Harare, 1 September 2026 — BlitzTech Electronics (Private) Limited, the Zimbabwean electronics and engineering firm behind the country's annual Robotics for Good Youth Challenge, has submitted its formal application to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good initiative for status as a Local Chapter host for the 2027 chapter intake.
If accepted, BlitzTech will convene Zimbabwe's first AI for Good Local Chapter, coordinating year-round programming around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals — with particular focus on SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 7 (Affordable Clean Energy) and SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure). Activities will include public lectures, school-level robotics and AI bootcamps, and a national qualifier for the AI for Good Robotics for Good Youth Challenge in coordination with the global ITU programme.
"This is the natural next step for the work we have been building since 2024," said Einstein Makuyana, BlitzTech founder. "We have already co-hosted two editions of the Robotics for Good Youth Challenge Zimbabwe — first at HIT in January 2025 and then at Westridge Primary in March 2026, drawing 50 teams and over 200 students. A Local Chapter gives that work a permanent home and links it directly into the global AI for Good network at ITU Geneva."
The application is supported by Harare Institute of Technology, Omorfo Tech Labs, Mladiinfo International, the Ministry of ICT, Postal and Courier Services (Zimbabwe) and POTRAZ. The Zimbabwe National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (2026-2030) and the UNESCO AI Readiness Assessment (2025) both identify hands-on youth pipelines as critical to the country's AI readiness; the proposed Local Chapter is designed to plug into that need.
BlitzTech is expected to hear the ITU's decision within the standard chapter-review window. In the meantime the team will continue running its existing community programming and finalising the 2027 Robotics for Good Youth Challenge calendar.
About BlitzTech Electronics: Founded in 2017 by Einstein Makuyana, BlitzTech Electronics is a Zimbabwean electronics, robotics, IoT and R&D firm headquartered in Harare. The company has completed over 500 engineering projects for 200+ clients across Zimbabwe, the broader SADC region, India, Chicago and beyond, and is the official Zimbabwean distributor for Waveshare with reseller relationships covering DFRobot, OrangePi, Centurion Systems, Dahua and Hikvision.