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WiTH Africa Hackathon

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Rethink African tourism data, build dashboards for WiTH Africa, win tickets to Africa Tech Festival!

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The winning team will receive exclusive passes to the Africa Tech Festival (Cape Town, 10–13 November 2025), one of the continent’s leading events for technology, innovation, and business.Notes:<ol><li>WiTH Africa will not cover any travel, accommodation, or other logistical expenses related to the winners’ attendance to Africa Tech FEstival; winners are responsible for securing these costs independently.</li><li>Tickets awarded as prizes are nominal and non-transferable, unless an explicit exception is granted by WiTH Africa.</li></ol>

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GitHub     A web-based platform for version control and collaboration, allowing teams to manage and track code using Git.     Website: <a href="https://github.com/" target="_blank">https://github.com/</a>      Tutorial: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9u2yZvsqHA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9u2yZvsqHA</a>  GithHub Pro for Students     A free premium GitHub plan for students that provides private repositories and access to additional developer tools and resources.     Website: <a href="https://github.com/education/students" target="_blank">https://github.com/education/students</a>  DataCamp     An online learning platform offering interactive courses in data science, programming, machine learning, and analytics.     Website: <a href="https://app.datacamp.com/" target="_blank">https://app.datacamp.com/</a>   Google Colab     A cloud-hosted Jupyter notebook environment that lets you write and run Python code in the browser with free GPU and TPU access.     Website: <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/" target="_blank">https://colab.research.google.com/</a> Tutorial: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXKMmilL70w&amp;pp=ygUMZ29vZ2xlIGNvbGFi" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXKMmilL70w&amp;pp=ygUMZ29vZ2xlIGNvbGFi</a>  Visual Studio Code (VS Code)     A lightweight, extensible source code editor with built-in debugging, Git integration, and a wide ecosystem of extensions.     Website: <a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/" target="_blank">https://code.visualstudio.com/</a> Tutorial: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUJlVYggR1Y&amp;t=32s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUJlVYggR1Y&amp;t=32s</a>  Seaborn     A plotting module in the Matplotlib library that provides functions for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python.     Website: <a href="https://seaborn.pydata.org/" target="_blank">https://seaborn.pydata.org/</a> Tutorial: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GUZXDef2U0&amp;t=2766s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GUZXDef2U0&amp;t=2766s</a>  Plotly     An open-source graphing library for creating interactive, publication-quality visualizations in Python, R, and JavaScript.     Website: <a href="https://plotly.com/" target="_blank">https://plotly.com/</a> Tutorial: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_qQTKupZpY&amp;t=74s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_qQTKupZpY&amp;t=74s</a>  Matplotlib.pyplot     A plotting module in the Matplotlib library that provides functions for creating static, animated, and interactive visualizations in Python. Website: <a href="https://matplotlib.org/3.5.3/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.html" target="_blank">https://matplotlib.org/3.5.3/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.html</a> Tutorial: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZOOLe2imFo&amp;t=491s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZOOLe2imFo&amp;t=491s</a>  Streamlit     An open-source Python framework that enables the rapid creation of interactive and shareable data applications.     Website: <a href="https://streamlit.io/" target="_blank">https://streamlit.io/</a> Tutorial: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8p7uQCGD0U&amp;t=625s" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8p7uQCGD0U&amp;t=625s</a>

