TTI 2026 · First Principles First

Building young people who can think, create and solve.

We help teenagers and young adults learn to think for themselves, build things that matter and step into the future with confidence.

Students at the TTI Summit 2025 seated in the auditorium
TTI Summit 2025: where it all began
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What is TTI?

We're not another tech programme.

TTI helps teenagers and young adults grow from curious students into confident problem solvers.

We give young people a real path to follow: from first exposure, to hands-on experience, to real opportunities. And we surround them with the people who can help them get there: schools, mentors, universities, companies and government.

We don't start with: "What tool should you learn?"
We start with: "What problem can you understand, question and solve?"

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Think

Develop curiosity, critical thinking and first-principles reasoning.

Create

Turn ideas, insight and creativity into meaningful solutions.

Experience

Work on real challenges, receive mentorship and build evidence of what you can do.

Opportunity

Connect to mentors, institutions, careers, industry and the wider innovation ecosystem.

The TTI Journey

From question to capability.

TTI is a journey, not a one-off event. Here's the whole road in ten seconds.

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Start with a problem

Challenge

It all starts with one real problem. Students dig into it, ask better questions, gather evidence and build a thoughtful answer.

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Bring ideas into the room

Summit

The best young thinkers come together for two days of learning, games, competition, career exposure and celebration. 30 to 31 October 2026, Enugu.

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Go deeper

Accelerator

The top 20 students go further. They join the Accelerator and work with experienced mentors on real problems from real organisations.

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04
Solve something that matters

Industry Capstone

No more practice exercises. Teams take on real challenges from partner organisations and learn what it means to build for the real world.

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The biggest stage

ETF Innovation Showcase

Selected teams present their solutions on the Enugu Tech Festival stage, in front of government, investors, universities and the media.

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Keep growing

YAP

The journey doesn't end when the programme does. Through YAP (Young Adults on Purpose), graduates keep getting career guidance, mentorship and community.

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There is a place for you in the ecosystem.

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StatewideBrand Strategy Challenge
The TTI Brand Strategy Challenge

Think differently. Solve meaningfully. Build something useful.

What if young people were given real problems before they were given answers?

We give students a real problem and ask them to investigate it, question everything and build a thoughtful solution. It's not about who knows the most technology. It's about how well you think.

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TTI Summit 2026

Two days to learn, test, meet, compete and celebrate.

30 to 31 October 2026 · Enugu State, Nigeria · "First Principles First"

2
Days
20
Accelerator Spots
8+
Award Categories
20+
Career Paths Exposed
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The Young Innovators

Meet the people building what comes next.

Every young person who passes through TTI has a story. Not just a name on an attendance list. Not just a certificate.

Chisom, TTI Brand Strategy Challenge Finalist

Chisom

SS2 · Challenge Finalist

A problem they cared about. A question they asked. Something they built.

Amaka, TTI Innovation Fellow

Amaka

SS3 · TTI Innovation Fellow

Something they learned. Something they can now do.

Emeka, TTI Accelerator Cohort

Emeka

SS2 · Accelerator Cohort

From challenge participation to recognition, mentorship and future opportunities.

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Innovation Showcase

Don't tell us what young people can build. Show us.

A growing collection of ideas, projects and solutions developed by young people across the ecosystem.

Every project tells a story: the problem, the insight, the solution, the team, the school and the impact it could have.

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Students celebrating in front of the TTI Summit banner
ETF 2027Innovation Showcase
The TTI Network

Young people don't grow alone.

TTI brings together the people and institutions that help young talent grow: a bridge between academic potential and real-world readiness.

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Schools

Where curiosity begins.

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Universities

Where future pathways open.

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Industry

Where real-world experience happens.

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Government

Where youth development becomes ecosystem strategy.

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Mentors

Where experience becomes guidance.

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Parents

Where support becomes possibility.

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Development Partners

Where resources become access.

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Students

Where the entire ecosystem begins.

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Stories & Insights

Ideas worth thinking about.

TTI is building an editorial platform around young people, innovation and the future.

TTI Summit 2025 cohort on stage
What Teenagers Are Building

The pilot that proved the model: inside TTI Summit 2025

How a first edition in Enugu became the foundation for a statewide youth innovation pipeline.

Students at the TTI Summit 2025
First Principles

What happens when the solution doesn't exist yet?

Maybe the next solution begins with a question. Maybe the next innovator is already in a classroom.

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Ready to be part of it?

Choose how you'd like to be part of the experience.

I'm attending the Summit

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Two days of learning, competition, career exposure and celebration. 30 to 31 October 2026, Enugu.

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I'm a Student

Take on the Challenge

Discover problems. Build ideas. Meet other young innovators. Start your TTI journey here.

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I'm a Parent / Guardian

Support a Young Thinker

Understand the journey and help your child build the skills a changing world asks for.

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School, company, mentor or university? Partner with TTI or talk to the team.

What happens when the solution doesn't exist yet?

Maybe the next solution begins with a question. Maybe the next innovator is already in a classroom. Maybe the next big idea is sitting in the mind of a teenager who simply needs someone to ask: What would you invent?