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DESCRIPTION:[]\n\nThe IEEE DeKUT Frontier Ideathon 2026 is a hybrid innovat
 ion challenge that empowers university students to turn ideas into technol
 ogy-driven solutions to pressing social\, environmental\, and health chall
 enges in Kenya and across Africa.\n\nMoving beyond theoretical concepts\, 
 this competition guides student teams through a hands-on journey from prob
 lem identification and design thinking to building functional\, real-world
  prototypes.\n\nEVENT STRUCTURE &amp; PHASES\n\nPhase 1 — Design Thinking Wo
 rkshop (Virtual): Preparatory session on feasibility &amp; problem-solving.\n\
 nPhase 2 — Online Idea Submission: Teams submit a 1-page idea brief deta
 iling the problem\, tech solution\, impact &amp; tools.\n\nPhase 3 — Physica
 l Pitch Day (Main Event): Top 9 finalist teams pitch working prototypes in
  front of expert judges &amp; a live audience.\n\nBldg: Nelion Dome\, Dedan Ki
 mathi University of Technology\, Nyeri\, Central\, Kenya\, 10100\, Virtual
 : https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583425
LOCATION:Bldg: Nelion Dome\, Dedan Kimathi University of Technology\, Nyeri
 \, Central\, Kenya\, 10100\, Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583
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ORGANIZER:okaribrian@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:66
SUMMARY:IEEE DeKUT Frontier Ideathon 2026
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/583425
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 ontier Ideathon 2026&lt;/strong&gt; is a hybrid innovation challenge that empowe
 rs university students to turn ideas into technology-driven solutions to p
 ressing social\, environmental\, and health challenges in Kenya and across
  Africa.&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p data-path-to-node=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Moving beyond theoretical concepts\
 , this competition guides student teams through a hands-on journey from pr
 oblem identification and design thinking to building functional\, real-wor
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 p data-path-to-node=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;hljs-strong&quot;&gt;Phase 2 &amp;mdash\; Online 
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 blem\, tech solution\, impact &amp;amp\; tools.&amp;nbsp\;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p data-path-to-no
 de=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;hljs-strong&quot;&gt;Phase 3 &amp;mdash\; Physical Pitch Day (Main
  Event): &lt;/span&gt;Top 9 finalist teams pitch working prototypes in front of 
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