Projects on agriculture, goverance, fintech, security, health, education, social good, climate impact and commerce are accepted

 

Eligibility

  • Participants: Individuals (over 18 years in age); Teams (up to 10 participants);

Requirements

Here are the guidelines to submit your project.

1) A brief description of the project that includes:

  • Problem you are trying to solve.

    • Target: social-economical description of the people that will be affected by your project

    • Dimension of the market

    • How the issue has been tackled till now

  • How you are solving the problem:

    • Solution- describe about the service/ product

    • Why your solution is innovative

    • What your solution has different from those already existing

    • What will be the impact your project will create in the country’s economy.

  • Business model proposition

    • How will the project attain financial sustainability

    • How will the project be monetized

    • Pricing and possible clients

    • Key partners for the project development

  • Strategy
    •  What’s the next step for your team?
    •  How will you validate the product/service?
    • How would you start solving the problem?
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2) A presentation (Keynote, Powerpoint, Prezi) or a video with a demo. They need to be submitted online to a video-sharing or other online service that allows it to be viewed by judges without the need to download the video.

3) Any additional app, hardware/prototype, digital product etc. 

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Prizes

$1,050 in prizes
Cash Prize
3 winners

Each winner will be awarded 120 000 Naira

Access to Kaduna ICT HUB
1 winner

Access to The Kaduna ICT HUB program

Aptech Computer Education Kaduna Center Arewa Startup Scholarship Award
1 winner

Aptech Computer Education Kaduna Center is awarding a 50% scholarship to members of the hackathon best project group. The 50% scholarship applies to the individual specific IT skills training interest.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Ousmane Samba
Lead Developer / Coders4Africa

Yusuf Bashir

Yusuf Bashir
CEO / Coders4Africa

Kossi Selom Banybah
Lead Developer / Coders4Africa

Ali Kone
CTO / Coders4Africa

Dr Ladan A. ALiyu

Dr Ladan A. ALiyu
Managing Consultant / Fishouse Consult Limited

Abou Kone
VP of Engineering / Coders4Africa

Auwal Adamu Gene

Auwal Adamu Gene
Lead Software Developemnt / Ahmadu Bello University Zaria

Daniel Steeves

Daniel Steeves
CEO / DBHub

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation
    How innovative, new, or creative is the Application, Website or Service? Is it better than other solutions?
  • Impact
    Will the Application, Website or Service meaningfully impact the lives of many people within the Target Population?
  • Scalability
    How scalable is the Application, Website or Service? What percentage of the Target Population can the Application, Website or Service be made to reach? Localized or local content, and multilingual support are key sub-criteria.  
  • Launch Readiness
    If it is not already, how soon can the Application, Website or Service be made available publicly (beyond limited trials and prototypes)? If the Application, Website, or Service is already publicly available, how stable and consistent is its performance?
  • Strategy
    Do you think they have a clear view of what’s going to happen next?
  • Sustainability
    How the project can be sustained? Is the business model based on third parties?
  • Team composition
    Multidisciplinary factor is key. Is the team well organized with diversified and defined roles?

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