On 1st December, 2020, The Techrity #Build4SocialGood Hackathon Programme team announced the #Buil4InformalSector Virtual Hackathon.
We welcomed Software Developers, Designers and subject matter experts to ideate and build solutions for solving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for the African Continent.
Participants ideated and built solutions addressing UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 9, that is, promoting the industry, innovation, and infrastructure (SDG9), in the following areas.
1. Identity Management
2. On-lending facility and access to credit through non-traditional financial channels
3. Credit Score and Reputation-based rating
For more info, see Announcing The #Build4InformalSector Hackathon 2020
We received a total of three project submissions for the On-lending facility and access to credit through non-traditional financial channels category.
The following teams submitted their solutions;
Team FundMyFarm
FundMyFarm is aimed at making smallholder farmers have access to informal credit facilities without any hassle whatsoever. We also make it possible for anyone who loves farming but does not have time to do it, to grow together with the smallholder farmers as they put smiles in the face of downtrodden while at the same time, their resources are working for them.
Team Trix
QuikMoni addresses the problem of SME access to credit without collateral.
Team Dorti
Dorti provides a system where users can assist or take care of garbage and get rewarded for it.
A total of 30 participants, 9 teams, and 3 projects were recorded for the #Build4InformalSector Hackathon 2020.
These projects were compiled and submitted to our panel of judges, and we are excited to announce that a winning team emerged.
Participating teams also got a chance to demo their projects in an online event on the 8 January 2021 in front of a live audience and received feedback from our highly esteemed judges.
View the Demo Day Event Recording.
Team Trix: QuikMoni emerged as the overall Winners of the Maiden #Build4InformalSector Hackathon 2020 Prize for Social Good Innovation.
The winning team has access to;
- A hub support
- $250 cash prize.
- The Techrity #Build4SocialGood Incubation program.
Congratulations to Team Trix: QuikMoni for emerging winners of the #Build4InformalSector Hackathon 2020 and all of the participating teams who helped turn innovative ideas into practical solutions for Africa.
Visit the URL to the QuikMoni solution.
All teams’ prototypes and code can be found on the website and on the #Build4SocialGood Repository on Github.
We sincerely appreciate all participating teams, judges, mentors, speakers and partners who have been with us throughout the beginning of this hackathon. The time and effort invested towards building for social good and addressing the UN #sdgs challenges in Africa cannot go unnoticed.
We look forward to hosting our next #Build4SocialGood Hackathon coming up in the following months in 2021.
Thank you!
