2. Plan of action
Rough timing What’s happening
Now Overview of the hackathon
In about 15 mins Web3Bridge presentation
In about 20 mins Sushi presentation
In about 30 mins Stellar presentation
In about 40 mins 1inch presentation
In about 50 mins Polygon presentation
In about 55 mins Arweave Presentation
3. Hack Africa by Encode Club
An 8 week hackathon to build a blockchain project
Learn about blockchain through great partners
Answer a sponsor challenge or build your own project
Rewarded by prizes
4 weeks learning, 4 weeks building
7. Our university community
We partner with student clubs and societies at over 100 universities
across six continents.
These clubs and societies have direct access to students interested in
particular areas like blockchain, computing and entrepreneurship.
12. Dates
Tues 15th June
15th June to 18th
July 2021
19th July to 15th
August 2021
August 2021
Launch Event Learning period Hacking Period
Prizegiving/
Final
13. How it works
- There are lots of challenges and bounties by
sponsors.
- You can combine more than one together.
- You can answer more than one challenge.
- Or you build whatever you like
Answer a
sponsor
challenge
Build what
you want
15. Overall Prizes
- The best are chosen for a final where a panel
of leading VCs and engineers choose the
winners.
- We have $5k worth of overall prizes to give
out
- This is on top of sponsor bounties
1st: $3k
2nd: $1.5k
3rd: $500
16. Resources
● Hacker Pack
● Discord
● Technical support from Sponsors
● Encode Team + 1-1 calls
● Medium
● Events
● Youtube
18. FAQ
Who can participate?
Anyone! If you are based outside of Africa, we ask you to either
join an Africa-based team or build a solution focused on Africa.
19. FAQ
Can I add teammates anytime?
Yes, message or email us!
25. Events coming up
Stellar workshop 1 - Friday 18th June 4.30pm UTC
Wintermute Founder AMA - Tues 22nd June 4.30pm UTC
1inch workshop 1 - Weds 23rd June 4.30pm UTC
Sushi workshop 1 - Thurs 24th June 4.30pm UTC
Arweave workshop (tbc)
Also tbc: Stellar 2, Sushi 2, 1inch 2
26. What next?
Join the discord
Find teammates
Join the workshops
Choose a challenge/challenges
Build your project