Terms & Conditions
Effective: 7 July 2026 · Last updated: 7 July 2026
Joche Gauntlet is a free, merit-based skill competition operated by Joche Solutions Ltd (RC 9650706), a company incorporated in Nigeria. Joche Academy is the education brand under which the competition is presented. These Terms govern your participation. By entering a cycle you accept them in full.
1. What Joche Gauntlet is
Joche Gauntlet is a skill competition run in cycles. Each cycle runs for 21 days, consisting of a 14-day competition period followed by a 7-day review, verification, and results period. Participants complete practical challenges, submissions are assessed by AI against a published rubric, and a public leaderboard tracks standings. The top performer of each cycle is recognised as the Champion and may receive a discretionary Champion Award.
Joche Gauntlet is not a game of chance, a lottery, a betting product, or an investment. Outcomes are determined by scored performance against the published rubric, not by drawing or random selection.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old and resident in Nigeria (or a country where these Terms are lawful). You are responsible for the accuracy of your account details.
3. Entry
Entry is free for eligible and verified participants. Your entry is confirmed once you complete verification (a confirmed phone number and email, an 18-or-older self-declaration, and acceptance of these Terms). There is no cash fee, purchase, or subscription required to enter Joche Gauntlet.
Each participant may hold one active entry per cycle. Multi-account participation, coordinated submissions, and impersonation are prohibited.
4. Challenges, sessions, and submissions
Each cycle contains scheduled sessions and challenges published on the platform. Session windows, time limits, and submission formats are announced in advance and may change for operational reasons. Submissions must be your original work and must comply with the published brief.
5. AI-assisted scoring
Submissions are scored by an AI judge against a four-part rubric (clarity, originality, practicality, and Nigerian context) or, for objective challenges, against a published answer key. We use the AI's output as the starting score. Human moderators may adjust, override, or invalidate scores where evidence of fraud, plagiarism, or rubric error is found.
You may view your own Score Report after each submission is graded. The Score Report is provided for your development and does not create a right to any specific outcome.
6. The leaderboard and Champion selection
The Champion of each cycle is the participant with the highest lawful, verified total points at the close of scoring. Tie-break rules are published on the platform and may be revised for future cycles.
7. Champion Award
The Champion Award is a discretionary skill prize offered by Joche Gauntlet or a sponsor. The amount for each cycle is displayed on the challenge and homepage. Awards are paid to a Nigerian bank account held in the Champion's own verified name within seven working days of confirmation of eligibility.
Champion Awards are not refundable and do not roll over. Where an award is forfeited (e.g. failure to provide bank details in time or disqualification), Joche Gauntlet may, at its discretion, retain the amount, offer a runner-up recognition, or apply it to a future cycle.
8. Prohibited conduct
You must not: (a) copy, plagiarise, or paraphrase another person's or AI-generated work without attribution when the brief prohibits it; (b) use bots, scripts, or automated tooling to game scoring; (c) collude with other participants; (d) submit unlawful, defamatory, harassing, or infringing content; (e) attempt to bypass technical controls; or (f) impersonate any person or entity.
Breach of this section may result in warning, score adjustment, disqualification from the cycle, forfeiture of any award, permanent ban, and legal action.
9. Intellectual property
You retain ownership of your submissions. By submitting, you grant Joche Gauntlet a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to display your submission (with attribution) on the platform, the Evidence Board, marketing channels, and archives, for the purpose of operating and promoting the competition. You may request removal of a specific submission after the cycle by contacting support; requests are honoured where reasonably practicable and consistent with the integrity of the archive.
10. Privacy
We process your data as described in our Privacy Policy. Phone verification is required for entry activation. Score reports, submissions, and standings may be visible to other participants and to the public.
11. Sponsors
Individual challenges or cycles may be presented by third-party sponsors. Sponsors do not influence AI scoring or Champion selection. Sponsor names and logos are displayed for attribution only.
12. Platform changes and suspension
We may modify challenges, sessions, rubric weightings, or the platform itself where reasonably necessary for fairness, integrity, or operational reasons. Where changes materially affect an ongoing cycle we will notify participants through the platform.
13. Disclaimers and liability
Joche Gauntlet is provided on an as-is basis. To the fullest extent permitted by Nigerian law, we exclude all implied warranties. Our aggregate liability to any participant in any twelve-month period is limited to the value of the Champion Award for that cycle. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
14. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Disputes will first be raised with support at support@jocheacademy.com. If not resolved within 30 days, disputes will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Lagos State.
15. Contact
Questions about these Terms: support@jocheacademy.com.