The #GenAI4Africa Women's Day Prompt Engineering Challenge!

🎯 Join Our 7-Day Challenge & Win Big!

In celebration of International Women's Day, we're launching a special 7-day Prompt Engineering Challenge with 1.5 MILLION UGX in prizes!

📅 March 8-14: Master the Art of AI Prompting

Each day brings a new prompt engineering technique to master:

• Day 1: Zero-Shot Prompting for Women-Led Business Ideas

• Day 2: One-Shot Prompting for Educational Resources

• Day 3: Role-Based Prompting for Women in STEM

• Day 4: Chain-of-Thought for Community Solutions

• Day 5: Website Creation with Bolt.new

• Day 6: Creative Storytelling Prompts

• Day 7: Personal AI Assistant Setup

💰 Prize Structure

Award Category	Amount	Winners	Total
Daily Champions	50,000	7 (one per day)	350,000
Top Overall Participants	250,000	3	750,000
Community Choice Award	400,000	1	400,000
GRAND TOTAL			1,500,000

🚀 How to Participate

1. Follow Us on twitter/x.

2. Register here

3. Complete each daily challenge prompt.

4. Post your results with #GenAI4AfricaPromptingChallenge

5. Tag 3 women in tech who inspire you

6. Join our community on slack

✨ Why Participate?

• Learn cutting-edge AI skills

• Connect with a growing tech community

• Showcase your creativity and problem-solving

• Win substantial prizes

• Empower and recognize women in technology

No prior experience needed! We'll provide daily tutorials to guide you through each technique. Start with the video below.

👑 Final Showcase

Top performers will be featured in our Women in Tech Spotlight and invited to our exclusive GenAI Summit later this year!

Registration opens March 8th! Limited to the first 1,000 participants.

Join us in celebrating women's contributions to technology while building valuable AI skills for the future! Only women can win. But feel free to work on the task with Men.

#WomensDay #AIforAfrica #TechInnovation #PromptEngineering

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Day 1 Challenge; Zero-Shot Prompting for Women-Led Business Ideas

Task Description:

Using zero-shot prompting (providing clear instructions without examples), create a prompt that generates innovative business ideas specifically for women entrepreneurs in Africa. Your prompt should specify business types that leverage local resources, require minimal startup capital, and have potential for community impact.

Challenge Instructions:

1. Craft a zero-shot prompt that is clear, specific, and detailed

2. Test your prompt with an AI tool (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

3. Share the prompt you created AND the response it generated

4. Explain in 1-2 sentences why your prompt was effective

   
   

Example Focus Areas:

• Sustainable fashion using traditional techniques

• Tech solutions for maternal healthcare

• Educational resources for girls

• Agricultural innovation

• Financial inclusion services

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Day 2 Challenge: One-Shot Prompting for Educational Resources

Task Description:

Using one-shot prompting (providing a single example to guide the AI), create a prompt that generates educational resources for teaching young women and girls about technology, entrepreneurship, or financial literacy. Your one-shot example should demonstrate the format, depth, and style you want the AI to follow.

Challenge Instructions:

1. Craft a one-shot prompt that includes:

   • A clear instruction

   • ONE well-structured example resource

   • A request for additional similar resources

2. Test your prompt with an AI tool (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

3. Share both your prompt and the response it generated

4. Briefly explain why your example helped guide the AI effectively

Example Focus Areas:

• Coding tutorials for beginners

• Financial literacy lesson plans

• Digital entrepreneurship guides

• STEM experiments for classrooms

• Technology career exploration resources

Submission Format. 

Day 2 of the #GenAI4AfricaPromptingChallenge! Today I'm using one-shot prompting to create educational resources.

Tagging three inspiring women in education: @name1 @name2 @name3

MY PROMPT:

"Create educational resources for teaching high school girls about technology careers. Here's an example:

RESOURCE EXAMPLE: 'Introduction to UX Design - A 60-minute workshop'

- Learning objectives: Understand the basics of user experience design, identify key UX principles, and complete a simple user interface sketch.

- Materials needed: Paper, pencils, smartphones for research, sample websites to analyze.

- Outline:

  * Introduction (10 mins): What is UX design and why it matters

  * Key principles (15 mins): Usability, accessibility, and user-centered design

  * Activity (25 mins): Students analyze a website and sketch improvements

  * Careers discussion (10 mins): Education paths, job opportunities, and salary ranges

- Extension activities: Interview a user about their experience with a website, create a portfolio with UI sketches.

