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An international online conference and hackathon
Africa Innovate is a free online conference and hackathon offering a diverse programme of engagement between students, makers, educators, researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry experts to exchange knowledge and develop innovative solutions for sustainable development in Africa.
Challenges
The Africa Innovate conference and hackathon focuses on tackling sustainable development challenges.
About the Hackathon
Our hackathon is a short, intensive competition spanning three days where teams of three to six participants (from diverse backgrounds and disciplines) develop an innovative solution to a sustainable development challenge in Africa. Each team is assigned a mentor to accelerate their progress.
Conference Agenda
21 July
Introduction
Discussions on :
– Economy & Employment
– ICT
– Community
– Health & Well-being
22 July
– Clean Energy
– Environment
– Education
– Sanitation & Water
23 July
– Discussion on Fundraising
– Final Pitches
– Winners announced
– Closing remarks
Hackathon Timeline
23 April
Online registration opens
21 June
Ideation session
Team formation
Online access to mentors
First round of submissions
Second round team selection
Final round of submissions
Winners announced
All are welcome.
Tickets are available for attending both the conference and hackathon or only the conference.
A collaborative event by The Africa Centre and Learning Connected.
www.africacentre.org.uk
www.learning-connected.org