A team of five Kenyatta University students has taken first place at the 2025 National Science and Innovation Hackathon, organised by the Kenya ICT Authority and held at the Kenya International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.
The winning team — comprising four Computer Science students and one Agriculture student — built FarmIQ, an AI-powered mobile application that uses satellite imagery and soil sensor data to provide smallholder farmers with real-time, hyper-local planting, irrigation, and pest management recommendations in Swahili and English.
| Name | Programme | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Otieno (Team Lead) | BSc Computer Science | Year 4 |
| Aisha Mohammed | BSc Software Engineering | Year 3 |
| Kevin Njoroge | BSc Data Science | Year 3 |
| Grace Wanjiku | BSc Information Technology | Year 4 |
| Daniel Mwangi | BSc Agriculture | Year 3 |
The team won a prize of Ksh 500,000 and an incubation package at the iHub Kenya technology hub, including mentorship, office space, and connections to seed investors.
