List of hackathons in 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.

Kenyan developers, designers, financial and social innovators, and others passionate about harnessing the country's intellectual and technical resources to help meet Kenya's "Big 4 Agenda"! You're invited to participate in the Connected Summit Hackathon 2018. Come with a team of 2 to 4 members, or join one at the event. You'll be challenged to to design and prototype an innovative digital payments solution that addresses one or more of the four tracks: manufacturing, food security, universal healthcare, and affordable housing. Come collaborate and compete for recognition, career opportunity, and great prizes. Advice from our tips pagecan improve your hackathon experience!

NEM Africa is dedicated to the ongoing development of the NEM Foundation's blockchain technology and the promotion of a vibrant ecosystem of NEM users and developers in governments, academia, industry, and the public at large. Through this hackathon, NEM Africa and NEM Kenya will integrate local developers with the NEM ecosystem, challenging them to bring home-grown solutions to local problems. The NEM hackathon will be moderated by George Mosomi of Solo-Energy and Stanley Njenga of Two-4-One App, both being organizations that are building their blockchain solutions on the NEM network. Solo-Energy is an Irish energy organization providing flexibility services through the use of smart battery assets. SwahiliBox is a the leading tech hub in Mombasa. Two4One is a mobile software application that integrates user experiences with rewards.

Official AUG Nairobi RSVP Link What is ShipIt? Every quarter, Atlassian runs a 24-hour hackathon called ShipIt where they drop everything to make something awesome. It embodies their culture of innovation and puts weight behind a sacred company value: “Be the change you seek.” What is ShipIt AUG Style? Ideally, we would like your expertise to help improve anything related to the Atlassian community, Atlassian tools, but if you're passionate about something else (Addon/plugin/extension/bot) we encourage you to work on that. (Note: your solution doesn't have to be technical) ShipIt is a team activity, this is your chance to combine ideas and skill sets with leaders from all over the country. Traditionally, this is a 24-hour event. But you will get to start early and start your project. You and your team will have 2 weeks (14th July to 30th July) to work remotely on your project. You will record a video submission and send it in for judging (Before 30th of July). Process Pre-AUG ShipIt: Assemble your team! Now is the time to start thinking about your ideas and who you want to work with. We have created a Stride room and Confluence space for you to post ideas and/or to sign on for a project. If you're not attending the meetup, no worries. There will be a two-hour working session. You can either stride or start helping your team during the remote phase. Brainstorming and collaborating is encouraged but no actual work can be done on the project until August 3. We will check in with you before AUG to make sure you have everything you need for the 4 hour-long working session. AUG ShipIt: Day of ShipIt (2-8pm on August 3rd during AUG ShipIt) Haven't joined a team? Have a great idea the day of? You will have a few minutes to pitch your idea or to join a team that you think you can collaborate with. Get to work and have fun! Once the planning time ends, you can decide next steps with your team to ensure you're good to go. You will have until August 3rd by end of day EAT to complete your project. Your team needs to have a 3-minute video sent to the Community Team describing your project. There will be 1 winner, the overall ShipIt winner that'll be judged by a group of AUG Members in attendance. Note: Participants would be welcome to request free trials of our products that may help them from aug.atlassian.com The Atlassian User Group Nairobi encourages better use of Atlassian tools, share best practices, case studies and individual perspectives. This is an open forum to discuss and suggest features and changes to Atlassian communities in building better products. AUG meet-ups are where Atlassian users, entrepreneurs, engineers and business acumen meet to share their experience on how they use Atlassian tools to increase productivity and ship products. This group is open to all fellow Atlassian users who are like-minded and interested to share ideas & knowledge. This is an open forum to discuss and suggest features and changes to Atlassian communities in building better products. This group has an abundance of Atlassian Experts and customers in the area - let's take advantage of each other's expertise. We meet every other month to talk about all things Atlassian, from JIRA, dashboards to perfecting your Stash workflow. If you've got a topic to present or questions you need to be answered, we're here to help. RSVP to our next meeting or join the group to be notified of upcoming events and AUG news. As usual, we will have swag, pizza, beer, and great conversations! We are excited to see you all again soon! HELP PLAN NEXT EVENT Do you want to suggest a topic for us to focus on? Do you have a presentation proposal? Does your company want to host an event? Does your company want to sponsor an event? Contact the group leader with your suggestions. Thanks for your help!

