The Young Techies Festival (YTF) organised by Code Ambassadors , now in its fourth edition, is set to transform the city of Port Harcourt into a hub of innovation, creativity, and limitless possibilities on Saturday, July 19th, 2025, at the Celebr8 Event Centre, Olu-Obasanjo, Port Harcourt.

This year’s theme, “LIMITLESS: Explore, Create, and Lead,” is designed to empower kids and teens aged 8–17 with the tools, inspiration, and opportunities to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital world.

“Our kids are not backward because of our colour but because they lack exposure and platforms to express their creativity and ingenuity,” says Somkenechukwu Mamah, founder of Code Ambassadors and Convener of the Young Techies Festival.

What to Expect at YTF 4.0

Inspiring Speakers & Sessions

• Lucas Bruce (Founder, Olotu Square): Limitless with AI – How to use AI to create opportunities, not fear job loss.
  
• Angela George (Senior Systems Engineer, Unity): Game Development – Turning passion for gaming into a career.
  
• Mr. Ashford: From Watching Cartoons to Creating Animations—and Earning from It.
  
• Segun Adekola, a 17-year-old mobile app developer: My Tech Journey
  

Hands-On Tech Experiences

• Live 3D Printing Demonstrations
• Immersive Virtual Reality
• Hackathon Pitch: 10 young innovators pitch solutions to real-world problems

Big Wins Await

• Hackathon Prizes: 3 Laptops, Routers, and 3 Months of Data (courtesy of CESA)
• Coding Scholarships for 10 participants (sponsored by Market Square)
• Raffle Draw with exciting prizes: Smartwatches, VR Headsets, Juicers, MiFi Devices, and more!

Health & Parenting Corner

• Free Eye and Dental Check-Ups for the first 100 children (powered by Lotag Eye Clinic & Snow Dental Care)
• Parents’ Corner: A panel session on Parenting in the Digital Age: Finding the Balance Between Boundaries, Freedom & Tech
  

Powered by Amazing Sponsors

A huge thank you to RIO Foundation, CESA, Market Square, and Eleme Local Government Council for making YTF 4.0 possible. The event is also supported by Techeconomy.

Event Details

Venue: Celebr8 Event Centre, Olu-Obasanjo, Port Harcourt
Date: Saturday, July 19, 2025
Time: 9:00 AM Prompt
FREE Registration is here.

Don’t let your child miss this chance to explore the future of technology. REGISTER NOW and secure their spot for a transformative experience!

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They will be representing Nigeria and Africa in the World Summit finals which will take place in Silicon Valley, California, USA.

This global competition empowers young girls between the ages 8-18 to leverage technology to address pressing issues in their communities.

The talented team members:

• Oghenemaro Tejiri (12),
• Salome Akhabhau (11),
• Excel Barile-Nwika (11), and
• Goodness Nwonanne-Chima (12)— were coached by their mentor, Mr. Somkenechukwu Mamah, founder of Code Ambassadors, an organisation dedicated to training young mindsbetween the ages of 5-17 in technology, problem-solving, and entrepreneurship skills.

This year, nearly 11,000 girls from 69 countries participated, developing 3,200 tech-based solutions to community problems.

The team, Smart Elites, stood out with their innovative mobile application, AgriConnect, designed to combat food insecurity in Nigeria by connecting farmers with free land spaces. They competed with teams from Spain, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Canada, Kazakhstan, Japan, the United States and 62 other countries.

More about AgriConnect:

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture released a shocking report, saying that 31.5 million Nigerians will suffer from a food crisis and acute hunger between June and August this year, 2024!

This is because the main food-producing region, the North, is unable to produce enough food.

The solution to this problem is for every region to produce its food and from our survey 86% of the respondents expressed interest in farming but lacked the means or resources to start.

To achieve that, the team developed AgriConnect—a mobile application connecting farmers, nearby landowners, and seedling sellers.

See their Pitch Video here while the Demo Video is here.

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