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brCTF 2025 organisers, partners and guests on stage in front of the Break the Code backdrop

Events that grow Ghana's tech talent

We co-organise brCTF, Ghana's annual Capture the Flag competition, and run our own training intakes and Girl-Child Education programme.

We help run brCTF, Ghana's annual Capture the Flag

brCTF is a Ghanaian cybersecurity NGO and community. Every year it runs a 24-hour Capture the Flag competition where teams solve real security challenges, and it now offers free hands-on training with Girls in Cybersecurity at its core.

Data Systems Ghana is one of the four organising partners behind brCTF, working with the Cyber Security Authority of Ghana and partners across industry and academia to grow the country's security talent.

Visit the brCTF website

Three editions, three champions

  1. 2023 brCTF first-place champions holding their winner's voucher2023

    The first edition

    brCTF launches as a 24-hour Capture the Flag, timed for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

    Champions: MidKnyt

  2. 2024 brCTF first-place champions posing with their award2024

    The second edition

    The competition returns for its second year and the community keeps growing.

    Champions: sh3ll_sh0ck3rs

  3. The 2025 brCTF winning team, Rebirth, receiving their trophy on stage2025

    Osagyefo: Defending Ghana's Digital Sovereignty

    A three-day event with a cyber conference, policy panels and a 24-hour final for fifteen teams. The Cyber Security Authority of Ghana joins as institutional partner.

    • Fifteen teams qualified online for the 24-hour live final
    • Boot2Root, Red vs Blue and forensics challenges
    • Speakers from the Ministry of Education, CENDLOS, GIMPA, Deloitte Ghana and the Ghana Domain Name Registry

    Champions: Rebirth

2026

The Black Star Edition

brCTF grows from a competition into an NGO, adding free hands-on training in practical technology skills.

Moments from the floor

Conferences, late-night finals and the community that keeps coming back, from 2023 to 2025.

  • Panel discussion on stage at the brCTF 2025 cyber conference

    2025 cyber conference

  • brCTF 2024 competitors working on laptops at a team table

    2024 final

  • Large group photo of brCTF 2025 participants on a lawn

    2025 participants

  • A young woman competitor at brCTF 2024 smiling at her phone

    2024 competitor

  • brCTF 2023 team planning their approach at a whiteboard

    2023 strategy

  • A speaker presenting at the brCTF 2025 conference stage

    2025 keynote

  • A brCTF 2024 team huddled around a laptop solving a challenge

    2024 team at work

  • brCTF 2023 competitors concentrating on their laptops

    2023 final

  • Group photo of brCTF 2024 participants outside the venue

    2024 participants

  • Group photo of brCTF 2023 participants in the competition hall

    2023 participants

Our own programmes

  • Annual Girl-Child Education programme

    IT training for girls and young women aged 14 to 30, run every year to close the gender gap in Ghana's tech sector.

    About the programme

  • Training course intakes

    Practical courses from one to twelve months in cybersecurity, networking, development and design. Ask us when the next intake starts.

    Ask about the next intake

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