Event Overview:
ABC Pan African Blockchain Hackathon
Date: 15 – 19 July 2022
Format: HYBRID (Physical activations in South Africa, Zambia, Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya)
Themed around solving for SGDs
More about the event:
The Africa Blockchain Center is holding a Pan African blockchain hackathon to promote web 3 development The Africa Blockchain Center, a Pan African blockchain company is set to hold its first inaugural hackathon this month in 5 countries from 15th to 19th July 2022. The participants will choose to work with at least one from all blockchain protocols (Cardano, Algorand, Ethereum, Solana, Avalanche, celo, polygon, Binance) and also with a special entity area where technology partner Joget, will provide an option for interested participants to build decentralized apps using Cardano blockchain on their JOGET DX platform.
The main aim of the hackathon is to facilitate and help participants produce innovative blockchain solutions that seek to resolve pertinent challenges facing Africa and meet the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Another benefit for the participants is opportunities to work with the Africa Blockchain Center as web 3 developers who will be involved in the development of in-house solutions and client projects. The event will also provide an opportunity for Web2 developers to familiarize themselves and learn new knowledge and skills to transition into Web 3 development.

The event is supported by partners including Adanian Labs, Joget and JKUAT Industrial Park.

Adanian Labs is a venture studio that focuses on building smart technology startups by nurturing them into successful and scalable data driven commercial businesses. They provide consulting services to corporations and the private sectors to support digital transformation strategies as well as help build capacity in AI, Blockchain and Web2 development.

Joget is an open source no-code / low-code application platform that combines the best of Rapid Application Development, Business Process Automation and Workflow Management. Joget empowers business users, non-coders or coders with a single platform to easily build, deliver, monitor and maintain enterprise applications.

JKUAT Industrial Park (JKUAT IP) is an entity that was established to accelerate innovation and commercialization towards the achievement of the aspirations of Kenya under the Kenya Vision 2030. The JKUAT Industrial Park results from a mutual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and the Ministry of Industrialization and Enterprise Development (MoIED) signed in 2012. The Company’s Mandate is to fill the role of Technology and Agriculture to contribute to economic development of Kenya. It also aims in facilitating the growth and development of knowledge and technology-based enterprises in line with vision 2030.

The Chief Technology Officer of Adanian Labs, Mr. Bendon Murgor, said “We are seeing web3/blockchain being gradually adopted in Africa and we hope that through this hackathon and the sessions that will be delivered, we can spur an even bigger interest to get more people to participate in blockchain development as we continue to provide more platforms for knowledge and technology transfer”.

“The inaugural blockchain hackathon will be a fantastic opportunity for developers to showcase their development skills and enhance their adaptability in developing innovative blockchain/Web 3 Solutions. “We minted to use this platform to champion blockchain adoption and encourage developers to venture into building Web3 applications and apply the technology use cases in different contexts,” said Mr. Jeff Mkungusi, CEO of The Africa Blockchain Center.

“We are excited to be part of this hackathon and believe that the participants who will build their blockchain solutions on our JOGET platform will learn great new skills. We also seek to support the training process of participants to learn and develop blockchain solutions. Those who will build their decentralized applications using the JOGET platform will receive great incentives to host their applications on our Joget Marketplace and unlock a revenue share model to benefit from their implementations’ said Joget Global Blockchain Business Lead, Andrew Forson.

“The JKUAT Industrial Park seeks to build technological partnerships that support our vision. Our participation in this blockchain hackathon program with The Africa Blockchain Center is one way in which we develop and sustain a gateway to establish industrial linkages that develop, build capacity and drive innovation in industries of the future.” said JKUAT Industrial Park Deputy Director of Innovations and Projects, Mr. Michael Waititu.

The hackathon will be hybrid, supporting both online and offline participation, with physical participation being hosted by the Adanian Labs offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Zambia and South Africa.

The three top winning teams from each of our countries will receive $500, $300 and $200 respectively, including more training and mentorship, as well as work and consulting opportunities. Interested participants are encouraged to submit their registration via this google form link by 14th July 2022.

About The Africa Blockchain Center (The ABC)

The Africa Blockchain Center (The ABC) champions web 3 technology solutions, builds capacity and aims to demystify blockchain in Africa, while creating an ethical digital economy that tackles Africa’s social, financial, and economic challenges.

The Centre is built on three models;

  1. DLT Knowledge Sharing & Capacity Building,
  2. DLT Research & Development that will create opportunities for adoption and utilization of DLT across Africa and beyond; and
  3. Provision of Blockchain as a Service (BaaS) to key sectors in Africa.