The final phase of the capacity-building component of the SEED4AFRICA project involves trainers/teachers and students participating in 24-hour Hackathons. During these events, held in each African country involved in the project, eight teams will compete to develop digital projects aimed at enhancing their business ideas!
The SEED4AFRICA Hackathons will take place between February and March 2025, and the winning team from each edition will have the opportunity to participate in the 9th edition of the Social Hackathon Umbria, from 3rd to 6th July 2025, in the beautiful village of Spello, Umbria, Italy.
Nairobi – 27/28 February
Get in touch with Don Bosco Tech Africa to find out how to participate!
Cotonou – 6/7 March
Get in touch with National University of Agricolture to find out how to participate!
George – 11/12 March
Get in touch with Learning Academy Worldwide to find out how to participate!
The 3rd project year provides the organisation of National and International Hackathons. The 1st phase provides the creation of local networks for the organization of Hackathons and teachers will be asked to involve local stakeholders in supporting the project activities, also taking advantage of support provided by associated partners. In particular, they will have to identify relevant social cooperative or enterprises available to organize technical visits for the students and/or workshops at schools focused on practical examples for the achievement of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals through the cooperative business model.
DBTA and EGInA will cooperate in the production of a project-based and Hacking guide for teachers, taking inspiration from the Social Hakademy methodology developed by EGInA during the years and piloted at EU level with the #hackAD project.
Each teacher will engage students in the Hackathons’ tournament that will consist of three rounds:
- An internal competition at school level with groups of students from the same VET centre (or community) competing to provide a solution to a challenge provided by a local authority;
- The winning teams of the first phase will meet for the national finals, where the jury will be composed of teams participated by at least 1 EU representative and 1 representative from another African country;
- The last phase of the Hackathons’ tournament will take place in Italy on July 2025 during the VIII edition of the Social Hackathon Umbria, the annual Hackathon carried out by EGInA and already supported in 2019by FAO for the co-design of digital solutions to challenges related to food scarcity and sustainable development, Each national winner will participate at the event with a team of 1 teacher and 4 students.
All projects realized by the students participating at the different rounds of the Hackathons’ tournament will be presented in a collection that will be hosted in a special gallery on the project website.
