Fireline won the Interledger Foundation and UCT Financial Innovation Hub Hackathon. The Interledger Foundation and the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Financial Innovation Hub hosted their third annual fintech hackathon recently at the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking Afrika. The event drew 80 participants from six tertiary institutions – UCT, Eduvos, Sol Plaatje University,…
Curtis Nkondo SOS won the secondary school category for its Bio Spark solution. (Image supplied) Fifty-five learners from primary and high schools in underserved communities recently showcased technology-driven solutions to real-world challenges during the inaugural five-day Young Engineers Movement (YEM) hackathon. The hackathon was hosted by Johannesburg-based non-profit education and training organisation ORT South Africa,…
Tiyani Nghonyama, COO, Geekulcha. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) ITWeb, in partnership with Geekulcha, is set to host its 10th annual hackathon (#SS26HACK) at the ITWeb Security Summit 2026 on 2 and 3 June at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg. For a decade, the hackathon has showcased cyber security skills, tools and capabilities that reside in Africa. At…
Patricia de Lille at the G20 Tourism Hackathon with the young innovators. A group of young innovators from across SA’s universities recently gathered at Sabi River Sun Resort, in Mpumalanga, for the G20 Tourism Hackathon. The event, launched by minister of tourism, Patricia de Lille, in June 2025 at the University of Western Cape, brought…
MCP Hackathon to embed African contexts in next-gen AI. Cortex Hub has launched the MCP Hackathon Africa 2025, a continent-wide initiative designed to embed African languages, culture and priorities into the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI). Cortex Hub says the eight-week programme aims to unite developers, researchers, start-ups and students to build practical solutions using the…
Hosted at the Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking Afrika at UCT, 12 teams made up of students from UCT, Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), University of the Western Cape (UWC) and Eduvos took part. All competing not just for a prize, but for the opportunity to work with the Interledger Protocol (ILP) to…
