The Nigerian Media company, Techpoint Africa has announced cash prizes worth $2,500 in a hackathon at their upcoming Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit. The announcement is the most recent addition to a detailed information rollout leading up to the summit (TABS 2022) which is slated to begin on 21st May 2022.
Founded in 2015, Techpoint Africa is a growing digital media company that amplifies the best innovations out of Africa through its publications, data, and events including Techpoint Build, which is the largest tech and startup event in West and East Africa. With a growing and dedicated audience of investors, startups, developers, professionals and African tech enthusiasts, it is one of the most notable brands across Africa’s tech, startup and business ecosystem.
This summit is the second edition of an annual event that looks at how Africa can develop and harness blockchain technology and the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The 2021 edition focused on critical areas in novel applications of digital currency and contributed to the successful launch of the eNaira, Nigeria’s digital currency later in the year. This year, Techpoint Africa looks to take a magnifying glass to blockchain technology, how it powers cryptocurrencies and many other innovations that have emerged from it in the face of Web3.
As we all try to make sense of this new and changing internet, the theme of the summit is, “Web3: Engineering tomorrow’s Internet”, and this hopes to bring together the best and brightest in the Web3 space along with new learners, speculators and all-around curious people to learn, network and navigate the complex world of blockchain and its many promises.
Since effective learning does not take place in an isolated bubble, the organizers acknowledged the importance of supporting Web3-based innovations and products justifying the addition of the TABS Web3 Hackathon 22 to the summit agenda. The hackathon will thus highlight original Web3/blockchain-based solutions with the design, functionality and scalability to address problems in any sector on the continent.
With online registration open as of 19th April 2022, the hackathon is open to teams of up to five members of innovators and inventors working on deploying blockchain solutions to solve Africa’s problems as identified in different sectors. Registration closes on 2nd May and the hackathon is slated to begin a week later on 9th May 2022. Any who feel that they could meet these criteria are called upon to register and submit proposals here.
The hackathon will take place virtually with participants pitching their ideas to judges who will give recommendations and feedback from May 10th to May 14th 2022. Those shortlisted from this process will further fine tune their presentations with the judges’ guidance until the final presentations scheduled for May 21th 2022. Participants will be chosen based on the originality of their pitches.
The prize money is to be rewarded to the top 3 presentations with $1,250 for first place, $750 for second place and $500 for third place.
Summary Registration Timeline
- April 19, 2022: Registration opens
- May 2, 2022: Registration closes
- May 9, 2022: Hackathon begins
- May 13, 2022: First project submission
- May 21, 2022: Final project presentation
These presentations will be made as part of the Techpoint Africa Blockchain Summit on 21st May 2022 and while physical access may require a fee, the online ticket is available for free. See details at blockchain.techpoint.africa.