRobotics @easteco1

*🚀 Presidential African Youth in AI & Robotics Competition* 🌍 Continental initiative advancing Africa’s leadership in 4IR 🤖 Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics & Emerging Technologies 🤝 Co-convened by AUDA-NEPAD & Ele-vate AI Africa Eligibility: •

Hello Lusaka! 🇿🇲 Calling all bold, curious, and ambitious young minds ready to shape Africa’s digital future! 🌍✨ Join us tomorrow at the @NEPAD_Agency AUDA-NEPAD AI Skills, Career Pathways & Innovation Activation and discover what’s possible when talent meets opportunity. 📍 University of Zambia (UNZA) 📅 10 April 2026 ⏰ 12:00 – 15:00 Find out more about the 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in AI & Robotics Competition ➡️ where Africa’s next generation of innovators steps forward. More than a competition, it is a launchpad. A space where ideas become innovations, skills turn into careers, and passion meets real-world impact.✨ If you’re a young innovator in Zambia, this is where you need to be! 📲 Tag your genius friend who needs to be in the room. See you there! We extend our sincere appreciation to all our visionary sponsors and partners: @NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @OfficialAPET @MCITEgypt @badeabank @afreximbank @SADC_News @easteco1 @ITU @AIforGood @UNZA_ZM @WeRobotics

✨We extend our warmest Easter wishes to all celebrating. Wishing you a season of peace, renewal, hope, and strength. Happy Easter!🐣 ✨ #Easter #GoodFriday

✨🌍Welcome to the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Competition 2026. @NEPAD_Agency @OfficialAPET @_AfricanUnion 🦾This year, this prestigious continental competition will be proudly hosted by the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt🇪🇬 @MCITEgypt Welcome to a platform where Africa’s brightest ideas take center stage.🌍✨ From healthcare to climate action solutions… From agriculture to infrastructure development… Africa’s youth are creating technologies that solve real challenges and transform lives. 📣🗓️Submissions are still open: 10 February 2026 – 30 May 2026 We invite all eligible African youth to step forward, share their ideas, and help shape the continent’s technological future.🦾✨ Find out more and participate: ele-vate.co.za/african-youth-… Final Showcase (New Dates): 1–2 October 2026 This is innovation with impact. This is Africa’s technology future in motion. We extend our deepest appreciation to all our sponsors and partners: @_AfricanUnion @OfficialAPET @NEPAD_Agency @SADC_News @MCITEgypt @afreximbank @badeabank @AfDB_Group @ITU @AIforGood @the_dtic @WeRobotics @easteco1 #Agenda2063 ✨🌍Together, we are building the Africa we want. The Presidential African youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics competition is an official AU Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa STISA 2034 initiative. au.int/en/documents/2… #Egypt2026 #AfricanExcellence #AI4Africa #STISA2034 #InclusiveAI #Agenda2063 #YouthInAI #Robotics #InnovationWithImpact

🌙✨ Eid Mubarak to our colleagues, partners, and friends. We extend our warmest wishes on this special occasion. May this Eid inspire reflection, compassion, solidarity and gratitude, deepening our shared sense of humanity. 🤍

✨Bienvenue à la troisième édition du concours présidentiel des jeunes africains en intelligence artificielle et robotique. @NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @OfficialAPET De Port-Louis à Kinshasa, une nouvelle génération d’innovateurs africains s’impose avec ambition et détermination. Les esprits les plus audacieux du continent façonnent dès aujourd’hui l’avenir de l’intelligence artificielle et de la robotique en Afrique.🦾🌍✨ L’édition 2026 de ce prestigieux concours est fièrement organisée en collaboration avec le Gouvernement de la République arabe d’Égypte 🇪🇬 @MCITEgypt C’est ici que les idées les plus brillantes du continent prennent toute leur dimension. Une plateforme dédiée à une innovation de rupture, ancrée dans les réalités africaines. Un espace où des solutions concrètes rencontrent des technologies évolutives et à fort impact. Bien plus qu’une simple compétition, ce concours constitue un véritable vivier continental de talents africains à fort potentiel d’investissement, ainsi qu’un tremplin pour les innovateurs qui façonnent l’avenir numérique de l’Afrique. Les candidatures sont désormais ouvertes. Nous invitons l’ensemble des jeunes Africains éligibles à se mobiliser, à partager leurs idées et à contribuer activement à bâtir l’avenir technologique du continent. 📣Postulez dès maintenant : ele-vate.co.za/african-youth-… Nous exprimons notre profonde gratitude à l’ensemble de nos partenaires et sponsors: @_AfricanUnion @NEPAD_Agency @OfficialAPET @SADC_News @badeabank @afreximbank @AIforGood @ITU @MCITEgypt @WeRobotics @AfDB_Group @easteco1 #Egypt2026 #AfricanExcellence #AI4Africa #STISA2034 #Agenda2063 #YouthInAI #Robotics #InnovationWithImpact

On International Women’s Day, #AIforGood celebrates women who are not just advancing #Ai, but are reshaping its purpose #IWD2026 Meet Yvonne Baldwin Mushi, co-founder and CEO of @Ele_VateAI Africa and winner at the AI for Good Innovation Factory 2025. Watch the interview with Yvonne here: youtu.be/ImeoifKO5wk

This International Women’s Day, we honour the courage, brilliance, and unstoppable force of women shaping a better world. @Ele_VateAI, we believe that when women rise, communities rise, innovation rises, and the future rises with them. #givetogain #InternationalWomensDay #MamaMate #InclusiveInnovation

