Yesterday, we brought JusticeTechNG Demo Day to a close in Abuja.
What began months ago as a call for ideas became a room full of working solutions. Six teams stood before judges drawn from the Bench, the Bar, policy and technology. They defended their thinking. They answered hard questions. They showed what is possible when law and technology meet with discipline.

This cohort started with 82 submissions. Twenty teams were invited to the hackathon. Ten advanced. Six made it to Demo Day. Four were unable to attend. The process was competitive. It was structured. It was fair.
The judging framework was rigorous. Objective standards. Clear criteria. No guesswork.

This was organised from the Office of the Special Assistant to the President on Justice Sector Reform and ICT/Digital and Innovative Technology (my office), in collaboration with JusticeTech Nigeria Ltd/Gte and Arravo. Other partners included Official_ACJMC, Perchstone & Graeys LP, Law Pavilion, Interswitch Group, Axendit Limited, Devon Technologies, Legal Cloud, StartUps Consulting, Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) Africa Fintech Foundry and Tsedaqah Attorneys. The support mattered. The partnership worked.

Our amazing event planner and one-of-a-kind partner, Values&Co, was on hand to make everything smooth sailing.

We will publish a full post-event report, including financial reporting. Accountability is part of the model.

Calls for the next cohort will open in April/May 2025.

For now, here is a glimpse of what happened yesterday.

Cheers!
@TheFernist
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