CodeUp Hackathon is for developers and innovators to design and develop tech. solutions that will address our community and societal challenges. If you know you have what it takes to address these challenges, then you can register for this hackathon.

Eligibility

Participants should apply in teams of 2 or 3 persons irrespective of age, sex, race, or religion. However, one of the team member must be a developer and/or programmer.

Requirements

1. Register for the CodeUp Hackathon on this page.

2. Develop tech solutions to address community challenges

3. Upload your code to GitLab making sure to include all deployment files and instructions needed for testing your project.

4. Submit your project on devpost.com on or before on Friday October 25th 2019 by 1:00pm GMT+1

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$6,000 in prizes
Best CodeUp Project
1 winner

(1.) Team (2-3 persons) will have access to the WittyHub Facility for 6 weeks intensive mentoring and product packaging, valued at 1800USD.

(2.) Product Launch, valued at 200USD.

(3.) Promotion at WTEF Platform for 1 month, valued at 1000USD.

Best Open-Source Project
1 winner

(1.) Team (2-3 persons) will have access to the WittyHub Facility for 6 weeks intensive mentoring and product packaging, valued at 1800USD.

(2.) Product Launch, valued at 200USD.

(3.) Promotion at WTEF Platform for 1 month, valued at 1000USD.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Kenneth Ijama

Kenneth Ijama
Developer at Powered-People

Fredrick Ughimi

Fredrick Ughimi
Founder/President at Mega-Net Software.

Nosa Ahanor

Nosa Ahanor
Tech Enthusiasts/Exchange Administrator at IAESTE-Nigeria

Hanxolo

Hanxolo
UI/Front End Developer at damanager Limited

Ayo Ifioko

Ayo Ifioko
Manager at NIIT Warri

Ikponmwosa Osazuwa E.

Ikponmwosa Osazuwa E.
Developer and Training Facilitator

Kelvin Omereshone

Kelvin Omereshone
CTO and Lead Software Developer, at Auctionlance Platform

Omawumi Eyekpimi

Omawumi Eyekpimi
Software Developer at Da-Manager

Judging Criteria

  • Code
    What kind of logic was implemented? What kind of technologies did you work with?
  • Create
    Is this project new and exciting? Is it innovatively solving a problem and making others say “WOW!”?
  • Contribute
    Is this hack dependable? How impactful is this project to its target audience?
  • Collaborate
    How complete is your hack as team? Are you just getting started or are you almost there? We’d love to see you at the finish line!
  • Connect
    How is the team able to connect with the audience and/or judges with their project during presentation.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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