Guess what? The Nairobi Innovation Week 2024 is drawing ever closer. Now as the organizers ramp the preparations, you should also get in gear to offer your best solution to some of our society’s numerous challenges.
Here is a chance for you to participate in the Faculties-based Hackathons and learn how to innovate!
The goal of the Hackathon is to prepare students to be job creators instead of job seekers, and that is an aspiration whose value cannot be overstated.
To motivate the innovators, the organizers of the Hackathons have decided to reward them. Accordingly, the top three winning ideas from each of the Faculties Hackathons will get a chance to participate in the final Nairobi Innovation Week 2024.
Here are the thematic areas in which you can come up with that innovative idea about which you cannot wait to tell the world:
- Education
- Fintech
- Affordable housing
- Health care
- Environment and climate change
- Cross-cutting Sectors
- Food security & nutrition
- Faculties
- Agriculture
- Art & Social Sciences
- Built Environment & Design
- Business Management & Sciences
- Education
- Engineering
- Law
- Health Sciences
- Science & Technology
- Veterinary Medicine
Clarifications on Key Aspects of the Hackathon
For more information including eligibility, important dates and registration for the Hackathon, please use this link for a virtual meeting: https://meet.google.com/dtw-enxn-vbd?hs=224
It is for ALL! Please share this with friends and your community within the University of Nairobi. The idea is to have as many people as possible to participate in this chance to bring potentially revolutionizing ideas to light.
For further clarification please contact the organizers on: niw@uonbi.ac.ke, startinev@gmail.com
Quick Facts on the Hackathons
This section briefly answers some of the questions you may have on the event and include links for further clarification.
The issues addressed here include:
- Eligibility
- Keeping Track of the Event—Importatnt Dates
- What a Hackathon means
- Pitch Desk (and examples)
- Registration
Who is eligible to apply & participate in Innovation Hackathons?
– Open to all university of Nairobi students both undergraduates and postgraduates
– University of Nairobi Academic and Non-academic Staff
Important Dates:
Application call open: 8th March, 2024
Clarification about the Hackathon: 11th March, 2024.
Clarification meeting link: https://meet.google.com/dtw-enxn-vbd?hs=224
Application Call Closes: 14th March, 2024
Selected and accepted teams Announcements: 17th March
Hackathons: 19th to 21st March, 2024
Nairobi Innovation Week 2024: 8th to 10th May, 2024
What is a hackathon?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlqqM1a1GQI
What is a Pitch Deck?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1VgqjBnv3o
Examples of a Pitch deck and some tools to help create a great one:
https://shorthand.com/the-craft/pitch-deck-tools/index.html
Register here: bit.ly/niwhackathon
Please share this with friends and your community within the University of Nairobi.
For further clarification please contact us on: niw@uonbi.ac.ke, startinev@gmail.com