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$1,000,000 total prize pool (2025 edition). Top 5 overall: $100K/$70K/$60K/$40K/$30K + track-specific prizes
Africa's largest Web3 hackathon, powered by the Hashgraph Association and Exponential Science Foundation. The 2025 edition featured a $1M prize pool across multiple tracks, combining 20+ in-person hackathons across African hubs (Lagos, Cairo, Nairobi, Cape Town, Kinshasa, Casablanca, Tunis) with virtual participation. Developers, students, startups, and innovators build decentralized applications (dApps) on the Hedera network addressing Africa's digital transformation challenges.
Grand Prizes (Top 5)
$100K (1st), $70K (2nd), $60K (3rd), $40K (4th), $30K (5th) across all tracks
Track-Specific Prizes
Additional prizes distributed across the 4 hackathon tracks
Investment Opportunity
Exceptional projects evaluated case-by-case for potential investment by Hashgraph Ventures
In-Person Hackathons
20+ in-person hackathon events across major African tech hubs
Ecosystem Access
Connection to Hedera ecosystem, Orange Middle East & Africa, and Web3 partner network
Onchain Finance / DeFi
Decentralized finance solutions for financial inclusion and digital finance access across Africa.
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
Enterprise and public sector DLT applications for supply chain, identity, governance, and transparency.
AI & DePIN
Convergence of AI, IoT, robotics, and decentralized physical infrastructure networks for African development.
Immersive / General
Web3 applications across healthcare, telecom, sustainability, agriculture, and manufacturing.
Developers and teams building impactful decentralized applications on Hedera addressing Africa's digital transformation in finance, healthcare, telecom, sustainability, agriculture, and manufacturing. Strong focus on convergence of AI, IoT, robotics, and quantum computing with Web3. In-person participation at African hubs valued but virtual participation accepted.
Case-by-case investment evaluation by Hashgraph Ventures for exceptional projects; access to Hedera developer ecosystem; connection to Orange Middle East & Africa and partner network across 16 African countries.
$1M prize pool makes this one of the largest tech prizes available to African developers. Build something real on Hedera — the investment pipeline from Hashgraph Ventures means top projects get follow-on capital beyond the prize money. The 2025 edition drew 13,000 developers and 1,300 submissions, so competition is fierce. Attend the in-person hackathons at African hubs for better visibility with organizers.
2024
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