Hackathon format & key facts
Organized detailsOverview
48-hour pan-African hackathon for teams building sovereign AI, cloud and data solutions for African challenges.
Complete hackathon details
The hackathon runs 12–13 October 2026 at Cité de la Culture in Tunis, with three finalist teams pitching on the BIGTECH Africa main stage on 15 October. Teams have 2–5 members and receive mentoring, cloud infrastructure and catering.
Eligibility requirements
Open to African tech talent, including engineers and developers, data scientists, relevant master's/PhD students, ML engineers and young technology entrepreneurs. Team size is 2–5.
Tips for this hackathon
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Read the rules, eligibility, judging criteria, required technologies and intellectual-property terms before forming your submission plan.
- Build a complementary team early and assign product, engineering, design, research and presentation responsibilities clearly.
- Optimize for the published judging rubric: demonstrate a real problem, working solution, measurable impact and a concise live demo.
- Prepare the repository, pitch deck, demo video and submission links before the final hours so upload or platform problems do not invalidate the entry.
- Check whether travel, finalist presentations, team-size limits or mandatory attendance apply before committing.
Verification notes
Official BIGTECH Africa hackathon page checked 7 September 2026. Apply Now is live. No application closing date or entry fee is stated, so both remain null. Cash-prize amount is not invented.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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