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Koinos Hacks Season 1

The programme

Who it's for, the challenge areas, how the season runs, prizes and how you're judged.

Judging panel and builders at a past community hackathonTwo builders working together on a laptopParticipants gathered at a past community tech event
Photos from past community learning events run by the BlockAfric team.

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.

Apply to competePrepare with a learning track

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

  1. Step 1

    Applications open

    Apply solo or with a team; learning tracks start online.

  2. Step 2

    Online workshops

    Mentor-led labs on product, engineering and pitching.

  3. Step 3

    Team formation

    Solo builders matched into teams of 2–5.

  4. Step 4

    #BUILD sprint

    Ship a working prototype against your track brief.

  5. Step 5

    Demo Day

    Live pitches to judges, sponsors and partners.