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.
Teams will be given business challenges that the Metro faces and they will be tasked to come up with solutions to those challenges. A total of 150 000 is up for grabs
Theme
This year’s theme is "A Digitally Connected City". The theme is centred on the Internet of Things (IoT ), Big Data, Analytics. The City will provide access to Open Data for the teams to use, reused and redistributed.
FAQs
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
No, the hackathon is open to programmers, designers, creatives, analyst, data scientist of all ages
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
Let us know if you will require transport
What can/can't I bring to the event?
Bring laptop, sleeping bag, warm jacket,
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
074 373 0639
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Yes, but first notify us
Can I update my registration information?
Yes you can
Location
Dates
to 2nd October 2016 - 02:00 PM