Are you passionate about innovation and developing ideas to solve society's greatest challenges? In preparation for the Nairobi Innovation Week 2024, register to participate in the Faculties-based Hackathons and learn how to innovate!
The goal is to prepare students and staff to be job creators instead of job seekers. The top three winning ideas from each of the Faculties Hackathons will get a chance to participate in the final Nairobi Innovation Week competition in 2024.
Thematic Areas:
Science & Technology
Other thematic areas include:
·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
·Veterinary Medicine
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/ Question &Answer Session.
about the Hackathon : 11th March, 2024 at 4.00pm
https://meet.google.com/dtw-enxn-vbd?hs=224 Clarification/Q&A meeting link
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/niw hackathon
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