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About the challengeTourism is a key economic driver in Africa, with international arrivals in 2024 surpassing pre-pandemic levels and South Africa’s sector alone projected to support nearly 1.9 million jobs in 2025 (source: UN Tourism). Yet data remains fragmented, scattered across portals, and often excludes community-based tourism, limiting comparability and decision-making despite regional initiatives to close the gap (source: UNDP, Mo Ibrahim Foundation, open.africa, Knoema, ResearchGate).This hackathon challenges students to address these gaps by building innovative solutions that can be integrated into the <a href="https://with-africa.com/" target="_blank">WiTH Africa online tourism data platform</a>.Expected Results / DeliverablesPrototype feature for the WiTH Africa platform, including (1) consolidated database of aggregate data from at least 10 data sources and the corresponding metadata, (2) one dashboard containing eg. predictive analytics, GIS visualizations and/or other analysis, (3) one business model that explains the relevance and adequacy of the created feature to the WiTH Africa platfrom. Final submissions should include an integration roadmap and may be presented through code (GitHub/zip), slides, mockups, or prototypes.Why Join?<ul><li>Work in interdisciplinary teams (management, engineering, tourism, design, etc.) of 3-4 students.</li><li>Contribute directly to solving real challenges in African tourism data.</li><li>Gain hands-on experience in data innovation, AI, data visualization, and design thinking.</li></ul> Partners Involved<img src="https://taikai.azureedge.net/Z5-nW_IyXh7yBD68PJOqna18VAAAJLL1QvbGVlXFtCU/rs:fit:800:0:0/aHR0cHM6Ly9zdG9yYWdlLmdvb2dsZWFwaXMuY29tL3RhaWthaS1zdG9yYWdlL2ltYWdlcy9lOWY3NmQ3MC1hMDJiLTExZjAtOWNlZS1mOTYyNzFjOTZmYWNJbnN0aXR1dGlvbmFsIFBhcnRuZXJzLnBuZw" style="width:837px" class="fr-fic fr-dib fr-fil" />

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EligibilityThis hackathon is open to anyone, with a special focus on students from universities in South Africa. Participants must form teams of 3-4 members.DurationThe hackathon lasts four days, and all hacking must be completed during the hackathon time. You can brainstorm your idea and create your team before the hackathon, but you cannot code or work on the product design (UI / UX) before or after the hackathon. SubmissionTeams must submit their project on TAIKAI by Sunday, September 26th at 11:59 PM WAT.Steps to Submit on TAIKAI:<ol class="decimal_type"><li>Click “Create Project” on the WiTH Africa hackathon page.</li><li>Add your team members.</li><li>Upload your work using the submission template below.</li><li>Project Name</li><li>Name and contact (Whatsapp/email) of Team Members</li><li>Description - short business canvas (1–2 pages)</li><li>Link to GitHub Code Repository containing the datasets and dashboards, and created under the license type '<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank">CC BY 4.0</a>'. </li><li>Click “Publish” once everything is complete.</li></ol>Evaluation Criteria1. Relevance and Integration with the WiTH Africa Platform (25%) 2. Impact for African tourism (20%)3. Technical innovation &amp; feasibility (25%)4. User experience &amp; accessibility 10% Clarity of presentation (10%)Format The hackathon will be conducted entirely online through the TAIKAI Platform. The kickoff session will take place on October 23rd, and final deliverables must be submitted by October 26th, 23:59 WAT.Mentorship &amp; Guidance Mentors will be available for consultations between 10am-12PM (noon) GMT+1 on October 23rd and 24th. Communication with mentors will take place via Whatsapp.  Fair Competition Collaboration within teams is encouraged, but plagiarism or copying of other teams’ work is prohibited. Submissions must be original and created during the hackathon period.  Copyright NoticeAll projects developed during the WiTH Africa Hackathon must be submitted on GitHub under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license. This allows WiTH Africa to freely share, adapt, and integrate selected features into its platform for scientific and non-commercial purposes only. Integrated solutions will always be credited to the original teams on the WiTH Africa website and related communications.License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en" target="_blank">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)</a>.Ethics &amp; Data Usage Only public datasets, open-access sources, or materials provided/approved by organizers may be used. Respect copyright laws and data protection guidelines at all times. Any use of personal or sensitive data must be anonymized.  Team Coordination Teams are responsible for managing their own workflow, communication, and submissions. Each team must designate representatives to submit final deliverables.  Conduct Participants are expected to maintain professionalism, respect mentors, judges, and peers, and uphold the spirit of collaboration. Any form of misconduct, including disrespect, harassment, or dishonesty, will lead to disqualification.

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