Capture The Flag
Test your hacking skills in competitive cybersecurity challenges. Solve puzzles, exploit vulnerabilities, and capture flags to prove your expertise.
What is CTF?
Capture The Flag (CTF) competitions are cybersecurity challenges where participants solve security-related puzzles to find hidden "flags" - secret strings that prove you've successfully completed a challenge.
Our CTF events cover various categories including web exploitation, cryptography, reverse engineering, forensics, binary exploitation, and more.
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CTFs Hosted
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Participants
200+
Challenges Created
Event Timeline
CyberShield Showdown 2026
CyberShield Showdown 2026 brought teams of four to Capstone, ALX Tech Hub in Addis Ababa for four days of hands-on competition across three tracks: hardening vulnerable systems, red-team attacks on a target network, and incident-response investigation. Organized with Yekolo Temari, SecureLabs IT Technologies, ALX Addis Ababa, and GundanCore Technology.
International Conference on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence (ICCA CTF) 2026
The ICCA CTF was held alongside the International Conference on Cybersecurity and AI at UNECA, Addis Ababa, bringing participants together for individual-format cybersecurity and AI challenges. Delivered in collaboration with ECySA and UNECA.
University CTF 2026
University CTF is an annual online competition, designed to allow students from every corner of the country to participate and test their hacking skills. The 2026 edition was held online with students competing individually and in pairs.
INSA Cyber security month CTF Addis Ababa and Jimma
The Cybersecurity Month CTF was organized in collaboration with INSA across two regions of the country, Addis Ababa and Jimma, aimed at raising awareness and reaching more people during Cybersecurity Month.
Puagme CTF 2025
Puagme CTF is an annual CTF event held during the 13th month of every year.
Ready to Compete?
Join our next CTF competition and test your skills against the best in Ethiopia.