picoCTF-Africa 2023

Read about the 2023 competition and winners

High school division

  • 1st place: CYBER-Warriors MPC (Rwanda)

  • 2nd place: c0d3x (Rwanda)

  • 3rd place: CCCGI (Rwanda)

Undergraduate division

  • 1st place: Phantom_Troupe (Nigeria)

  • 2nd place: class_3E (Ethiopia)

  • 3rd place: D1AmbaR_Y1 (Senegal)

Women in cybersecurity division

  • _Akatuski (Rwanda)

picoCTF-Africa 2022

Read about the 2022 competition and winners

Team award winners

  • 1st place
    • College ($3,000 USD prize): Ph0n1x
    • High school ($1,800 USD prize): Ov3rfl0w
  • 2nd place
    • College ($1,800 USD prize): Localmen
    • High school ($1,000 USD prize): W4RH34D
  • 3rd place
    • College ($1,000 USD prize): Sol0-
    • High school ($500 USD prize): k4r4
  • Women in cybersecurity award ($1,000 USD prize): Ov3rfl0w

Sierra Leone-only leaderboard

  • 1st place (5,000,000 SLL prize): Fourah Bay College
  • 2nd place (3,000,000 SLL prize): Njala University

Uganda-only leaderboard

  • 1st place ($200 USD award): Mak_Team
  • 2nd place ($150 USD award): Reconaisence_red_team

Burkina Faso-only leaderboard

  • 1st place ($250 USD): tedious_crusaders
  • 2nd place: greyhat

Rwanda-only leaderboard

  • 1st place: Ov3rfl0w
  • 2nd place: W4RH34D

Thank you to our 2022 partners:

  • picoCTF
  • CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
  • Carnegie Mellon University Africa
  • The Government of Sierra Leone
  • BICT
  • Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)
  • Carnegie Mellon University Africa Software Engineering and Cybersecurity Club
  • Carnegie Mellon University Africa Women in Tech Club
  • The Government of Rwanda
  • Joseph Ki-Zerbo University Digital Incubator