BCX Alibaba Cloud Hackathon
Hackathon
Wed, 16 Aug 2023

Themed “AI for Social Good”, the event took place in Johannesburg and virtually, drawing a diverse group of technologists, developers and artificial intelligence (AI) enthusiasts from across South Africa.
Hosting 21 teams from four countries − Mozambique, Lesotho, Kenya and South Africa − over two days, the hackathon saw teams create an AI app using the tools offered by Alibaba Cloud.
Facilitated by Geekulcha, the hackathon aimed to harness the power of AI to tackle pressing societal challenges faced by SA and the continent at large.