List of hackathons in South Africa in 2017

Hack Ekurhuleni is Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipalities ICT Departments Hackathon that seeks to bring together ICT skills from citizens to help solve the Metro’s challenges. The Hackathon began with an isolated event that is now evolving into a more structured community with the purpose of expanding ICT skills and the developer community. Every group-individual member should have a ticket Tickets sales valid until 12:00:00 - 23 June 2017 ! Visit emmhack.co.za

Water has moved from being a marginal input to a central enabler of food security, energy security as well as climate security. Today, this is true for more and more countries, as water has moved high on the global priorities agenda. Ensuring water secure futures will increasingly become a key responsibility of all citizens worldwide.   Re-Imagining the Future of Water(RFW) Youth Dialog - 27 June 2017     A hackathon (also know as a hack fest) is a gathering of like-minded people ranging from programmers, scientists, designers, etc. to solve social or business related problems using technology. As part of the conference, there was a need to bring innovators aboard and bring forward-thinking ideas/solutions in addressing the future of water. The participants will be guided by related industry personals/experts in coming up with solutions and thereafter work on the implementation of the solutions. Objectives of the Hackathon Connect young talent of innovators Establish a platform future water conversations Drive youth-based  innovative solutions Skills development for innovation that matters Help accelerate innovation in water-centred solutions  

The intent of the hackathon is to find technology based solutions that will assist the City of Tshwane in addressing service delivery challenges aligned to the following stream of business: sustainable water, energy and waste resource sustainable transport & mobility responsible and sustainable tourism  The hackathon will form part of the building blocks to achieving the new vision for 2030 which is in part anchored around service delivery excellence and innovation; creating jobs; promoting social cohesion and inclusion; and fostering participation and collaboration.  By successfully implementing the proposed hackathon the City will accelerate its’ momentum in igniting excellence and achieving the 2030 vision

Join our Johannesburg #HackTheWorld Community Mixer at Microsoft for a free interactive learning experience to explore information around our July Hackathon! We will be discussing the Hackathon theme in more detail and provide you with some of the necessary techniques & tools to start putting your ideas into action! You will also get the opportunity to meet other participants and start collaborating around your ideas / solutions! Looking forward to seeing you all at Microsoft on the 6th of June! We'll be giving away some spot prizes to lucky winners!     Agenda:  17:00 Registration  17:30 – 18:00 Intro to the Hackathon Theme  18:00 – 18:30 Interactive fun Design Thinking excercise 18:30 – 19:00 Intro to the the Microsoft Azure Platform 19:30 – 20:00 Hackathon Idea upload process  20:00 – 20:30 Making friends - Mixing & Networking!    How to Prepare? Ensure that you have a Microsoft Outlook email address PRIOR TO EVENT !  e.g. YourName@outlook.com. If you don't already have one - register for free at https://outlook.live.com/    Can't physically attend? If you can't attend you can follow online:  https://join-beta-noam.broadcast.skype.com/microsoft.com/da858bc4340142119dd18112456f70cc/en-US/

WHAT:      24 hours challenge gathering females in technology to identify and digitize challenges with a focus on Township Economy, Financial sector and the Education space. WHEN:     19-20 May 2017 WHERE:   Standard Bank Rosebank Incubator WHY:        An opportunity for ladies to showcase their skills and to grow a network base for Standard Bank’s Female Programme TARGET:  60 ladies divided into teams of 4 Why the #SBHackathon Standard bank wants to build the women in technology entrepreneurs pipeline across Africa The growth of the African continent will be driven by technology as an enabler we want to see women at the forefront of this transformation Help build a community of women who want to take their businesses to the next level We want to develop, support and inspire women in technology through the femtech programme The hackathon aims to showcase the talents women and encouraging them to use technology as means of solving challenges This is a great opportunity to showcase the skills while networking and having fun Solutions need to be in the form of Mobile Apps or websites Terms and Conditions 1. Standard Bank will not have ownership of your product  2. The Hackathon is strictly opened to females only  3. Winning the hackathon does not guarantee you space into our accelerator incubation programmes. Rigorous selection will still need to be considered  4. Standard Bank does not have any control over who uses your idea after the hackathon 5. Each team MUST have at least one programmer  6. Each team should have minimum 2 members with maximum 4 7. Not attending on Friday, 19 May disqualifies you from the hackathon 8. Only 60 ladies who meet the criteria for the hackathon will be selected

South African student hackers or recent graduates aged 18 or older! You're invited to sign up for the Hacks4Africa hackathon. You'll be challenged to design, code and demonstrate an innovative app that helps South Africa and its citizens tackle issues such as food access, food security, and agricultural business.

053HACK Overview The 053 Hackathon (053HACK) is a local hackathon aimed at digitalizing Kimberley and turning it into a smart competitive city and in the process stimulate and develop Information Communication Technology and Tech-Entrepreneurship in the city for commercialization. The hackathon is championed and hosted by local Tech-Entrepreneurs and it aims to attract software developers, computer programmers, data scientist, graphic designers, web developers and tech-entrepreneurs within and around the city of Kimberley. The 053Hack also aims to engineer digital innovative solutions to make the city more productive and give it a technological competitive advantage. Local 053Hacks The 053 Hackathon is envisaged to connect with strategic cities in the  province, hosting local  hackathons to create a local hack community and work collectively in collaborations and partnerships to  digitalize the strategic cities on identified projects.

IBM Bluemix Workshop In preparation for COGNOTHON HACKATHON. Register on www.cognothon.com

Welcome to COGNOTHON HATFIELD A cognitive build hackathon in Pretoria, South Africa Where africans solve african problems throught cognitive technology. "Lots of prizes to be won" 25th - 26th March 2017 The Fields Bustling with Fun Activities The Fields development in Burnett Street, has brought a breath of fresh air to Hatfield in Pretoria. This newly styled urban village, where you can live, work, study, shop, eat and play has been created for people on the go. The Fields is ideally located within easy walking distance of the University of Pretoria (TUKS), the Hatfield Central Business District, Loftus Versfeld Stadium and the Gautrain station. The Fields retail outlets, all on street level, provide easy relaxed shopping choices including food, restaurants & drink, fashion, shoes & accessories, health & beauty, art, books, printing, stationery, information technology & entertainment, specialists and banking. Convenient undercover parking.

Calling creatives, engineers, scientists, policymakers, data-nerds, water conservationists and backyard tinkerers to take part in a water hackathon. South Africa is one of the forerunners of extreme water stress globally.  Let's grab this window of opportunity to avert tragedy with our collective ingenuity. Intrigued? If you enjoy solving problems quickly and creatively, teaming with new people to build things, this is the meaningful weekend fun you've been looking for.  When 24th March 15:00 - 19:00 25th March 09:00 - 18:00 Parking is available on the c/o Hercules and Page Lane Catering will be supplied.