MEST is excited to partner with Afrikathon 2020, the Virtual Event where you’d learn design thinking, form a team across the continent, and build a tech solution to create opportunities for over 400 million talented Africans; and win cool prizes! Register https://bit.ly/Afrikathon2020
This agreement is made by and between („Afrikathon Team“, „we“, „us“) and the participant („Participant“, „you“).
In response to the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus and the devastating effect, this has on the population, health care systems, social relations and world economy, the AFRIKATHON Team is organizing a pan african hackathon called Afrikathon Hacktaking place exclusively online on 11 – 16 May 2020 (the “Event”).
By participating in the Event, you agree to abide by this Agreement that is a binding legal agreement between you and the Global Hack Team.
Participation Eligibility.
In response to the global pandemic of the COVID-19 virus and the devastating effect, this has on the population, health care systems, social relations and world economy, the AFRIKATHON Team is organizing a pan african hackathon called Afrikathon Hacktaking place exclusively online on 11 – 16 May 2020 (the “Event”).
By participating in the Event, you agree to abide by this Agreement that is a binding legal agreement between you and the Global Hack Team.
Participation Eligibility.
You must be at least 16 years of age. If you are under 16 years of age, please make sure your parent(s) or legal guardian approve your participation.
There are no requirements on their nationalities or place of residence.
Participants shall submit their ideas and participation request prior to the beginning of the event on 10th May 2020 (time: 13.00 UTC).
You may sign up as part of a team. The precondition for the participation of the Event is belonging to a team registered for the event at our Hackathon Portal.Online Event.
The Afrikathon Event will take place exclusively online on 11 – 16 May 2020. You have 48 hours to collaborate and build a solution within the 5 tracks.
We’ll start with a kick-off session on Thursday, May 04 (time: 13.00 UTC) and end the hackathon on Saturday, 16 April (time: TBA) with the announcement of the winners. These online services are completely free to use for attendees, the terms of service otherwise do apply. The event is free of charge for the participant.Ideas.
Whilst hackathons generally require you to create your idea and project exclusively during the event, we are an exception this time. You will be required to complete our Design Thinking Exercise before you can create a team to brainstorm on ideasTeams.
The minimum team size is 2 members. Ideally a team size of 4. We do not provide a maximum number, but from experience, we can say that teams with more than 6 members are not that effective.Mentoring. We will provide mentoring throughout the event in the course of several check-ins. Mentors are not part of the teams.Sponsors. We can deliver the Event thanks to our Sponsors.
The identity of our sponsors is made public at our website at https://afrikathon.org/sponsors-directory. Do cherish them. In return for the sponsorship, they may have access to the event, the teams, the participants and the mentors.
They may be allowed to use images of the event, the results, images of the involved teams, and references the challenges solved and results of the event for their marketing purposes.
Judging. We have an outstanding professional jury. They will pick the winners. The Jury for each track will be seen here: https://afrikathon.org.
Prizes. We shall provide monetary prizes and incentives for the winning team of each track, the exact amounts are yet to be confirmed.
Our Sponsors will be encouraged to provide additional incentives.
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