Hackathon
Iyin-Ekiti TechFest 2026
Thinking beyond borders
Demo day: Saturday, 14 November 2026, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm · Venue to be announced
₦1,000,000 in prizes
Schedule, speakers and the full event details are on the main event site.
- 17Participants registered
- 8Teams formed
How it works
- 01
Register
Sign up alone or with your team. Teams can have up to 4 people.
- 02
Build and submit
Build online with your team and submit links to your code, demo and slides before Tue 3 Nov, 11:59 pm.
- 03
Demo day
Judges shortlist the top 7 projects. Finalists demo live on Saturday, where the winners are picked.
Prizes
Total prize pool ₦1,000,000
1st place
₦400,000
2nd place
₦250,000
3rd place
₦150,000
The Crow's Pick
₦200,000
For the best project built on the itoka.ng API, using it to create, manage or automate DNS for real domains.
Tracks
Web3
Build with blockchains and decentralised tech: payments, wallets, tokens, digital identity or smart contracts. Solve a real problem people here actually have, not just a demo of the technology.
Sponsored by SkilledCrow
Community Building
Tools that help communities organise, learn, trade and look after each other, from campus groups, churches and mosques to markets, cooperatives and neighbourhood associations.
Sponsored by SkilledCrow
AI and Automation
Products that use machine learning or large language models to do something genuinely useful: understand local languages, answer questions, spot patterns or help people make better decisions, faster.
Sponsored by SkilledCrow
Crow's Pick
For the best project built on the itoka.ng API, using it to create, manage or automate DNS for real domains
Sponsored by SkilledCrow