University of Lagos · 2025/2026 session
A student-led community at the University of Lagos whose primary mission is Technical Development, building technically sound members through structured training, mentorship, and practical learning opportunities.
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Solving Nigeria with Data
The annual end-of-session data hackathon and the flagship event of the 2025/2026 Training Team plan. Teams of 2–5 spend two weeks solving real, Nigeria-focused data problems, then present at a physical finale.
largest data community on campus
ML · DS · DE · DA
hybrid, beginner-friendly
judges, industry and academics
What you can learn
Every member starts with Challenge 0, environment setup with Python, GitHub and VS Code. Pass it, and you move into the track you choose, paired with an accountability partner.
Build models that learn from data and make predictions. You start with the maths that actually matters, then move to training, evaluating and deploying real models.
Take a question from raw data to a defensible answer. Statistics you can justify, analysis you can reproduce, and findings a non-technical audience can act on.
Build the plumbing everything else depends on. Ingestion, transformation, orchestration and storage, the work that decides whether analysis is possible at all.
Answer business questions with data and make the answer legible. Heavy SQL, dashboards people actually open, and the judgement to know what a number means.
What's next
datathon
12 October 2026 · Engineering Lecture Theatre, UNILAG
The annual end-of-session data hackathon and the flagship event of the 2025/2026 Training Team plan. Teams of 2–5 spend two weeks solving real, Nigeria-focused data problems, then present at a physical finale.
We run a full-semester programme with weekly challenges, peer accountability pairs, mentorship sessions and a flagship Datathon. If you're ready to build a real portfolio, apply, and if you're a company that wants to reach that talent, talk to us.