The All-Africa Hack-alympics are here! This annual competition invites contestants to stretch their limits in creating a working prototype of a digital solution for specific business challenges.

Starting in September 2023, we gave all of you, from Cape to Cairo, the chance to submit an idea to solve a challenge related to our strategic pillars: Customer, Simplicity and Growth.

Now our annual Hack-alympics are in full swing – and it’s our biggest competition ever.

Our Hack-alympics kicked off last year with a recap on how to use the Innovate! portal, followed by the opening of entries to all employees. We’ve since hosted eight Flame the Torch sessions and numerous masterclasses.

After a gruelling shortlisting process, 115 teams made it through to the Market Hack-alympics.

And our winners per market are…

Customer: SafariBot
Simplicity: M-PESA Vibe
Growth: NetiX

Customer: Autostash Squad
Simplicity: Team Eagle
Growth: Deal Masters

Customer: CashWave
Simplicity: The Professors
Growth: Innovation Master
Growth (Wildcard): Blockbusters

Customer: Customer Voice
Simplicity: AutoSec
Growth: Devil’s Advocate

Customer: Team Leo
Simplicity: Recyclers
Growth: Mtando
Wildcard: Team Waza

Customer: Ok2ba
Simplicity: Phambili
Growth: Ghost

Customer: Team Leopards
Simplicity: Team 243
Growth: Team Sky

Customer: Team Nova
Simplicity: Cyber Queens
Growth: Prepaid Bomb Squad

Focus was the name of the game at the Ethiopia Hack-alympics.
The Tanzania event buzzed with energy and excitement.
Sharing a light moment amid the intensity of the Mozambique Hack-alympics.
While the competition was fierce, the Egypt Hack-alympics also brought colleagues closer together.
Celebrating a successful Hack-alympics event in Kenya.
Congratulations to all the winning teams from the South Africa Hack-alympics!

Time to level up

In April, the winning team for each challenge from every market will face off in the All-Africa Hack-alympic Games, where they’ll compete for big cash prizes. And finally, in June, the overall winner per challenge from Africa will battle it out against the winners from Vodafone Europe, with big money up for grabs.

May the best teams win!

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