Build Nigeria 2026
What Nigeria is building
Student teams from universities and polytechnics across Nigeria are building products for real people with real problems. If one of them would help you, or someone you know, tell the team. Your answer counts towards their score.
Smart Agriculture
AgriSense Probe
A probe you push into a bag of grain that reads the temperature and humidity deep inside and warns you early, before spo
Zolt · University of Benin
6 people would use this
Smart Agriculture
Agricultural robot
A modular agricultural robot designed to help farmers with task like spraying, planting, weeding, and soil monitoring
TEAM SITS · Landmarks university
0 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
Apex Verity
Apex Verity is an offline, low-voltage smart podium dock that eliminates proxy attendance using high-speed RFID taps bac
Apex Creators · Redeemer's University
0 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
Attendance SmartLog
A portable, battery-backed biometric terminal for fast identity verification, access logging, attendance tracking.
Federation · Lagos State University
13 people would use this
Open Hardware
C-Transit
Tap and pay contactless payment device for campus shuttles that works even when it’s offline
Spark · FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY MINNA
93 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
Drac 1
Automates household appliances with a low-cost ESP32 system that works with the existing house wiring and also has a cam
THE INEFFABLES · Federal University Oye Ekiti
2 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
Ettron
A smart lampholder that can be used to control the bulb
Ettron · OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY
0 people would use this
Smart Agriculture
Farm Sentinel
FarmSentinel is a solar-powered monitor that checks temperature, humidity and ammonia in three zones of a poultry pen
FarmSentinel · Federal university of Technology minna
104 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
FuelPulse
Shows your generator's fuel level on your phone and in your house, and warns you before it runs out or if fuel goes miss
PROTO · Federal University Of Technology Owerri
17 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
Gas Sentinel
Gas Sentinel tracks your cooking gas, predicts how long it will last, and alerts you before it runs out.
Rho · Babcock University
49 people would use this
Smart Agriculture
HerdScan
A smart, handheld livestock identification and record-keeping system designed for Nigerian farmers.
Embedz · Bayero University Kano
0 people would use this
Open Hardware
Kubit Micro-Drone
A microdrone kit and guided platform for makers, enthusiasts, and clubs to build, program, and fly their own drone.
Kubit · Redeemer's University
5 people would use this
Off-Grid Power
LYTE Box
Shows how your solar system is performing, estimates how long your battery will last, and alerts you to unusual behaviou
Lyte · University of Lagos
0 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
LeadSense
It detects the amount of heavy metals, especially Lead and Cadmium in the blood of pregnant women and Neonates
RoboCraft · University of Lagos
0 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
MT Immobilizer
A key-fob tag and a hidden in-car receiver that cuts the fuel pump when the tag is not in the car
Madigawa Tech · Bayero University Kano
0 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
MindDrive
A wheelchair you move with your thoughts, for people whose hands can no longer move it or are weakening.
Mindrive · Veritas University of Nigeria
9 people would use this
Off-Grid Power
Node37
A human-powered kinetic energy harvesting ecosystem that transforms daily walking and workouts into hot-swappable batter
JAEGER · University of Lagos
1 person would use this
Embedded / IoT
Parcel AMR
A small autonomous robot that carries parcels between two points on a warehouse floor, so staff don’t have to walk them.
AMEES LCU · Lead city University Ibadan
0 people would use this
Smart Agriculture
Poultry AirGuard
Poultry AirGuard monitors ammonia in poultry houses and activates an air-cleaning response when levels become harmful.
Team Agro-IoT · University of Lagos, Nigeria
2 people would use this
Smart Agriculture
PoultryGuard
Monitors poultry activity and temperature, alerting farmers to unusual flock behaviour and unsafe brooding conditions.
Ebenezer · Federal University of Technology Akure
13 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
PowerSense
A smart plug-in wall socket that lets you track power costs in Naira and control your appliances from anywhere.
HezTec · Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Awka, Anambra)
0 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
Smart Change over with Generator Control
Monitor the Fuel level and Temperature of the Generator, start and stop the generator wirelessly via an integrated app
Smart Energy Innovators · Nigeria Army University Biu
27 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
Smart home AI assistant (Samuel)
Controls household lights and fans using programmed offline voice commands
Blue Bot · Nigeria Army College of Environmental science (NACEST)
22 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
SmartAccess Locker
The SmartAccess Locker is an automated storage system that uses RFID tags to secure personal belongings
CYBERSPACE · University of Benin
50 people would use this
Off-Grid Power
SolarShare NG
It enables households to share solar electricity with neighbors affordably, while tracking energy usage and costs.
Team KEPH FUTO · FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, OWERRI
19 people would use this
Embedded / IoT
Whiff gas and smoke early warning system
An early-warning supplementary Gas and smoke warning device.
AMOY · University of Lagos
6 people would use this
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