Please create 3 more similar resources for different technology career paths, following the same detailed format."

AI RESPONSE:

[Screenshot AI's answer]

Why my example worked: By providing a structured resource with specific timeframes, materials, and activities, I guided the AI to generate equally detailed and practical resources rather than vague outlines.

Join Day 2 of the challenge! Visit [https://www.genai4africa.com/post/the-genai4africa-women-s-day-prompt-engineering-challenge] to participate. @GenAI4Africa

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Day 3 Challenge: Role-Based Prompting for Women in STEM

Task Description:

Using role-based prompting (assigning a specific expert role to the AI), create a prompt that generates content highlighting women's contributions to STEM fields or addressing challenges women face in STEM careers. Your prompt should assign a clear expert persona to the AI and specify the type of content you want generated.

Challenge Instructions:

1. Craft a role-based prompt that:

   • Assigns a specific expert role to the AI (e.g., historian, career counselor, scientist)

   • Provides context about the purpose of the content

   • Specifies format and length requirements

2. Test your prompt with an AI tool (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

3. Share both your prompt and the response it generated

4. Explain why you chose that particular role and how it enhanced the response

Submission Format Similar to the one above.

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Day 4 Challenge: Chain-of-Thought for Community Solutions

Task Description:

Using chain-of-thought prompting (guiding the AI to break down complex problems step by step), create a prompt that addresses a challenge facing women in your community. Your prompt should encourage the AI to think through multiple facets of the problem, consider various stakeholders, and develop a comprehensive solution.

Challenge Instructions:

1. Craft a chain-of-thought prompt that:

   • Identifies a specific challenge facing women in African communities

   • Instructs the AI to analyze the problem step by step

   • Asks for a structured solution with reasoning for each component

2. Test your prompt with an AI tool (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

3. Share both your prompt and the response it generated

4. Highlight which parts of your prompt triggered the step-by-step reasoning

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Day 5 Challenge: Website Creation with Bolt.new

Task Description:

Using the techniques learned so far, create a prompt for Bolt.new to generate a website that showcases women-led initiatives, businesses, or resources. Your prompt should be comprehensive enough to create a functional and visually appealing website without additional input.

Challenge Instructions:

1. Craft a detailed prompt for Bolt.new that:

   • Specifies the website's purpose, audience, and key features

   • Includes design elements (color scheme, layout, imagery)

   • Details content requirements for each page/section

   • Outlines any interactive elements or functionality

2. Test your prompt with Bolt.new

3. Share your prompt, a screenshot of the generated website, and the Bolt.new link

4. Explain which prompting techniques (zero-shot, one-shot, role-based, chain-of-thought) you incorporated

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Day 6 Challenge: Creative Storytelling Prompts

Task Description:

Create a prompt that generates an inspiring story featuring a female protagonist overcoming challenges in a technology, business, or leadership context. Your prompt should guide the AI to create a narrative that is both entertaining and motivational for young women and girls.

Challenge Instructions:

1. Craft a creative writing prompt that:

   • Establishes character details, setting, and conflict

   • Defines the story's tone and message

   • Incorporates elements of technology, innovation, or entrepreneurship

   • Specifies story structure or format

2. Test your prompt with an AI tool (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

3. Share both your prompt and the story it generated

4. Explain how your prompt elements shaped the narrative

   
   

Example Focus Areas:

• Tech innovators breaking barriers

• Young entrepreneurs solving community problems

• Women leaders navigating workplace challenges

• Girls discovering STEM talents

• Intergenerational wisdom and technology

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Day 7 Challenge: Personal AI Assistant Setup

Task Description:

Create a comprehensive prompt template that could serve as a personalized AI assistant for a professional woman in your field. This prompt should be designed to help with recurring tasks, provide specialized guidance, or automate workflows that would save time and enhance productivity.

Challenge Instructions:

1. Design an AI assistant prompt template that:

   • Establishes a specific role and purpose for the AI

   • Includes background context relevant to the profession

   • Defines standard formats for common requests

   • Incorporates preferences and constraints

2. Test your prompt with an AI tool (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)

3. Share your template and demonstrate it with 2-3 example interactions

4. Explain how this assistant would provide practical value in daily work