Coding4Integrity: African Youth Anti-Corruption Hackathon
Date: 4 – 31 October, 2021
www.coding4integrity.com
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is
looking for the most talented coders to inspire us with their ideas on
how tech can help fight corruption and advance peace, justice and strong institutions!
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Hackathon Programme
The hackathon will be held virtually on Untap-Compete.com and Microsoft Teams. Registered participants will receive confirmation of their successful application by 27 September 2021.
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The hackathon will officially commence on 4 October 2021. Subsequently, the hackathon participants will be engaged in one week of ideation and team formation, two weeks of coding with the final submissions being made by 27 October 2021. The hackathon winners will be announced on 31 October 2021.
Mentorship, product development, ideation and technical webinars will be organized in the course of the hackathon.
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Award
The winning teams will be invited to present their projects and ideas to the Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (COSP), which will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt in December 2021. The COSP will bring together anti-corruption experts from more than 180 countries and will serve as a great opportunity for the winning teams to promote and seek further support for the development of their ICT-based solutions.
UNODC will cover the travel and accommodation for the winning teams in accordance with the UN travel regulations.
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If you are interested, please apply on:
www.coding4integrity.com
Before 20 September 2021
GOOD LUCK!
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Source: EFCC.