Harnessing Intelligence for Sustainable Growth
Geekulcha Annual Hackathon

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Join a journey to hack the future

The Geekulcha Hackathon is an annual event that brings together young developers, creatives, data and tech enthusiasts from across South Africa and neighbouring countries. It spans through a three days of intense innovation and collaboration in a physical and virtual set-up. Throughout the weekend, mentors with diverse expertise are available to guide participants as they develop their solutions.

An open call for registration is hereby made for interested and eligible participants to register and thereafter, a selection process will be undertaken in consideration of geographical representation, proposed solutions, skills compliment onto team and a vision for the continent.

Participants will be free to use technologies of their capabilities but partners will put forward training and enlightenment sessions to help them prepare and building their solutions ahead and at the hackathon.

Outputs of the hackathon will be in the form of:

  • Mobile apps
  • Web Applications
  • Data Visualisations
  • Web Services
  • IoT / Hardware Solutions
  • Report on models training

Sponsor GKHack25 Mentor At Hackathon

Why Attend GKHack25?

There is a saying that "there is nothing like a Geekulcha hackathon" and we want you to experience it all.

Connect with other techies

It's an opportunity to connect with like-minded techies, also with industry and government leaders.

Growth opportunities

Acquire new skills through workshops and mentorship in the hackathon process for your development.

Put skills to use

Make use of your skills to building a solution that brings about sustainable development.

WHAT THE HACK?

HACK THE FUTURE - Sustainable Solutions for a Better Tomorrow_

Personas in focus: Connected citizen, an explorer, public servant, optimistic young person, marginalised person,

  • Public Sector: Hack the future of service delivery - making it easier to find and access small business through combination of argumented and amplified intelligence.
  • Safety: Hack the future of enabling an society - Help create safe spaces for citizens and most especially women and children in society.
  • Tourism: Hack the future of connected exploration - Develop applications or services that enhance the tourism experience. Create solutions that promote & boost local tourism and cultural heritage.
  • Township Economy: The future of doing business ko kasi Develop platforms that facilitate trade and commerce within township communities and also boost local businesses Create sustainable business models that provide employment opportunities in townships.
  • EdTech: The future of education - Build tools that improve access to education and enhance learning experiences, especially for under-represented communities. Design platforms for online learning, remote education, or skill development.
  • Entertainment: Hack the future of access - Develop new forms of digital entertainment that are accessible and inclusive. Create platforms that support local artists and content creators. Innovate ways to make entertainment more interactive and engaging.
  • Culture: Hack the future of the creative economy - Create new solutions that make it easier for creatives to gain market access and capitalisation and more sustainability pathways.
  • Mapping Intelligence: Hack the future of easy access - Make services in marginalised communities more accessible, reachable and intelligently curated experiences for growth, especially in marginalised communities.

Ideate & Research

Against the theme, come up with solution to help address challenges in Africa.

Design

Create adequate userflow experiences and a lucrative architecture for the solution

Develop & Ship

Work against time to build a solution that can get onto the hands of the intended users

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The Game Plan

How it will take place

This is how the Geekulcha Annual Hackathon 2025 will take place.

  • Register below and reserve your spot
  • Gather a team of up to 6 members max and tell all members to register too. Worry not if you do not have team, you will be match-made.
  • Registration will close on 20 September 2025
  • Start working on your idea. The solution needs to address an existing problem and help the masses live up to the next digital narrative.

The Support

Partners of GKHack25

These are the organisations helping make light work


Registration is not open at the moment.