Dear startups, the Europe–Africa hackathon is launched!
The O.P.N.D. (Pan-African Digital Observatory for Development) and B.O.I (Bridge Of Innovations) would like to inform you that they are partners of the Afro-European hackathon (programming marathon).
EU: Africa The Post Crisis Journey, an initiative organised by the Government of the Republic of Estonia and the African Union, in cooperation with Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland and the European Investment Bank, with implementing partners Garage 48 (an experienced Estonian NGO) and the Smart Africa Alliance, is holding an online intercontinental hackathon, “EU: Africa, the Post-Crisis Journey”, from 10 to 13 December 2020.
The aim of the hackathon is to find innovative digital solutions to the socio-economic challenges facing African countries, further amplified by the Covid-19 crisis, and thereby to accelerate socio-economic development through innovative digital solutions.
The teams working on the challenges will be mixed Afro-European teams (each team would include at least one person from an African country and one from a European country) - a format that will further strengthen Afro-European cooperation on both a personal and a professional level.
The challenges for which the teams are seeking digital solutions come from African countries. In cooperation with the African Union and the Smart Africa Alliance, the Estonian team was able to identify the most pressing problems in African states, made even more acute by the Covid-19 crisis.
The hackathon will be followed by a post-hackathon matchmaking event. There will also be a fully online post-hackathon mentoring programme, with mentors from African and European countries. We aim to engage 10,000 passionate, tech-savvy and socially conscious problem-solvers, 300 mentors and 500 community organisations across Africa and Europe. The winning teams will share a prize fund of 100K euros (and growing!), further develop their prototypes in the hackathon follow-up programme and put their world-changing ideas into practice in real life.
This transcontinental hackathon was launched and the opening of registrations was announced on 20 October 2020. The link to its website (with information on the challenges) is: www.euafricathejourney.com.
The first team formation will take place on 28 November 2020. Participants are encouraged to register before 28 November 2020, but registrations will remain open until 3 December 2020.
For more information, visit https://www.euafricathejourney.com/
To register and submit ideas: https://eventornado.com/event/eu-africa-the-post-crisis-journey
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/euafricathejourney/