List of hackathons in Nyeri, Kenya in 2018

Sponsored by Meru University of Science & Technology through the Innovations & Entrepreneurship Centre, Meru University Science Innovators HACKATHON Competition is an opportunity for students to come up with innovative ideas for Africa Economies. It comes as a step in the journey towards Innovate for Africa campaign that will be held later on in the academic year 2018/2019.  Students will meet on Fri, 2nd at 5.00pm at the Innovations Centre and pitch their ideas. Every idea may comprise of a team of up to five. They will then be given a platform to work on their idea within 48hours. At the end of the 48 hours of progressive coding/hacking, a panel will vet on the ideas and the winning ideas will take home 50,000 Kenya Shillings. It's an event you can't afford to miss out. Are you up to the challenge? Let's meet and Innovate for Africa.

Humentum are getting the learning community of Nairobi together this March.  As part of the Humentum week in Nairobi, Humentum Learning Services will be hosting a day of problem solving and collaboration, to help us learn from each other. We will also continue many of the great conversations we started at the recent Capacity for Humanity Conference. The day will involve some facilitated problem solving around the key challenges we face delivering learning and capacity development to our staff and communities.

The 2-day hackathon will take place on the Monday, 5 March and Tuesday, 6 March 2017. Giving priority to the identified ‘champions’ from the Women in Tech workshop and PWD, this boot camp will target a total of thirty (30) young men and women (with app development experience) from public and private Universities, ensuring the 50/50 gender balance is observed. They are expected to develop, fine-tune their apps and prepare for pitching. Participants with the best apps will be given an opportunity to pitch on Friday, 9 March 2018. You are required to bring your own device. Also who proof that you have an understanding of Mobile development by either Sending a screenshot of your app Send a one page to us indicating your skill level, and where you learnt the skill from