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Winning team receiving their certificate

22 young innovators build AI health tools at NG44 Hub Hackathon in Benin City

Three days of building ended with Daghe, an offline AI imaging tool for health workers, taking first place.

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Hackathon participants working in teams in Lagos

Lagos hackathon puts AI to work for local NGOs and the Sustainable Development Goals

A one-day build sprint paired young developers with NGO challenges. EpiSitRep AI won with a tool that drafts outbreak reports in minutes.

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Women sorting groundnuts at a market

NG44 Hub launches AflaLearn, a free course on aflatoxin prevention

The self-paced course explains a hidden threat to health and income in plain language, and shows what actually prevents it.

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Farmer holding a phone beside a maize harvest

NG44 Hub launches Jirigi, an open food safety course for farmers and traders

Four short modules bring practical food safety to farmers and market handlers, with quizzes that confirm each lesson has landed.

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Team gathered for the opening of the hub in Benin City

NG44 Consulting opens Technology and Innovation Hub with an AI-native incubator

The new department will support African innovators through hackathons and free courses, and will build open digital tools.

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