Feb 15, 6:00 AM – 6:00 PM (UTC)
Africa's Talking, proudly present hackathon aimed at redefining the future of security: Join us and build government digitization solutions while exploring 2G, AI and IoT solutions. Register Today!
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Africa’s Talking are thrilled to unveil an exceptional event engineered to revolutionize the landscape of government operations: the Open Hackathon centered on devising Government Digitization Solutions, This dynamic event invites tech enthusiasts, developers, and innovators to design groundbreaking solutions aimed at enhancing developments in the tourism and culture sector. This hackathon will bring together developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and cultural enthusiasts to create innovative solutions that showcase the richness of African heritage, promote sustainable tourism practices, and deliver seamless experiences for visitors. Explore the intersection of technology, travel, and culture, and be part of shaping the future of Africa's tourism industry.
Africa's Talking play an integral role in creating technologies that can help preserve and digitize cultural artifacts, traditions, and indigenous knowledge. These APIs, which are CPaaS and Telecommunication APIs, can be utilized by public administration systems to facilitate and promote sustainable and eco-friendly tourism, such as tools for carbon footprint tracking or responsible travel planning. Africa's Talking APIs will be at the core of our hackathon, providing tools to seamlessly integrate communication and AI-driven analytics into your solutions. Africa's Talking APIs will enable real-time SMS, Voice, Chat, Mobile Data, Airtime and USSD communication between citizens and tourism professionals and cultural experts to provide personalized recommendations and information to tourists. Meanwhile, Together, Africa's Talking technologies will empower participants to develop innovative, effective solutions that pave the way for innovations in the Tourism and Cultural Sector. Join us to harness these powerful APIs in our quest to revolutionize tourism and cultural settings!
Challenges:
Citizen Engagement & Communication – Enhancing government-to-citizen communication using SMS, USSD, and Voice APIs to deliver real-time updates, service notifications, and emergency alerts while enabling interactive feedback and inquiry systems.
Mobile Payments & Financial Inclusion – Facilitating seamless mobile payments for government services by integrating Africa’s Talking Payments API to enable automated billing, reminders, and secure transactions for taxes, fines, and service fees.
Open Data & Transparency Solutions – Increasing government transparency by using APIs to provide real-time access to public data, enabling the development of dashboards and reporting tools for tracking budgets, tenders, and project progress.
Smart Public Infrastructure & Utilities Management – Improving public services like water, electricity, and waste management by leveraging APIs to provide automated alerts, real-time issue reporting, and efficient service coordination.
Secure Digital Identity & Authentication – Strengthening security in digital government services by implementing Two-Factor Authentication (2FA), OTPs, and USSD-based verification to ensure safe and inclusive access, especially for citizens without internet connectivity.
E-Government Service Access & Automation – Digitizing and automating government services such as birth registration, business permits, and tax payments using Africa’s Talking APIs to reduce paperwork, streamline approvals, and improve accessibility.
Target Attendees:
Enhance the Visitor Experience: Develop innovative solutions that create engaging, immersive, and personalized experiences for visitors at cultural heritage sites, museums, and other tourist attractions.
Prizes:The winning solutions will receive cash prizes:
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM: Warm-Up
9:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Building/Hacking
1:00 PM : Lunch
1:00 PM - 5:00PM: Building Continues
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Demonstration and Wrap-Up
Opportunities:
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Africa's Talking community allows developers to learn skills for the modern-day African Developer. We are language and framework agnostic. All developers are welcome. This is where Africa's Talking developers community meets to build, learn and exchange knowledge.
We are helping software developers and businesses to bring their ideas to life through easy-to-use APIs quickly.
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National Bank of Rwanda
Software Engineer
Altech Group Rwanda
Software Engineer
Saturday, February 15, 2025
6:00 AM – 6:00 PM (UTC)
6:00 AM | Warm-up, breakfast |
7:30 AM | Building/Hacking |
11:00 AM | Lunch |
12:00 PM | Continue building/coding |
3:00 PM | Demonstration and Wrap-Up |
Africa’s Talking
Country Director
National Bank of Rwanda
Software Engineer
Altech Group Rwanda
Software Engineer
University of Dar Es Salaam
Community Lead, 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Community Lead, 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Community Co-Lead, 🇰🇪 Kenya
Community Lead, 🇬🇲 The Gambia
Community Lead, 🇳🇬 Kaduna, Nigeria
Altech Group
Community Co-Lead, 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Sitemonki
Community Co-Lead, 🇺🇬 Uganda
Africastalking LTD
WIT Community Lead 🇰🇪 Kenya
Africa'sTalking Uganda
Community Co-Lead, 🇺🇬 Uganda
MlimiPay Limited
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Community Co-Lead 🇷🇼 Rwanda
Community Co-Lead, 🇰🇪 Kenya
FnStack
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Community Co-Lead, 🇺🇬 Uganda
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