Music & Entertainment Hackathon

The Music and Entertainment Hackathon(Hackment) is a 24 hours mini hackathon bringing together software developers to collaborate and have fun while building different applications addressing different problems in the music and entertainment industry .

Venue : MORINGA SCHOOL (NGONG ROAD)

Date : 28 & 29 April 2018.

SCHEDULE

  • 28 APRIL 2018

  • Registrations

    9Am-10Am

    Participants check-in.

  • Opening Ceremony

    10Am-11Am

    Speeches & Introduction fro the hosts and sponsors

  • Hackathon Begins

    11Am-1Pm

    Hacking all the way!!.

  • Lunch Break

    1Pm-2Pm

    Re-energize with some snacks

  • Kahoot Challenge

    2-2:30Pm

    Simple Challenge just for fun.

  • Coding Resumes

    2:30Pm-5Pm

    Hack On !!!

  • Rubix Cube Challenge

    5-5:30Pm

    Arrange the rubix cube as a team.

  • Socializing & Closing the Day

    5:30-6Pm

    End of day 1.

  • 29 April 2018

  • Arrival of participants

    9-10Am

    Day 2 begins.

  • Finalizing on Projects

    10Am-1Pm

    Hack Finalizing

  • Snacks Break

    1:00-2Pm

    Re-energizing.

  • Projects Presentation

    2-4Pm

    Presentation of projects done.

  • Judging & Awarding $ Final Speeches

    4-5

    Judges decide on the winners and the final vote of thanks speech

  • The End

  • Yeah we're pretty much done here

    Wasn't this fun though?

Frequently Asked Questions

WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE HACKATHON?

We want to create an environment that embraces new ideas and technology solutions to different problems. A place where technology designers and developers can come to help the industry, and a safe zone for teams to geek out without having to worry about failure or affecting a company’s bottom line. We know it takes longer than a weekend to build great solutions, but this is ample time to form teams of good people and begin creating great solutions.

WHO CAN ATTEND?

1.Tech Developers – We need tech ninjas, makers, game programmers, and rebels that code. Come to hack the music & Entertainment industry all in the name of doing something crazy and fantastic and helpful.
2.UI/UX Designers – We need people like you to make everything look beautiful, work intuitively, and create a stellar user experience. Great applications require great design.
3.Tech enthusiasts-Come join a group and learn from what the group is doing

What is a hackathon?

A hackathon is a day-long invention marathon. Participants work in teams to create awesome projects from scratch, learn new skills and have some fun along the way

CAN I START MY PROJECT BEFOREHEAD?

Only projects started at the hackathon will be eligible for prizes, as it would be unfair otherwise.One of the creteria used to determine the winning team will be originality.

WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM TEAM SIZE?

You can hack with however many people you like! However, only teams of 4 or fewer are eligible to win prizes..

WHAT DO I BRING?

This is a very hands-on and grassroots event. Bring your laptops,mobile phones & all your computing devices, to whatever inspires you but above all, your energy and your brain!

WHO OWNS MY PROJECT & IP?

The team that develops the project is the owner of the project and IP. We do encourage sharing of code with others in the community or making code open source but it is not required to participate in the event.

HOW DO I FORM OR JOIN A TEAM AND WHY?

We do encourage participants to start forming teams before the event. If you would like to start a team or are looking for a team to join our slack community. You can also propose or join a team on the event date.

Hackment Preparations

Its a judging requirement that all applications developed must consume The Africastalking or Cloudinary API,s

In preparation for the mini hackathon,Participants are advised to create accounts and familiarize themselves with the listed API providers as it is a requirement for every application developed to consume either of the API,S

Africastalking-Register for an account Here

Africastalking-Video Tutorials on how to use the Africastalking API,S can be downloaded from Here

Cloudinery-Register for a cloudinery account Here

Cloudinery-You can familiarize yourself on how you will manage your assets (Images,Videos,Files,Music....)Here

Our Partners

Github

Cloudinary

Digital Ocean

Digital Ocean

Dottech Domains

Africa's Talking

Moringa

Have a question? Get in touch

Email

hello@hackitafrica.tech

Hackathon Location

Moringa School(Ngong Ln,Nairobi)

Register Here

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