past picoCTF-Africa competitions

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