Past picoCTF-Africa competitions
Explore past picoCTF-Africa awards, winners, and partnerships
picoCTF-Africa 2025
Read about the 2025 competition and winners
Winners of the African leaderboard
Top three undergraduate teams in Africa
- M3V7R
- W4554NG4R1
- Black Turbans
Top three high school teams in Africa
- God's Discipline
- PegaSus
- L1nP345
Women in cybersecurity
- La_CaSa
Ethiopia-only leaderboard
Undergraduate
- funsociety
Botswana-only leaderboard
Undergraduate
- Lost Flag
Ghana-only leaderboard
High school
- DPSI
Morocco-only leaderboard
Undergraduate
- Blackops
Uganda-only leaderboard
Undergraduate
- St. Lawerence Uganda 1
High school
- Wealth
Rwanda-only leaderboard
Undergraduate
- ACSC
- Binary Duo
High school
- God's Discipline
- PegaSus
Women in cybersecurity
- Binary Duo
- La_CaSa
Zimbabwe-only leaderboard
Undergraduate
- PeppaPig
Women in cybersecurity
- Nexus
picoCTF-Africa 2024
Read about the 2024 competition and winners
Top three undergraduate teams in Africa
- LocalMen
- St Lawrence University Uganda 2
- no_reply
Top three high school teams in Africa
- RwandaCondingAcademy2
- RCA
- Shield
Women in Cybersecurity Award
- RCA
Rwanda-only leaderboard
Undergraduate
- Xusers
- Winners_team
Women in Cybersecurity Award
- Winners_team
High school
- RwandaCondingAcademy2
- RCA
Botswana-only leaderboard
Undergraduate
- The New-Kid-In-the-Block
- f1ow3r_Gard3n
- Binary Mavericks
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 Award
- _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