The Financial Inclusion Global Initiative (FIGI) Hackathon aims at developing innovative ICT applications to bridge the financial inclusion gap. The hackathon will take place on 21 and 22 January 2019 at the venue of the FIGI Symposium (Royal Maxim Palace Kempinski Cairo), and is expected to run overnight.
Participants will have one-and-a-half days to complete their projects, however the hacking will start off site starting the 14th of January.
Eligibility
-Must apply as teams of 3-5 participants
-Only 15 teams will be accepted to participate
-Must include coders to develop the applications
Requirements
Clearly tell hackers what they need to build for the hackathon and anything additional they should submit on Devpost.
Prizes
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Dr.Nezar Sami
Fintech Expert
Ruan Swanpoel
Head of MobileMoney, GSMA
Sherif Singer
Digitial & Middleware Delivery Head, CIB
Alain AlHajj
Co-founder and COO, Accept Payments
Karim Abdelghani
Program Coordinator, ITU
Karol Karpinski
Financial Sector Analyst, The World Bank
David Lubinski
Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Judging Criteria
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40% Innovation
whether or not the submission is tackling the issue or its application in a new unconventional aspect -
20% User Experience
the simplicity and the flow of using the solution, for the targeted user. -
20% Feasibility
the applicability and the availability of resources for implementation -
20% Scalability
the sustainability and scalability plan for the solution
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