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AgeWell — Port Harcourt Schoolgirls' AI Elder-Care App Reaches Technovation's Global Finals

Nigeria · Port Harcourt · See the Nigeria profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 73% 40/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Four girls aged 9-11 from Port Harcourt, Nigeria, mentored by Code Ambassadors Academy, built AgeWell, an AI elder-care app with fall detection, and were named one of five global Beginner Division finalists among 12,000+ entrants from 130+ countries in Technovation Girls 2026.

12,000+ participants
Technovation Girls 2026 global participants (2026)
130+ countries
Countries represented in competition (2026)
3,600+ projects
Mobile app / AI projects submitted (2026)
5 teams
Global Beginner Division finalist teams (2026)
AgeWell — Port Harcourt Schoolgirls' AI Elder-Care App Reaches Technovation's Global Finals AgeWell — Port Harcourt Schoolgirls' AI Elder-Care App Reaches Technovation's Global Finals

Details

Maturity
Pilot
Promoter
Code Ambassadors Academy / Technovation Girls
Period
2025-2026
Keywords
youth coding, girls in tech, AI app development, elder care

Context

Team Appsolute — four girls aged 9-11 from Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria — built AgeWell, an AI-powered mobile app addressing isolation, neglect and safety risks facing elderly people, mentored by Code Ambassadors Academy under Somkenechukwu Mamah.

Activities

The app includes a fall-detection feature and a mechanism for seniors to earn income by sharing knowledge. The team entered Technovation Girls 2026, a global youth AI/app competition.

Results

AgeWell was selected as one of only five teams worldwide to reach the Beginner Division finals of Technovation Girls 2026, out of more than 12,000 participants from over 130 countries who submitted more than 3,600 mobile app and AI projects; Team Appsolute is the competition's sole African finalist this cycle. The team will travel to the Technovation Girls World Summit in Bengaluru, India, in October 2026. Two of the same team members previously won the 2025 Beginner Division Grand Prize with a different app, StayWoke.

Conclusions

This is a competition-stage achievement rather than a deployed, independently evaluated product: AgeWell's effectiveness at reducing elder isolation or improving safety has not been measured outside the competition's pitch and demo format, and the practice reflects the reach of one mentoring organisation and team rather than a system-wide programme.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Short (< 1 year)
Staffing & skills
Code Ambassadors Academy (mentoring organisation), Somkenechukwu Mamah (lead mentor)

Conditions for success

  • Sustained local mentoring organisation producing back-to-back global finalist teams (2025 and 2026)
  • Structured international competition (Technovation Girls) providing a pathway and deadline-driven curriculum

Where it fits

Governance type
NGO/mentoring-organisation led
Scale
single team (4 participants)
Income level
lower-middle-income

Commonly funded by

Philanthropic / foundation funding

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