✨🌍 From Cape Town to Cairo, Africa’s youth are building the future of AI & Robotics. @NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @OfficialAPET The 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Competition 2026 is officially OPEN. This is more than a competition. It is a continental platform for bold ideas, real solutions, and scalable innovation built for Africa. This 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Competition 2026 is proudly hosted by the Government of Egypt @MCITEgypt, this initiative brings together Africa’s brightest young minds to shape the technologies that will define our future. 🦾Applications are now OPEN!✨ If you are a young African innovator, researcher, or builder in AI & Robotics; this stage is for you. 🔍Learn more and apply: ele-vate.co.za/african-youth-… To our partners and sponsors investing in Africa’s innovation ecosystem; thank you for helping unlock the potential of the continent’s next generation. @NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @OfficialAPET @badeabank @afreximbank @AfDB_Group @SADC_News @ITU @AIforGood @easteco1 @WeRobotics @the_dtic Together, we are building the Africa we want! #Agenda2063 The Presidential African youth in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics competition is an official AU Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa STISA 2034 initiative. Find out more about #STISA2034 here: au.int/sites/default/…

🌸 This Women’s Month, we honour more than strength; we honour survival. Every day, over 700 women and up to 7,000 newborns die from preventable causes linked to pregnancy and childbirth; the vast majority in low-resource settings. This is not inevitable. It is a systemic failure. Created in Africa, MamaMate is the world’s first offline, AI-powered maternal health infrastructure; delivering life-saving guidance where there is no internet, no specialist, and often no second chance. Because where a woman lives should never determine whether she lives. MamaMate is scalable, dignified, last-mile health infrastructure aligned with SDG 3, 5, 9, 10 and 17. The technology is ready. The model is proven. The moment is now. This Women’s Month, don’t just celebrate women join us in building the systems that keep them alive. For more information: 📩 mamamate@ele-vate.co.za #WomensMonth #MamaMate #MaternalHealth #InvestInWomen #SDG3 #HealthEquity #AfricaInnovation #Agenda2063 @AIforGood @NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @WHO @ITU

#Partner2Connect new pledge: @i_amthecode is scaling its impact and inviting collaboration with partner organizations. This USD 5M+ pledge provides the mentorship and pathways needed to turn female learners into innovators itu.int/partner2connec…

📣 WELCOME TO AFRICA’S AI & ROBOTICS REVOLUTION!🌍✨ The 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Competition 2026 is officially OPEN. Launched during African Union STI Week at the 39th African Union Summit, and delivered in collaboration with @NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @OfficialAPET the competition is an official STISA-2034 initiative aligned with Agenda 2063. This continental platform empowers African AI and robotics innovators to develop context-relevant, scalable solutions addressing real development challenges. 🦾✨ The 3rd Edition of the Presidential African Youth in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Competition 2026 is proudly hosted by the Arab republic of Egypt @MCITEgypt 🇪🇬 This is not just a competition. It is Africa’s innovation infrastructure in motion 🌍✨ Find out more and participate: ele-vate.co.za/african-youth-… Our deepest gratitude goes to our partners and sponsors: @NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @OfficialAPET @MCITEgypt @afreximbank @badeabank @SADC_News @easteco1 @AfDB_Group @ITU @AIforGood @WeRobotics #Egypt2026 #AfricanExcellence #AI4Africa #STISA2034 #Agenda2063 #YouthInAI #Robotics #InnovationWithImpact

✨🌍 إنت شاب أو شابة مبتكر/ة وبتستخدم التكنولوجيا علشان تعمل تغيير حقيقي في مجتمعك؟ 📣 مسابقة الرئيس للشباب الأفريقي في الذكاء الاصطناعي والروبوتات اتطلقت رسميًا — والتقديم مفتوح دلوقتي! 🦾✨ @_AfricanUnion @NEPAD_Agency @OfficialAPET المسابقة دلوقتي في نسختها التالتة، وتم إطلاقها رسميًا في Addis Ababa، Ethiopia، خلال أسبوع العلوم والتكنولوجيا والابتكار (STI) التابع لـ African Union، وده كان ضمن فعاليات الدورة الـ39 لقمة رؤساء دول وحكومات الاتحاد الأفريقي، وبالتزامن مع إطلاق إطار STISA-2034 للاتحاد. وده جزء من الاستراتيجية الرسمية للقارة علشان تسرّع وتقوّي انتقالها لاقتصاد معتمد على الابتكار والمعرفة والتكنولوجيا، واقتصاد يقدر يعتمد على نفسه، بما يتماشى مع أجندة 2063. #Agenda2063 #STISA2034 وإحنا فخورين نعلن إن مسابقة الرئيس للشباب الأفريقي في الذكاء الاصطناعي والروبوتات بقت رسميًا مبادرة معتمدة ضمن إطار STISA-2034. ✨🌍 والحماس مستمر… وبكل فخر واعتزاز بنعلن رسميًا إن جمهورية Egypt العربية هتستضيف النسخة التالتة من المسابقة في 2026! 🇪🇬@MCITEgypt 📣 لشباب أفريقيا — دي فرصتكم! اعرفوا تفاصيل أكتر وقدّموا من هنا: ele-vate.co.za/african-youth-… 🌍 سوا نبني أفريقيا اللي بنحلم بيها! #Egypt2026 #AfricanExcellence #AI4Africa #STISA2034 #Agenda2063 #YouthInAI #Robotics #InnovationWithImpact خالص شكرنا وتقديرنا لشركائنا ورعاتنا الكرام🤝✨@NEPAD_Agency @_AfricanUnion @OfficialAPET @badeabank @afreximbank @AIforGood @ITU @AfDB_Group @SADC_News @easteco1 @the_dtic @WeRobotics @Ele_VateAI