Africa’s Talking, Nairobi County, and Liquid Intelligence Technologies are thrilled to unveil an exceptional event engineered to revolutionize the landscape of government operations: the Open Hackathon centered on devising Smart City Security Reporting and Response Solutions, This dynamic event invites tech enthusiasts, developers, and innovators to design groundbreaking solutions aimed at enhancing urban security. Over the course of this intensive hackathon, participants will tackle pressing challenges in real-time security reporting and response, utilizing the latest in smart technology to ensure a safer, more responsive urban environment. Whether you're a coder, a strategist, or a visionary, this is your chance to contribute to the safety and resilience of Nairobi. Africa's Talking and Liquid Intelligence Technologies APIs play an integral role in enhancing public administration and citizen participation solutions. These APIs, which are CPaaS and Telecommunication APIs, can be utilized by public administration systems to facilitate effective communication and engagement with citizens. Africa's Talking APIs and Liquid Intelligence Technologies APIs. These robust platforms will be at the core of our hackathon, providing tools to seamlessly integrate communication and AI-driven analytics into your solutions. Africa's Talking APIs will enable real-time SMS, voice, and USSD communication between citizens and security services, ensuring rapid reporting and alerts. Meanwhile, Liquid Intelligence Technologies' APIs will offer cutting-edge AI capabilities, from facial recognition to pattern detection, enhancing predictive security measures and response strategies. Together, these technologies will empower participants to develop innovative, effective solutions that pave the way for a smarter, safer Nairobi. Join us to harness these powerful APIs in our quest to revolutionize urban security! Challenges: Emergency Response Coordination: Develop systems to improve the speed and efficiency of emergency services through real-time data sharing and communication. Target Attendees: Objectives: Enhance Real-Time Communication: Develop and deploy solutions that improve the immediacy and effectiveness of communication between citizens and security services, enabling quicker responses to emergencies and incidents. Prizes:The winning solutions will receive cash prizes: Access Liquid Intelligence Technologies API Here Developer Documentation (We welcome feedback) The mock API has been pre-populated with over 50 vehicle entries. The vehicle registration numbers for these entries can be found HERE . 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM: Warm-Up 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Building/Hacking 1:00 PM : Lunch 1:00 PM - 5:00PM: Building Continues 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM: Demonstration and Wrap-Up Opportunities: Developer Documentation (We welcome feedback) 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: 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.New to Africa's Talking? Get started here.
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AT WIT Kenya Community Lead
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
5:00 AM – 4:00 PM UTC
Warm-up, breakfast |
Building/Hacking |
Lunch |
Continue building/coding |
Demonstration and Wrap-Up |
Tanzania, Community Lead
Kenya Community Lead
Community Lead Gambia
South Africa Community Co-Lead
WIT Kenya Co-Lead
Africa's Talking
Community Lead Lagos
Community Co-Lead Abuja
Community Co-Lead Abuja
Community Co-Lead Lagos