List of hackathons about fintech in 2020

Startup types, techie professionals, students, and the general public in Nigeria and the rest of West Africa! The Asian Development Bank and Asian Institute of Management invite you to participate in the ADB-AIM Hackathon 2020: Shaping the New Normal. You'll be tasked with coming up with an innovative solution that can help restore economic activity in the post-COVID-19 environment. You'll get to address one or more of the following challenges: Tracking the real-time economic impact of COVID-19, Using earth observation data to monitor the economic activity in select countries in Asia, or Increasing credit access of Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Compete in Lagos for a chance to win $US10,000 in funds to pilot your solution, as well as ADB incubation and access funding support for implementation. Follow hackathon tips from the experts!

Startup types, techie professionals, students, and the general public in Singapore! The Asian Development Bank and Asian Institute of Management invite you to participate in the ADB-AIM Hackathon 2020: Shaping the New Normal. You'll be tasked with coming up with an innovative solution that can help boost the recovery of economic activity in the post-COVID-19 environment. You'll get to address one or more of the following challenges: Tracking the real-time economic impact of COVID-19, Using earth observation data to monitor the economic activity in select countries in Asia, or Increasing credit access of Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Compete in Singapore for a chance to win $US10,000 in funds to pilot your solution, as well as ADB incubation and access funding support for implementation. Follow hackathon tips from the experts!

Startup types, techie professionals, students, and the general public in Greater Toronto, Ontario, and Eastern Canada! The Asian Development Bank and Asian Institute of Management invite you to participate in the ADB-AIM Hackathon 2020: Shaping the New Normal. You'll get to come up with an innovative solution that helps boost the recovery of economic activity in the post-COVID-19 environment. You'll be asked to address one or more of the following challenges: Tracking the real-time economic impact of COVID-19, Using earth observation data to monitor the economic activity in select countries in Asia, or Increasing credit access of Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Come to Toronto and compete for a chance to win $US10,000 in funds to pilot your solution, as well as ADB incubation and access funding support for implementation. Go to the Hackathon Tips Page for expert advice!

Startup types, techie professionals, students, and the general public in Metro Manila and across the Philippines! The Asian Development Bank and Asian Institute of Management invite you to participate in the ADB-AIM Hackathon 2020: Shaping the New Normal. You'll get to come up with an innovative solution that helps boost the recovery of economic activity in the post-COVID-19 environment. You'll be asked to address one or more of the following challenges: Tracking the real-time economic impact of COVID-19, Using earth observation data to monitor the economic activity in select countries in Asia, or Increasing credit access of Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Come to Manila and compete for a chance to win $US10,000 in funds to pilot your solution, as well as ADB incubation and access funding support for implementation. For expert hackathon advice, visit our hackathon tips page!

Startup types, techie professionals, students, and the general public in and around New Delhi! The Asian Development Bank and Asian Institute of Management invite you to participate in the ADB-AIM Hackathon 2020: Shaping the New Normal. You'll get to come up with an innovative solution that helps boost the recovery of economic activity in the post-COVID-19 environment. You'll be asked to address one or more of the following challenges: Tracking the real-time economic impact of COVID-19, Using earth observation data to monitor the economic activity in select countries in Asia, or Increasing credit access of Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Come to New Delhi and compete for a chance to win $US10,000 in funds to pilot your solution, as well as ADB incubation and access funding support for implementation. Visit our hackathon tips page for advice on participation!

Startup types, techie professionals, students, and the general public in Bangkok and all around Thailand! The Asian Development Bank and Asian Institute of Management invite you to participate in the ADB-AIM Hackathon 2020: Shaping the New Normal. You're invited to collaborate to create an innovative solution that helps boost the recovery of economic activity in the post-COVID-19 environment. You'll be asked to address one or more of the following challenges: Tracking the real-time economic impact of COVID-19, Using earth observation data to monitor the economic activity in select countries in Asia, or Increasing credit access of Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME). Come to Bangkok and compete for a chance to win $US10,000 in funds to pilot your solution, as well as ADB incubation and access funding support for implementation. Advice on hackathon participation is available on our tips page!

Although many people are creating work on the economic or health impact about coronavirus, there are few projects combining the two outcomes throughout their analysis. Coronavirus is an acute health problem, but the way we exit lockdown will also affect our lives for years and maybe decades to come. People need answers now, and the plan is to move quickly to understand how each of the possible exit strategies will play out. By releasing this information on a weekly basis, we will allow key decision-makers, reporters and the public to make the best-informed decisions they can. See the project page here You can see some overview slides here The project will be completely virtual with teams forming around key themes identified by economic and health experts. Teams will be a mixture of these experts combined with machine learning and data science specialists. This project will officially start on the 18th May with a kickoff call and briefing. Over the coming week, there will be communications regarding slack channels, team formation and other details. So please sign up here to make sure you’re included. Some early details can be found in this working document Key Dates: Kick-off - Monday 18th May First Weekly Update - Monday 25th May Second Weekly Update - Monday 1st June Please note that although it will take place over several weeks, you will not be required to participate on a full-time basis. All participants will be credited for any and all work they contribute

We know that innovation comes in dimensions, so we have created Afrikathon, which will converge world class talents across Africa to profer lasting solutions to one of the continent's challenges, unemployment, amongst others thereby impacting lives and improving economies. Registrations are open for our Africa-Wide Hackathon where anyone can use Design Thinking, form teams across the continent and create solutions to tackle problem of unemployment & job opportunities, in Africa. In the wake of COVID-19, we need to find innovative ways to create more jobs. Register herehttps://kente.afrikathon.org/register Visit our Websitehttps://afrikathon.org

As a participant, you get the following: A weekend of innovation and fun with 160 smartest peers Interaction with top tech companies in the region Workshops and talks by experienced professionals (more info on that later) Free food, drinks & swag Prizes We aim to: Connect students and graduates with IT experts and tech companies Create international experience Create largest hackathon in the region

Techies in Indonesia! Agorize invites you to participate in AWS Hackdays Online 2020 Build Tomorrow! - Indonesia You'll be challenged to shape the future of South-East Asia’s digitalization by creating innovative solutions related to sustainability, learning & development, automation, and security. Register with a team of 2-4 members and create a prototype solution leveraging Amazon Web Services serverless, machine learning, IoT, databases, web applications, or mobile development capabilities. Compete to be one of 5 teams from Indonesia to advance to the Online Demo Day on 24 July 2020. The winning team will participate in the Final Online Hackathon in August 2020 for the chance to win the US$20,000 Grand Prize. Visit our tips page for Hackathon best practice info!