Two years after launching its first digital platform, ALAT, Wema bank has launched a Hackathon for tech startups competition. The program, which is tagged ‘Hackaholics’ will bring software developers and digital solutions to challenges, which will drive business ideas and grow technology in the world.
Wema bank plans to bring start-ups and young tech professionals together, to develop digital solutions which will alleviate financial, social and institutional challenges. All participants will analyse, strategise, brainstorm and develop solutions for the given problem areas, which a team of reliable judges will screen.
Wema bank aims to use the Hackathon as a platform to give innovators, software developers and creative thinkers the opportunity to transform their concepts into solutions that will be developed into marketable software applications. The bank is not just looking to award the best creators, they are also looking to use the project to improve and re-ignite the passion for technology. Which is to build a community of innovators that will constantly work to bring safe, convenient and profitable banking to customers. This will be done through fast and easy software solutions.
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Hackaholic is set to kick-off from the 29th to the 31st of March, 2019. All innovators, developers and coding experts across Nigeria are invited to apply.
Notice
Attendees can participate individually or in teams and teams can be formed prior to the Hackathon. Attendees are responsible for coming to the event with FinTech related ideas or finding a team to work with during the Hackathon. The Hackathon organizers and Technology partners may also provide teams potential ideas to work on and offer prizes to the best team.
APIs and platforms from technology partners will be made available during the Hackathon. Attendees will spend 72 hours coding, validating their ideas, networking and then demoting their hacks to a panel of VCs, executives and entrepreneurs.
Participants
Twenty (20) teams will be shortlisted for the hackathon. Submission of applications will stop on the 10th of March 2019 at 11:59pm.
Prizes
– Funding.
– Access to the Wema Bank Codeville incubator and accelerator program.
– Exposure to investors and opportunities to deploy solutions.
Click here to register.
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