Summit - Keep the Fire Burning, developed by Emeka Farrier, is a platform that helps innovation projects remain active beyond hackathons, innovation competitions, research programs, and government initiatives. It provides a persistent space where teams can showcase their work, share updates, track milestones, and connect with potential supporters. The app offers project management, collaboration, and discovery tools that help promising ideas continue developing after their initial launch.

Keeping projects visible beyond events

Summit introduces the concept of a living project. Instead of existing as a one-time submission or showcase, each project becomes a dynamic profile where teams can publish updates, record milestones, and demonstrate progress over time.

This approach helps projects maintain visibility beyond the events where they originated. Community members can follow projects, engage with updates, and keep track of how initiatives evolve, creating opportunities for ongoing support and engagement.

Connecting projects with support opportunities

The Innovation Marketplace helps connect projects with the resources they need to grow. Teams can post requests for funding, mentorship, technical expertise, partnerships, or pilot opportunities, while other users can respond by offering support.

By making project needs visible, the platform encourages practical collaboration and gives innovators a way to connect with individuals and organizations that may be able to assist their projects. As with many community-driven platforms, the value of these interactions is likely to depend on user participation and activity levels.

Exploring projects and innovation trends

The platform includes discovery tools that allow users to explore projects from around the world. Projects can be filtered by country, sector, technology, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), making it easier to find relevant initiatives and emerging areas of innovation.

For governments, development organizations, and institutions, Summit also functions as an innovation intelligence resource. The platform helps decision-makers discover solutions, identify trends, and connect with innovators working on challenges relevant to their communities.

A platform for ongoing innovation

Summit is aimed at innovators, researchers, social entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and organizations looking to support projects beyond the lifespan of individual events. Through features such as project profiles, milestone tracking, support-request tools, and discovery filters, the platform helps projects remain visible, connect with potential supporters, and maintain momentum as they continue to develop.