The hackathon aims to identity new solutions to reduce cost in cross-border payments into and within Africa.
SWIFT will hold an open API hackathon at its annual African Regional Conference (ARC), taking place on 21-23 April in Cape Town, South Africa.
The hackathon is open to developers and engineers working in the financial sector who want to shape the future of Africa’s growing payments market. Over two days, teams of developers will be given access to a combination of SWIFT and industry APIs in an open sandbox environment provided by SWIFT. They will be asked to develop solutions to concrete, real-world challenges currently facing the payments industry in Africa.
The teams will then pitch their work in front of an expert industry panel at ARC. The team that develops the most impactful solution will receive complimentary tickets to attend Sibos, SWIFT’s annual global financial conference taking place this year in Boston, USA in October.
Developers from financial institutions, fintechs, telcos and universities in Africa who are interested in participating in the hackathon can find out more information and apply to participate by contacting: Nkiruka.Uwaje@SWIFT.com.
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to 2nd March 2020 - 05:00 PM