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Overview:

Join Africa’s Talking Women in Tech Kampala for an exciting hackathon focused on Sports, Music, and Entertainment! This event brings together developers, innovators, creatives, and tech enthusiasts to build impactful solutions using technology and Africa’s Talking APIs.

Participants will explore how technology can transform the entertainment industry, improve fan experiences, support artists and creators, and create new opportunities in sports and digital media. Using Africa’s Talking APIs such as SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime, Payments, and other communication tools, participants will develop creative solutions that connect people and solve real-world challenges.

Whether you are a software developer, data enthusiast, designer, sports lover, music enthusiast, or someone passionate about innovation, this hackathon is an opportunity to learn, collaborate, build, and showcase your ideas.

Why Attend?

Build Innovative Solutions: Create technology solutions that improve experiences in sports, music, and entertainment.

Learn by Building: Gain practical experience using Africa’s Talking APIs while working on real-world projects.

Collaborate with Other Innovators: Work with developers, creatives, and technology enthusiasts to bring ideas to life.

Get Mentorship and Support: Receive guidance from experienced professionals throughout the hackathon.

Showcase Your Creativity: Present your solution and get recognition within the technology community.

Key Focus Areas:

🎵 Music & Artist Engagement

• Platforms that help artists connect with fans.

• Music discovery and fan engagement solutions.

• SMS, Voice, or mobile-based experiences for music communities.

⚽ Sports Technology

• Fan engagement platforms.

• Sports updates, notifications, and interactive experiences.

• Solutions that improve sports participation and accessibility.

🎬 Entertainment & Digital Experiences

• Innovative entertainment platforms.

• Interactive content experiences.

• Tools that support creators and audiences.

📱 Mobile-First Solutions

• SMS and USSD applications.

• Voice-based solutions.

• Inclusive solutions that work even with limited internet access.

Target Attendees:

This hackathon is open to:

• Software Developers and Engineers

• Data Scientists and AI Enthusiasts

• Students and Technology Enthusiasts

• Creatives and Digital Innovators

• Entrepreneurs and Startup Founders

• Anyone passionate about technology, sports, music, and entertainment

What to Expect:

🚀 Hands-on Building: Work on innovative ideas and create working solutions.

🤝 Networking: Connect with women in tech, developers, mentors, and industry professionals.

💡 Learning Opportunities: Explore Africa’s Talking APIs and discover how they can power your solutions.

🎤 Mentorship: Get guidance and feedback from experienced technology professionals.

🏆 Recognition and Rewards: Showcase your project and stand a chance to win exciting prizes and recognition.

Solution Criteria:

• Use of Africa's Talking APIs: How effectively the project utilizes one or more of the Africa's Talking APIs i.e. SMS, USSD, Airtime, Voice, Insights, Chat.

• Innovation: The originality and creativity of the project idea and implementation.

• User Experience: How well the project meets user needs and provides an intuitive and seamless experience.

• Functionality: How well the project performs the intended functionality and handles errors and edge cases.

• Presentation: The clarity and effectiveness of the project demonstration and pitch.

New to Africa's Talking? Get started here.

Publish on Africa's Talking Marketplace

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

Developer Documentation (We welcome feedback)

THEME: Sports, Music and Entertainment

The winning solution will receive cash prizes as follows:

• Winner - $100

• 1st Runners Up - $50

• 2nd Runners Up - $25

Social Media give-aways too!

More exclusive prizes and giveaways to attendees.

Contribute to open-source.

Agenda:

1. Introductions

2. Overview

• Technical hands-on session

3. Ideation

• Form teams where need be.

• Feedback

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

5. Demonstration and Wrap-up

• Teams or individuals will demonstrate 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)

Join our community channels:

• Community Page:

  • Join Africa's Talking Women In Tech Community here

• Twitter (X):

  • Follow Our Page on X here

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

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.

Would you like to partner with us? Kindly contact the Women in Technology Team. 

Everyone is welcome!