List of hackathons in Wuse 2, Nigeria in 2018

Local Hack Day is a global hackathon & celebration of learning, building, and sharing! Whether you're a first timer who is learning to program or you go to hackathons every weekend, everyone is welcome to participate! What is a hackathon? Hackathons are learning focused invention marathons where participants dream up fun, interesting projects and work in small teams to bring them to life over the course of the event. When you're not working on your project, there are plenty of other things to do like attending educational workshops, making friends, or showing off what you're learning or building. At Local Hack Day you can do these with other participants at your location or participants around the world at other locations! Sign up here: https://localhackday.mlh.io/user/events/698-standard-business-operating-systems

Solving the problems of running successful elections in Emerging Economies We are organising a Hackathon to bring together bright, determined people to help hack the problem of running successful Elections in emerging economies; using the Nigerian elections which come up in 2019 as a focal point. There are numerous technological, ethical, economic and political questions which can be answered by focusing on this theme, and we are looking to explore and address questions such as: 1. Elections are driven by political campaigns, which are dependent significantly on the availability of Big Data and its analysis. In what ways can Big Data be used to ensure fairness in the election process? 2. Elections are significantly affected by social media and the ability to decipher what is real from what is fake. What innovative solutions can we come up with to look into this challenge? 3. Elections are affected by how they are perceived, and the ability to show transparency and hence win credibility. Who can we provide innovative solutions in this space? 4. Elections involve desperate parties including international monitoring organisations who are in need of better ways to gather information and verify Election results. How can we improve the process? 5. In recent times severe allegations have been made about elections being influenced by nation states and corporations. Are there ways in which we can use technology to reduce the impact of external parties in the elections of emerging economies? 6. In recent times, Blockchain technology has gained a lot of traction, but asides building a currency around it, to what extent can Blockchain technology be used to assist the electoral process in results verification? In what ways can blockchain technology be explored in the elections of emerging countries, particularly in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria? What is a Hackathon? https://bit.ly/1UAQO0u Who can attend? BTNG Hackathon series is open to anyone 18 years or older who isinterested in working on creating fun, cutting-edged Apps for solving the problems of running successful elections in Emerging Economies Is this event for developers only? While developers are necessary for each team, anyone is welcome. UX/UI designers, marketers, biz dev, or even if you’re just interested in trying a hackathon for the first time anyone can participate and be a part of a team How many people can be on each team? Teams can have a maximum of 5 people How do you join a team? You can arrive solo and meet up with others to form a team at the event, or you can build your group beforehand and come to the event as a team. For that, you have to agree to join our Slack channel during registration What can I bring into the event? A laptop is a must and any other devices or equipment required to work on your project. Be sure to bring any dev tools that you use on your laptop or USB drive What about food and drinks? We will provide food and drinks throughout the event Who Owns the IP? Participants will own the rights to their work. Sponsoring companies may have their own terms and conditions for proprietary technology or content How can I contact the organizer with any questions? team@btng.tech Agenda Saturday, 27 October 2018 9:00 am - Doors Open to Attendees (Pre-networking, Badge and Collection/Registration) 10:00 am - Opening Ceremony and Sponsor Talks 10:30 am - Design Thinking Session 10:45 am - Team-building and Networking Session 12:00 pm - Hacking Kickoff 1:00 pm - Lunch 2:00 pm - Hacking Continues 6:00 pm - Dinner 7:00 pm - Hack Hack Hack 8:00 pm - Closing (No overnight stay) Sunday, 28 October 2018 8:00 am - Tea/Cofee 9:00 am - Hacking Continues 10:00 am - Prepare your Presentations & Hacking Continues 1:00 pm - Lunch 2:00 pm - Hacking Concludes and Submitted to Wiki 2:30 pm - Hackathon Presentations Begin 4:45 pm - Winners are Announced / Prize-a-thon! 5:00 pm - Hackathon Closing Remarks 5:15 pm* - Drinks/Networking For up-to-date information, please visit https://btnghackathon.devpost.com Check out our blog posts too :-) Tickets are limited and served on a first come first serve basis Availability of tickets ends 21st October, due to strict security badge policies from Microsoft

