Hack-To - Silicon Valley (Hackathon)

Hack-To-Silicon Valley

This event is designed to select the best idea/startups for a trip to silicon valley U.S.A with the opportunity to learn, explore, interact and pitch ideas before founders and investors. A real opportunity to put Benin-City Tech Startup Ecosystem on the world map.

Think. Create. Deploy

Industry Focus

-         E-Commerce

-         Home /Personal Security

-         Cyber Security

-         Apps and Website Cloning

-         FoodTech (Wastage, distribution)

-         Health Tech

-         Fintech

-         Edutech

-         AgricTech

-         Transport

 1 Day -10 hours Hackathon with Coding Challenge

Winner of coding challenge wins a MacBook Pro

Use any language or technology.

Idea Development needs to be done during the hackathon.

From 2 to 5 members in a team.

Star Prize: 2 weeks Trip to Silicon Valley, U.S.A to Pitch for the 10 best ideas

Prizes will include an internship, Company Registration with Startup funding of N150, 000 plus other awesome prizes waiting for you.

Date: 23rd April, 2019

Time: 8 am

Purpose: Get the best marketable idea/solution & Best Programmer

Venue: South-South Innovation Hub

Participating Rules

Team Limitation Minimum: From 2 to 5 members in a team.

Purpose

-         Marketing Vehicle

-         Platform Exposure

-         Idea generation

-         Team Building

-         Networking

-         Innovation

-         Abstraction

If you are enthused to solve real-world problems and make a real impact then this hackathon is for you!

Eligibility Criteria & Registration Process

• Eligibility for Participation: This hackathon is open to professionals and newcomers.

• Eligibility for Silicon Valley Visit: If your solution is best as per judging criteria defined, you get a chance to win the trip

• You will have an interview opportunity to work with Capital Startup Innovation if you have relevant experience in basic programming languages as a hard worker

• Get to know more about Microverse.org how to become a remote software developer and get great jobs.

• Participation is free-of-charge

• Throughout the hackathon, you are expected to respect fellow hackers and act with high integrity

• The organizers hold the right to disqualify any participant at any stage of the competition if the participants are deemed to be acting fraudulently