Clean Africa.
Compete for the continent.

A plan we can build.

Apply to solve one defined part of the challenge. Submit the complete online form and a detailed PDF by 18 November 2026 · 11:59 PM EAT (Nairobi). No applicant login is required. A short idea pitch alone is not a complete proposal.

Your required PDF

Recommended length: 5–8 pages, plus diagrams or appendices as needed. Maximum 10 MB. Use these headings:

1. Executive summary: problem, beneficiaries and measurable impact.
2. Event purpose and engineering role: why the Games need this solution and how it makes the event measurable, safe, repeatable or engaging.
3. Wider applications and transferability: specific uses beyond the river race, including what transfers and what must be adapted.
4. Race integration: operating sequence, shared-arena workflow and system interfaces.
5. Technical design: labelled diagrams, drawings, architecture or bill of materials.
6. Field operations: staffing, power, connectivity, maintenance and failure recovery.
7. Risk register: safety, privacy, environmental controls and required approvals.
8. Implementation schedule: milestones, accountable owners and field readiness.
9. Budget: itemized costs, currency, contingency, funding and recurring costs.
10. Team: relevant experience, responsibilities and capacity gaps.
11. Test plan: numeric pass/fail targets, test method, evidence and sign-off.
12. Dependencies, ownership, handover and repeat-event scalability.

Design for the actual event

The working concept has two teams collecting in the same river section, using both banks and separate collection carts, followed by a controlled final haul and verified weighing. The presentation is on 21 November 2026; the first race episode is targeted for February 2027. Its exact day, course, loads and scoring remain subject to organizer and specialist approval. List assumptions explicitly and explain how you will validate them.

Identify hazardous waste requiring specialist crews and any approvals needed before field trials. No proposal authorizes unsafe river access or unapproved equipment operation.

How proposals will be reviewed

Before the full application, a short AI fit check confirms that applicants understand the event and can identify credible uses beyond the race. At the final step, the uploaded PDF is automatically reviewed against every required area. Missing or underdeveloped sections must be corrected before submission. This is a completeness screen—not engineering approval, safety certification or final selection.