Babcock Tech Week to highlight innovation

Babcock University is ready to host the 2026 version of Babcock Tech Week, an annual programme aimed toward selling pupil innovation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and stronger engagement between academia and business.

The week-long occasion, scheduled to be held from 22 to twenty-eight March 2026, is themed ‘Tethered: Related Throughout Disciplines’, reflecting a rising emphasis on collaboration amongst know-how, finance, well being, and different sectors to deal with real-world challenges.

Organised by the Babcock University Pc Membership in partnership with the Finance College students Affiliation, Google Developer Teams on Campus, Babcock, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Babcock Chapter, the programme will characteristic competitions, panel discussions, and a profession truthful designed to attach college students with main organisations.

President of the Babcock University Pc Membership, Oluwadamilola Soji-Oderinde, stated the initiative is open to college students throughout all schools, aligning with the occasion’s cross-disciplinary focus.

“We’re bringing the tech expertise to the complete college neighborhood,” he stated in a press release, including that participation can be open to people outdoors the establishment.

On the centre of the programme is the Tethered Hackathon and Pitchathon, which carries a complete prize pool of N10 million. In response to the Director of BTW and Vice-President of the Pc Membership, Dunmade Majuyi, the first-place winner will obtain N4m, whereas the second- and third-place groups will take dwelling N2m and N1m, respectively, alongside extra awards recognising technical and vertical excellence.

To encourage numerous considering, every taking part crew is required to incorporate at the very least one pupil from outdoors the School of Computing, a construction organisers say is designed to reward interdisciplinary collaboration somewhat than purely technical execution.

The occasion can even characteristic a full-day profession truthful on 24 March, offering firms with entry to Babcock University’s pupil expertise pool whereas exposing members to internship and employment alternatives.

Panel classes scheduled throughout the week will look at subjects together with Africa’s digital future, funding innovation, and capital markets and enterprise ecosystems. Confirmed audio system embrace Ayotunde Coker, Chief Government Officer of Open Entry Knowledge Centres; Ayo Adegboye, Chief Government Officer of Arravo; Ifeoluwa Sobogun, Technical Lead at Paystack; and Fatumata Coker, Chairman of CreditRegistry, amongst others.

Trade companions and sponsors for the programme embrace MTN, Paystack, Arravo Expertise, Open Entry Knowledge Centres, Blue Marina Asset Administration, Entry Holdings, CreditRegistry, and Cordros Securities, with extra companions anticipated to be introduced, based on Head of Partnerships and Exterior Relations for BTW 2026, Obata Onyelukachukwu.

Organisers stated the initiative is meant to strengthen innovation tradition inside the college whereas creating pathways for collaboration between college students, start-ups, and business stakeholders.