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How the hackathon works

1. Understand the challenge

Review the problem brief, learn about spaza shop payment challenges and identify a focused problem your team wants to address.

2. Define your solution

Develop your concept, users, use cases and proposed payment journey.

3. Build a proof of concept

Use the provided technology, documentation and support sessions to create a functional or partially functional prototype.

4. Present your solution

Submit your project and pitch it to the judging panel, explaining the problem, solution, technical implementation and potential impact.


See what teams must submit and the judging criteria for full details.