The #USPFHackathon, a three-day event held at iDEA NG’s offices, from September 18 to 20, featured over 80 participants across Nigeria.
The event, aimed at creating innovative technology that would improve access for unserved and under-served regions in Nigeria, was a creative hub of ideas, which birthed over 20 applicable solutions.
At the end of the event however, only three teams emerged winners.
Team Social Wi-Fi was in the third place for a Wi-Fi-based phone network. It walked home with N500, 000 cash prize and a place in iDEA NG’s incubation programme.
In the second position was Team Farm Fresh, which walked away with N750,000 and earned a place in iDEA’s incubation programme for e-commerce agriculture.
The champion of the #USPFHackathon was Team Data Mart, and was chosen for a marketplace to buy and sell data with analytics.
Team Data Mart received the grand prize of N1,000,000 and a place in iDEA NG’s incubation programme.