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The Young Makers Design for Impact Challenge is a new, collaborative initiative by Code for Mauritius, in partnership with American Spaces of the US Embassy of Mauritius and the Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre. The competition is aimed at empowering secondary school students to utilize technology and design thinking methodologies to address real-world challenges within their communities. By introducing students to the fundamentals of design thinking, this challenge encourages them to move beyond traditional coding skills and engage in problem-solving from a user-centric perspective.
This design thinking challenge provided a structured curriculum guiding participants through the entire design thinking process: Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test. Each phase included detailed milestones and deliverables, progressively building participants’ problem-solving, technical, and collaboration skills.
terratribe prototype.mp4Demo_video_Full HD 1080p_MEDIUM_FR30.mp4Project showcase: Teams prepared an 8-minute presentation that walked through each stage of their design thinking journey. This included describing the problem space selection, user insights gathered from interviews, ideation and brainstorming techniques, prototyping steps, and final design choices. Teams showcased their concept video and demonstrated their final Figma prototype, highlighting key features and explaining how their design addressed user needs.
Jury Q&A: Teams engaged in a 7-minute question-and-answer session with the jury, responding to questions about their design process, user feedback, and the challenges they faced during the project.
The prize giving ceremony was graced by the presence of H.E. Mr Henry V. Jardine, US Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius & Seychelles.
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