MLH is teaming up with All In Open Source to run a hackathon for all student hackers - regardless of where you are in the world. All In is a community dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion within open source.

At this 24-hour hackathon, we're challenging you to build hacks that aim to solve sustainability challenges in Africa and their local regions. Pick one Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from the UN SDGs (https://sdgs.un.org/goals) to build a project to win amazing prizes!

Whether this is your first hackathon or your hundredth, we want you to join us for this beginner-friendly event!

Check out the organizations that have partnered together for this hackathon:

All In for Students
All In for Students is an online program for tech students from underrepresented backgrounds that provides open source education, training, and internship opportunities.

All In Africa
All In Africa is an online educational program that provides Africans with free open source education, training, mentorship, community involvement, and career opportunities.

We look forward to hacking with you!

Requirements

  • We require all teams to submit a 2 minute or less demo video.
  • Your code must be available in some sort of public repository. 
  • Your code and video must remain public post event if you want to continue being eligible for prizes. If your repo and video are not public we will select new winners. 
  • Your demo video must state the name of the hackathon at the beginning of the video. 
    • Ex. "Hey I'm Sam and this is my demo for AI Hackfest."
  • You must have completed all the registration steps on Devpost. 
    • Note that Hosted by MLH events require registration and check-in on MLH's event page.
    • Your email on all check in and registration platforms (Devpost, check-in form & MLH's event page) must match.
  • Your video must be created the weekend of the hackathon. 
  • We don't allow you to submit your project to other hackathons.
  • You can no longer submit project that include prior work.
  • There is no maximum or minimum team size but we've noticed that teams perform best when they have a maximum of 4 hackers.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

5 non-cash prizes
Best Domain Name from GoDaddy Registry
1 winner

GoDaddy Registry is giving you everything you need to be the best hacker no matter where you are. Register your domain name with GoDaddy Registry for a chance to win a Hack from Home Kit! Each Kit contains wireless earbuds, blue light glasses, selfie ring light and a pouch for easy transport.

Build with GoDaddy Registry -> http://hackp.ac/godaddyregistry

Best Use of MongoDB Atlas
1 winner

MongoDB Atlas takes the leading modern database and makes it accessible in the cloud! Get started with a $50 credit for students (https://hackp.ac/mongodb) or sign up for the Atlas free forever tier (https://hackp.ac/mongodb-free) (no credit card required). Along with a suite of services and functionalities, you'll have everything you need to manage all of your data, and you can get a headstart with free resources from MongoDB University (https://hackp.ac/mongodb-university)! Build a hack using MongoDB Atlas for a chance to win a M5GO IoT Starter Kit for you and each member of your team. Winning teams in APAC will receive gift coupons worth the prize item.

Build with MongoDB -> http://hackp.ac/mongodb

Most Engaging Hack
1 winner

This award is for a hack that engages the judges the most! Get creative this weekend and stand a chance to win a podcast kit!

Best Design
1 winner

Make the user interface and user experience of your hack stand out this weekend and stand a chance to take home Drawing Tablets!

Best Sustainability Hack
1 winner

This award is to recognise the best hack that solves sustainability challenges in Africa and their local regions! The best team takes home bluetooth speakers!

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Major League Hacking

Major League Hacking

Judging Criteria

  • Adherence to Theme
    Does the hack adhere to the event's theme? Does it implement that theme fully or just partially?
  • Technology
    How technically impressive was the hack? Was the technical problem the team tackled difficult? Did it use a particularly clever technique or did it use many different components? Did the technology involved make you go "Wow"?
  • Design
    Did the team put thought into the user experience? How well designed is the interface?
  • Learning
    Did the team stretch themselves? Did they try to learn something new? What kind of projects have they worked on before?
  • Originality
    Has this project been done before at hackathons in the past? How creative is their project in solving the problem at hand?
  • Completion
    Does the hack work? Did the team achieve everything they wanted?

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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