Are you an undergraduate or a corp member ? Are you versatile with writing software codes? Then, this is your chance to make history! CODEFEST NIGERIA is a Nigerian undergraduate and serving corp members’ quest for placement in innovation and technology. Visit www.codefestng.com to APPLY for the HACKATHON

Kotlin Night is a meetup that includes 3-4 talks on Kotlin, its introduction and how it functions with related technologies. This event will be hosted Kotlin Abuja User GroupAce and eminent Kotlin speakers will be welcomed to the event. Speakers Session: Adetayo James: Kotlin In Action with Codelab session Micheal Obi: Kotlin Lang What's in Need with Codelab Session: Api with Kotlin  Ijatuyi Sukanmi:  Kotlin On Web Ajah David: Keynote Akinrolie Slick: Best Practices in Developing Android Apps with Kotlin : Hackathon Game Session FireSide Chat  Civic Tour

A hackathon contest with reward using Kotlin Language. Join us

How can the regulatory environment for innovation and entrepreneurship be improved across the country? "Make-IT in Africa”, a project funded by the Federal German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), in conjunction with i4Policy invite you to join us on March 22, 2018 at the Civic Innovation Lab in Abuja for a policy hackathon to explore ways in which the Nigerian public sector could support entrepreneurship, innovation and youth employment. Lunch and coffee breaks will be generously provided by GIZ.

The Pitch Boot Camp by Cronalia is a hackathon designed to elevate the best people pitching ideas that need funding, software that need developers and business that needs community. Participants get tried and tested by a group of Nigerian Startup Incubators/Accelerators, Business Developer Learning Communities and Software Developer Groups. Then they go live with a resident co-working community. Register to submit your pitch for collective review and a chance to be among the 10 best teams to pitch. Attendance is FREE but participation is for qualified Business Review (Hack your Elevator Pitch) members only. However, if you don’t get a chance to pitch, you would at least be guided to an incubation/acceleration programme that fits you. To attend this event, login/register and subscribe to Community Staging at http://community.cronalia.com.

The Pitch Boot Camp by Cronalia is a hackathon designed to elevate the best people pitching ideas that need funding, software that need developers and business that needs community. Participants get tried and tested by a group of Nigerian Startup Incubators/Accelerators, Business Developer Learning Communities and Software Developer Groups. Then they go live with a resident co-working community. Register to submit your pitch for collective review and a chance to be among the 10 best teams to pitch. Participation is based on invite and for qualified Business Review (Hack your Elevator Pitch) members only. However, if you don’t get a chance to pitch, you would at least be guided to an incubation/acceleration programme that fits you. To attend this event, login/register and subscribe to Business Review at http://community.cronalia.com.

Calling all developers and problem solvers with a multidisciplinary background – Can your software or creative skills help bring the voices of Nigerians to the Government and the United Nations? The UN SDG Action Campaign in collaboration with the Civic Innovation Lab is organizing a hackathon to be held 5-7 February 2018  in Abuja to bring together top innovative minds to design a tool, app or system to enable a more efficient roll out of the MY World 2030 survey across the country. Apply now. TOP 3 solutions will be given seed money to compete for a N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira) prize and Community membership at the Civic Innovation Lab to develop the tool that will be used in the rollout of the survey across Nigeria and around the world. Have the chance to shape this global project for a better world. The Hackathon is scheduled to take place from Monday, Feb 5th – Wednesday, Feb 7th at the Civic Innovation Lab located at No 54 Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse 2 (Osas & Oseji House) – Abuja, Nigeria, and it is mandatory for all shortlisted candidates to attend. Deadline for Application is, 1st February, 2018. Participants are to completely fill an online application to be considered. CLICK HERE TO APPLY NOW