The aim and goal of this game hackathon is to bring people with various skill-sets together to create a video or mobile game utilizing emerging technologies such as AR & VR that will have an impact on Health! Participants will work together to rapidly prototype game designs and hopefully create inspiring new ideas that contribute to the growth of the games industry. The participants will collaborate to create an original game inspired by the events theme within a prescribed time no larger than 48 hours. The brief time span is meant to help encourage creative thinking to result in small, but innovative, experimental games. The event will provide experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, the hackathon will culminate in Sunday afternoon demos and presentations. All teams will receive talks by industry leaders and receive valuable feedback from local entrepreneurs and mentors. The weekend is centered around action, innovation, and education. Whether you are looking for feedback on an idea, a co-founder, specific skill sets, or a team to help you execute this is the place to be. Thanks to the able sponsorship of Liquid Telecom and supporting partners: BlackRhino VR, NAICCON and Ludique Works.

This is a hackathon geared towards using MPESA APIs as provided by Safaricom Docs to build a Ruby Gem that will make accessing APIs be more of a walk in the path for future newbies.

On Tuesday 5th June, 2018 Nikola Energy and Squadra 1 will be commemorating the celebration of the environment by hosting an event that will have the following activities: -   Mini-Conference: - Where the main players in the E-Waste field will share their how tos | what is working |what isn’t working | perspective on the way forward.  The Ministry of the Environment and Forestry, The Ministry of ICT, NEMA, Nairobi County, UNESCO, The Finnish Embasy, The Finnish Centre Party, WEEE, several private and public universities to name but a few who will be participating on the day. Corporate sponsors will also have opportunity to share their thoughts on the topic.  E-Waste Flea Market: - On the day, offer Kenyans the opportunity to batter or sell their no longer fit for purpose e-materials.  This will allow those that have e-materials pilling up in their homes, an avenue to make a little money and hopefully get items that they are in need of.  Design Thinking (DT) Session with High-Schoolers: - Involve the youth, through design thinking, in ideating the best way forward for Kenya. This campaign will precede E-Day.  The three best solutions identified from this process will present their ideas on the day. Facilitating the DT sessions will be Nikola Energy, Squadra 1, Mekatilili, Nairobi Design Week, Kijiji, and Mideva.  Hackathon: - Facilitate a Hackathon session the weekend before E-Day with E-Waste as the theme.  Interested University Students can sign-up to participate for this.  Photo Competition Campaign: - 3 Weeks leading up to E-Day we can have a competition involving >= 18 years showing off the E-Waste that they intend to drop off on the day.    Communicate Locations of Collection Points: - Share information on where the mwananchi can deposit their E-Waste and future flea market opportunities  Our motivation for facilitating this event are as follows: -   Kenya produces 20,000 Tons of E-Waste a year and yet only 1% is responsibly repurposed  There is an increased dependency on technology, especially Mobile Tech and yet there is a high rate of re-purchase, with the mwananchi getting a new phone/mobile gadget every two year  Establish simple directive on where one can take E-Waste, thus proffering an avenue through which the mwananchi can purposely consider segregation of their trash.  Especially because of the adverse effects on the environment and human health due to poor handling of E-Waste  Start cultivating a new Kenyan culture that promotes Re-Duce | Re-Use | Re-Cycle | Re-Purpose such that the mwananchi is already playing their role in support of the E-Waste Draft Bill that is yet to be passed by the Kenyan Government.   

Hackathon Kisumu. This hackathon is organized by Podii organization. On the 5th of May 2018 we will be integrating M-pesa APIs for upto 5 live & working websites in a duration of atleast 9 hours. The hackathon is aimed toward gaining knowledge on how to work around APIs in general. It will be a fun, exciting & educational experience. For more event and contact details check out the  event description. It's a public event, hope to see you there. pick a ticket. 

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