Deadline: Unspecified
Hackaholics is Wema Bank’s flagship open innovation programme designed to support startups, innovators, creatives, problem solvers, and technology enthusiasts across Africa. Over the years, the programme has evolved into one of the continent’s leading innovation platforms, enabling founders and innovators to access funding, mentorship, strategic partnerships, visibility, and growth opportunities.
Hackaholics is designed to give builders, founders, and creators access to the support they need to grow, from idea stage to real-world impact.
- Startup Pitch Competition
A platform for startups and entrepreneurs to showcase innovative solutions, gain visibility, attract partnerships, and access growth opportunities.
- Hackathon
A challenge designed for developers, designers, engineers, and builders creating technology-driven solutions to real-world problems.
- Social Impact Track
A platform for changemakers and organisations building solutions that address pressing social and community challenges.
Benefits
Hackaholics is designed to give builders, founders, and creators access to the support they need to grow, from idea stage to real-world impact.
- Funding
Access prize funding, post-program support, and opportunities to raise capital to scale your solution. - Mentorship
Learn from experienced founders, industry leaders, and experts who guide you on building real, scalable products - Visibility
Showcase your work to investors, partners, and the broader ecosystem through demo days, media exposure, and platform recognition - Partnerships
Connect with organizations, platforms, and stakeholders that can help you pilot, integrate or scale your solution - Community
Join a growing network of developers, creators, and founders building and collaborating across the ecosystem - Market Access
Get opportunities to test, validate, and deploy your solution within real business environments and customer markets - Verticals
Build solutions that solve real problems. Whether you’re starting fresh or improving an idea, focus on challenges in one or more of these areas.
- Financial Inclusion
- Healthcare
- Digital Transformation
- Sustainability
- Education
- Social Impact
- Future Of Work
Eligibility
- Everyone is welcome and can apply. No matter if you are a young entrepreneur, a professional, or a student.
- You don’t have to be a programmer and you certainly don’t need to have a degree in Computer Science.
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