The EdTech Solutions Hackathon is a groundbreaking event focused on reimagining the future of education through technology. In a continent where educators and learners face unique challenges, this hackathon invites developers, designers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs to create practical and scalable education technology solutions that work seamlessly for the African market.

With access to cutting-edge tools, APIs, and mentorship, participants will innovate across key areas of education—delivering real-world solutions that are impactful, inclusive, and transformative.

Addressable Problems in EdTech

Online Learning & Remote Education
Develop scalable platforms and infrastructure for delivering quality education anywhere, anytime.

Student Engagement & Assessment
Build tools that enhance learner participation, provide feedback, and improve assessment processes.

Teacher Support & Professional Development
Create solutions that empower educators with training, resources, and effective teaching tools.

Educational Content Creation & Localization
Design innovative platforms for creating, sharing, and localizing educational content across languages.

Special Needs Education
Develop tools that make learning more inclusive for students with disabilities.

Edutainment & Gamification
Reimagine education through gamified and interactive learning experiences.

Parent-Teacher Communication
Enhance collaboration between schools, parents, and guardians.

Data Analytics in Education
Leverage analytics to provide insights that improve teaching and learning outcomes.

AI & Machine Learning in Education
Explore AI-driven tutoring, adaptive learning, and content personalization.

Digital Libraries & Open Resources
Enable equitable access to learning materials for all learners.

Education for Underprivileged Communities
Design affordable and accessible solutions for rural and underserved areas.

Cybersecurity in EdTech
Ensure secure and safe learning platforms for students, teachers, and institutions.

Objectives

• Bridge the Education Gap: Create solutions that improve accessibility, quality, and equity in education.

• Foster Local Innovation: Empower African innovators to solve Africa’s education challenges.

• Promote Inclusive Learning: Build solutions that are accessible, transparent, and equitable.

• Encourage Responsible Design: Prioritize privacy, safety, and fairness in EdTech.

• Enable Impact at Scale: Ensure solutions can grow to benefit millions of learners across Africa.

Target Attendees

• Developers & Engineers: With experience in mobile/web development, APIs, or scalable platforms.

• Educators & Tutors: Practitioners who understand real challenges in the classroom.

• AI/ML & Data Scientists: Experts building analytics and adaptive learning models.

• Students & Learners: With a passion for technology and education.

• Social Entrepreneurs & Startups: Focused on impactful, education-first solutions.

• UX/UI Designers: To reimagine digital learning experiences.

• Institutions & Education Experts: Bringing sector-specific insights.

Why Participate?

• Access to Tools & APIs: Leverage Africa’s Talking APIs and SDKs to build scalable education solutions.

• Mentorship & Workshops: Learn from seasoned professionals and EdTech experts.

• Collaborative Innovation: Team up across disciplines to bring ideas to life.

• Cash Prizes & Recognition: Win exciting rewards and showcase your innovation.

• Make a Real-World Impact: Build solutions that transform education in Africa.

The winning solution will receive cash prizes as follows:

1. Winner - $100 (Join Marketplace Program)

2. 1st Runners Up - $50

3. 2nd Runners Up - $25

Africa's Talking powers communications solutions across Africa with simplified access to telco infrastructure, developers use our powerful SMS, USSD, Voice, Chat, Airtime and Mobile Data, to bring their ideas to life, as they build and sustain scalable businesses.

Agenda:

1. Warm-Up

• Introductions

• Form teams where need be.

• Feedback

• Feature requests

2. Building/hacking: Code in GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket and deploy in Docker/Automated CI/Travis CI/Bamboo

Note: This section needs additional setup.

Upon commit, the repository is built and deployed to an accessible web server or an S3 bucket.

3. Demonstration and Wrap-up

• Teams or individuals will demo what they have hacked for feedback or adoption.

Note: Carry a laptop

Opportunities:

• Network

• Innovate

• Access to our Talent bench (You can get a job or a gig on the spot)

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Publish on Africa's Talking Marketplace

Marketplace : Get Call Back as a Service and Publish your plugin/app for our customer.

Developer Documentation (We welcome feedback)

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Submit your Idea:

• Hackathon idea submission form

Gigs:

We would love to reach out to you so that you can build for our customers, please fill out this form with details to ensure we have your details:

GIG/HACK DEVELOPER PORTFOLIO FORM

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Slack:

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