KNESST is a community centred approach that is committed to supporting and developing Sierra Tech ecosystem. KNESST curates experience for tech builders, founders and explorers.

With a range of different initiatives such as our Community Meet-ups, Fireside Chats, Challenges and Startup Workshops, we are working actively to achieve our 4-1s Vision.

Which is to:

- Up-skill 1000 individual in tech.

- Support 100 tech entrepreneurs.

- Develop 10 tech products.

- Build 1 unicorn.

If you're interested in joining this wave of builders, founders and explorers, join our community and...

Let's Build! 🪺🚀🦄🌍

Our Sponsors for this Developers Challenge include Headline Sponsor - UNICEF

Gold Sponsor - INTEGEMS

Community Sponsors - ISOC SL Chapter & Institute for Development. SL

The Women in Tech is a category specifically limited to women and girls!

Women are encouraged to develop web solutions using no-code or low code tools that caters to the welfare of women and/or is of major benefit for the women of Sierra Leone.

To submit a valid entry the instructions are as follows:

- Post about your submission on any social media platform.

- Tag the organisers to the post @knesstconnect (the handle is the same everywhere).

- Fill in the submission form.

The link to the form can be found on this page. Scroll back up to find it.

KNESST Developers Challenge is open to participants at all ages and levels, but it is primarily designed for school leavers, college students and graduates.

Submissions will close on the 3rd of November 11:59PM. Submissions after this time will not be accepted.

The challenge is open, you can choose to submit an individual entry or as a team of not more than 3 people.

For a solution to stand the chance of winning, it should be functional and viable. This means a functioning prototype and a clear sustainability plan should be submitted.

Submissions will be evaluated based on creativity, innovation, presentation quality, viability and functionality of the solution.

The challenge is open to Sierra Leoneans and individuals resident in Sierra Leone that can leverage technology to showcase their skills.

After the challenge, there would be an opportunity for the top performing individuals or teams to present their ideas at a Demo Day in November 2025!

Be sure to follow us or join the WhatsApp group to be up to date.