The World Now Gathers in Africa.
Davos for economics. Cannes for film. Geneva for diplomacy. And now Port Harcourt for the future. The world's premier STEM celebration of innovation, creativity, and problem-solving.
A Global Idea. Africa-rooted. A Global Platform. A Global Gathering.
World STEM Festival is where young innovators aged 8 to 40+ compete, build, and solve humanity's most pressing challenges with STEM.
Championed by STEM Festival Foundation alongside STEM Professionals, Nigeria Computer Society, and a growing network of local and international partners, the festival gathers thousands of competitors, educators, policy makers and delegates every year under one roof, before the world.
Driven by Purpose. Defined by Impact.
To build the world's most inclusive innovation pipeline, where young problem-solvers become the architects of the future.
The world's most impactful platform for youth-driven STEM innovation, where solutions to global challenges are born.
“Innovation is not imported. It is trained.”
Every track, every stage, and every award exists to close the gap between talent and opportunity.
Four Days. Six Tracks. Every Age. One Stage.
Six age categories compete across six technology tracks, judged to international standards.
Around the arena: a global tech exhibition, keynotes, the Global STEM Educators Summit, a 24-hour STEM-A-THON, and a Grand Finale broadcast to the world.
An 8-year-old's solution stands beside a 35-year-old founder's. Same stage. Same respect.
Competition Tracks
Age Categories
Our Champions Don't Stop at the Finish Line.
Our winners go on to university scholarships and international stages, representing Nigeria at competitions in Panama, Turkey, Singapore, the USA, and China.
Best Team, AI & Robotics 2024
Earned a university scholarship to Anna Maria College, Massachusetts, now excelling in Cybersecurity.
The prize is never the end of the story here. It is the beginning.
Every Year. On African Soil.
Hosted in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. In the season of Nigeria's Independence. Nations send delegations, companies unveil technologies, and young builders prove that the future is not somewhere else. It is here.