Borderless Bytes: Building Africa's Next Tech Wave
Join 10,000+ developers, designers and innovators across Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Ghana for a four-day virtual summit, hackathon and live talent pairing.
Summit Opens In
Kick-off 1:00 PM WAT / 3:00 PM EAT, Monday 5 October.
One summit, three ways to move your career.
Learn & Connect
Two high-impact sessions daily featuring industry leads from West and East Africa — fireside chats and panels, live and recorded.
6 SESSIONS · DAYS 1–3
Build & Win
Compete in our four-country hackathon for cash prizes, feedback from industry leaders, and networking opportunities. Build fast and pitch live on the final Summit day.
TEAMS & SOLO · 4 COUNTRIES
Get Hired Live
On Day 4, pitch your project to the judging panel then jump straight into speed interviews with top employers.
OCTOBER 8 · PAIRING DAY
Four days. Two sessions a day. One finale that hires.
Days 1–3 run two live sessions each — a fireside chat and a panel. Day 4 is the Grand Finale: hackathon pitching, winner announcements and live talent pairing.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 5 · OPENING & FUTURE OF AFRICAN TECH
The Pan-African Tech Ecosystem
Founders and ecosystem builders on funding, infrastructure and talent flows across Lagos, Nairobi, Kampala and Accra.
Building Scalable Products Across Borders
Payments, KYC, localisation and latency. What breaks first when a product built for one market goes continental.
All sessions are streamed live and recorded. Times shown in West Africa Time; the second line on each session shows the other zone.
Four countries, one prompt, a live stage on Day 4.
Open to individuals and teams based in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Ghana. Prompts are released before the summit begins, so you build and then pitch at the Demo Day.
Build Window
Submission closes
Live Demo and Winner announcement
PRIZE POOL
$1,800+
Cash prizes — plus fast-tracked introductions to hiring partners on pairing day.
Judged on problem fit, technical execution, and how well the demo holds up live.
Pre-screened African tech talent, zero hassle.
On October 8 we run dedicated speed-interviewing rooms. You tell us the roles; we route matched candidates with portfolios and hackathon submissions already reviewed into timed 1:1 sessions.
The people on the other side of the screen.
Announced in batches — more names to come before 5 October.
Adeposi Bamiduro
CEO, StacStart
Donald Maasa
Co-founder and Team Lead, Founders Lounge, Uganda
Ife Adebayo
National Coordinator, iDICE
Ebenezer Oyichi
Lead Partner/COO, Zera Digital Limited
Dr. Goodluck Nnorom
Strategic Management Consultant
Abimbola Yusuf
Lead Consultant, Amy Consulting
Christiana Kadeji
Employee Engagement and Culture Officer, Premium Trust Bank
Pelumi Adesina
Group Head, Talent Acquisition, FCMB Group
Malik Asamu
Co-founder and CEO of CashAfrica
Naheem Noha
Chief Technology Officer, StacStart
Damilola Abudu
Head of Product, StacStart
Answers to the first questions everyone asks.
Anyone based in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda or Ghana — as an individual or in a team of up to four. You must be registered for the summit; prompts are emailed to registered participants before Day 1.
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