Hackathons
Funded hackathons and challenges
Corporates, foundations and communities post funded builds. Platform members apply, form teams, ship, and get judged on a public rubric.
Koinos Hacks Season 1
Learn. Build. Get funded.
A Koinos programme for African builders: online workshops, a team #BUILD sprint and a Demo Day with a ₦5,000,000 non-dilutive prize pool. You keep copyright to your project.
Tracks
Fintech & Cross-Border Payments
SME settlement, remittance and merchant tools on local rails.
AI & Automation
Assistants and workflows that save African businesses time.
TradeTech & Logistics
Export readiness, port turnaround and supply-chain visibility.
Web3 & Digital Assets
Credentials, traceability and stablecoin utilities.
Public Goods
Open tools for education, health and civic access.
FashionTech & Industrial Aggregation
B2B aggregators, quality control, escrow and product passports that connect clusters like Aba to global buyers.
Prizes & incubation
- 1st place₦2,500,000
- 2nd place₦1,500,000
- 3rd place₦1,000,000
Prizes are cash grants with no equity taken. Selected winners may opt into a 12-week incubation in exchange for 5–7.5% equity under a SAFE with vesting.
Judging rubric
- Innovation25%
- Technical execution25%
- Market viability25%
- UX & design15%
- Pitch & presentation10%
How the season runs
Step 1
Applications open
Apply solo or with a team; learning tracks start online.
Step 2
Online workshops
Mentor-led labs on product, engineering and pitching.
Step 3
Team formation
Solo builders matched into teams of 2–5.
Step 4
#BUILD sprint
Ship a working prototype against your track brief.
Step 5
Demo Day
Live pitches to judges, sponsors and partners.
Open + upcoming
1
Total prize pool
₦0
Challenges live
3
Weeks of Koinos Hacks Season 1 programme
16
Learning tracks
6
Open challenges
3
Open and upcoming
Anyone on Koinos can apply. Corporate hosts fund the pool and set the brief.
One month to learn. One month to build. A lifetime to steward.
Host a hackathon on Koinos
Post a brief, fund the prize pool, and we broadcast it to every builder on the platform. Applications, team formation, submissions and rubric judging are handled for you.
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