Africa's Talking Hackathon: Develop a Banking Solution ( Voice, SMS, USSD and Payment API's): Ghana

Jun 24, 2023, 6:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Join AT. and Trestle Academy Ghana in collaboration with Accra Technical University (CS Dept.) and Paybox on 24th June 2023 for an Open Hackathon. Develop voice-enabled banking solutions that leverage open SMS, USSD and Payment APIs, allowing customers to perform all transactions THEME: "Open Banking and API Integration: Transforming Financial Services"

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About this event

Join AT. and Trestle Academy Ghana in collaboration with Accra Technical University (CS Dept.) and Paybox on 24th June 2023 for an Open Hackathon.

 
Build with us, present feature requests, give feedback, or contribute to our open-source API and SDKs.


Develop voice-enabled banking solutions that leverage open SMS, USSD and Payment APIs, allowing customers to perform all transactions

You can send your consumers efficient text messages when they need them thanks to our messaging services. You have a range of options for including text messaging in your mobile and web applications thanks to our user-friendly and dependable SMS APIs.

Features:

  • Voice over IP
  • Bulk SMS
  • USSD
  • Payment API's

Use Cases:

  • Bank Transactions
  • Notification services
  • E- Banking Services

Developer Documentation (We welcome feedback)

THEME: Develop a Voice-Enabled Banking Solution with SMS, USSD and Payment API's

The winning solution will receive cash prizes as follows:

  • Winner - GHS 4000
  • 1st Runners Up - GHS 2000
  • 2nd Runners Up - GHS 1000

More exclusive prizes and giveaways to attendees.

Contribute to open-source.

Elarian: Build Responsibly, Protect Customer Data.

Elarian is a customer engagement framework (Customer Data Platform) that helps you build robust applications with the customer as the unit of abstraction. Elarian features robust capability in handling end to end of customer data.

Africa's Talking powers communications solutions across Africa with simplified access to telco infrastructure, developers use our powerful SMS, USSD, Voice, Airtime, and Payments APIs to bring their ideas to life, as they build and sustain scalable businesses.

Agenda:

1. Warm-Up

  • Introductions
  • Form teams where need be.
  • Feedback
  • Feature requests

2. Building/hacking: Code in GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket and deploy in Docker/Automated CI/Travis CI/Bamboo

Note: This section needs additional setup.

Upon commit, the repository is built and deployed to an accessible web server or an S3 bucket.

3. Demonstration and Wrap-up

Teams or individuals will demo what they have hacked for feedback or adoption.

Note: Carry a laptop

Opportunities:

  • Network
  • Innovate
  • Access to our Talent bench (You can get a job or a gig on the spot)
Submit your Idea:

Hackathon idea submission form

Gigs:

We would love to reach out to you so that you can build for our customers, please fill out this form with details to ensure we have your details:

GIG/HACK DEVELOPER PORTFOLIO FORM

Join community channels:

Slack & WhatsApp:

Please follow us on Twitter handles to:

@AfricasTalking

@ElarianHQ

You can get our videos, recaps, and event interviews on our youtube channels, subscribe to get updates:

Africa's Talking community allows developers to learn skills for the modern-day African Developer. We are language and framework agnostic. All developers are welcome. This is where Africa's Talking developers community meets to build, learn and exchange knowledge.

We are helping software developers and businesses to bring their ideas to life through easy-to-use APIs quickly.

Would you like to partner with us? Kindly contact the Developer Experience Team.


Speakers

  • Flynn Darko

    Africa Talking

    Community Leader

  • Kofi Tandoh

    Africa's Talking

  • Robert Wonders

    Trestle Academy Ghana

    Executive Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship

  • Philip Boye-Doku

    Paybox

  • Wisdom Torgby

    Head of Computer Science, Accra Technical University

Moderators

  • Flynn Darko

    Africa Talking

    Community Leader

  • Michael Kimathi

    Africa's Talking

    Head of Developer Community Africa

Featured Attendees

  • Ezekiel Alosum

    Abayi Ezekiel

  • John Dzikunu

    TekporConsult

  • Yao Adzikah Wisdom

    WAY-STUDIO

  • OPPONG PHILIMON

    pyrika

  • Julius Boakye

    Accra Technical University

When

When

Saturday, June 24, 2023
6:00 AM – 4:00 PM UTC

Agenda

Warm-Up
Building/hacking: Code in GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket and deploy in Docker/Automated CI/Travis CI/Bamboo
Lunch
Demonstration and Wrap-up

Organizers

  • Bennett Benedict

    University of Dar Es Salaam

    Tanzania, Community Lead,

  • Veronica Michael

    Tanzania, Community Lead

  • Jessica Randall

    University of the Western Cape

    South Africa Community Lead

  • Josphat Mwangi

    Kenya Community Lead

  • Sheriffo Jarju

    Community Lead Gambia

  • Isophel Natwijuka

    Uganda Community Lead

  • Sanusi Abdulkadir

    Nigeria Kaduna Community Lead

  • Avuzwa Ntshongwana

    South Africa Community Co-Lead

  • Josh Venceslas

    Altech Group

    Co-Lead: Rwanda Community

  • David Okwii

    Sitemonki

    Africa's Talking Community UG Co-Lead

  • Cynthia Moraa

    WIT Kenya Co-Lead

  • Michael Adedayo

    Africa's Talking

    Community Lead Lagos

  • Alexander Ikeh

    Community Co-Lead Abuja

  • Aaron Ujah

    Community Co-Lead Abuja

  • Nnamdi Azubuike

    Community Co-Lead Lagos

  • Roland Ganafa

    Magamutu Company Ltd

    Co-Founder & Director

Partners

Africa's Talking logo

Africa's Talking

Trestle Academy Ghana logo

Trestle Academy Ghana

Paybox logo

Paybox

Accra Technical University logo

Accra Technical University

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