Join us at the Pitch event of Zambia's 1st Telecom Application Developer Hackathon (TADHack).
MTN Zambia, the leading telecommunications service provider is hosting the first ever Telecom Application Developer Hackathon (TADHack) in Zambia in collaboration with BongoHive, the hub of tech survey youths in Zambia this October 14th - 16th 2016.
TADHack Global is the world’s largest telecom focused hackathon. The Telecom Application Developer initiative was started in 2013 as a grassroots effort to build an ecosystem focused on telecom application development. The mission is to bring together businesses, developers, non-coders… really anyone who is interested in using telecom capabilities in their applications, services, or business processes. TADHack global will run parallel in 32+ locations around the world including: South Africa, Chicago, Kuala Lumpur, London, Madrid, Mexico, Moscow,, NYC, Paris, San Francisco, Tokyo among others.
TADHack Zambia will consist of two categories, including the 'Hackathon' category. The Hackathon will look at the products for new ideas or answers to a sponsors challenge. Developers can work on ideas before the event, or generate ideas during the event from all the great developer resources available. The products and platforms generated from the ideas or made during the hackathon will be revealed at this Pitch event.
The creations of the participants will be judged based on the following criteria:
Quality and Innovative
Utility of the idea
Compelling use of the sponsor’s technologies
1st prize: $1,000, Playstation 4 and 4G router with 20GB data bundle
2nd prize:: Hoverboard
3rd Prize: JBL Xtreme Bluetooth Speaker
Come ready to be amazed!