Africa's first & largest WRO® Special Invitational

WRO® Special Invitational Africa 2027

ZITF Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 30 June – 3 July 2027

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30+African countries
100+Competing teams
3Competition categories
5Days in Bulawayo
Bulawayo · 2027

Africa's first robotics Olympiad of this scale.

Teams from across the continent design, build and programme robots to solve real-world problems — then bring them to Bulawayo to compete, exhibit and meet the people building Africa's technology future.

Hosted by Girls In STEM Trust Zimbabwe in partnership with the WRO® Association.

Robotics competitors at a World Robot Olympiad event
Categories

Three ways to compete

From a first robot to an autonomous engineering challenge. Each category has its own age bands and mission.

Side events

While the robots compete

Four side events run alongside the competition days — for educators, start-ups and industry.

Programme

Five days in Bulawayo

Arrival

Registration and booth set-up

Opening

Side events · public from 12:00

Judging

Three judging rounds

Awards

Public from 12:00 · dinner

Excursion

Matobo Hills cultural exchange

Plan your visit

Bulawayo, the City of Kings

Registration

Register for the Olympiad

Complete the official form and we'll follow up by email and WhatsApp with everything your team needs.

Early bird US$350 Standard US$430 Judges US$275
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Learners building robots