The Very First Africa Fashion Tech Hackathon
What is a hackathon?
A hackathon is an event where programmers get together for a short period of time to collaborate on a project. The participants work rapidly and often work without sleep to achieve their task, as the events generally only last 24 hours or take place over a weekend.
24 Hours to solve one of Fashion's Biggest Problems
We’ve all heard that the fashion industry is worth 3 trillion USD, however, Africa accounts for less than 1% of this. Nonzero Africa introduced as a result of this the very first Business of Fashion Accelerator program in South Africa, Threads Stitched by Standard Bank, a program focussed on empowering fashion SME’s with access to market and a curriculum teaching them the ins and outs of the business side of fashion.
The impact of the program on the industry has been testified through the program’s finalists international success and business progress, but more is to be done. There are many bottlenecks that are preventing Africa’s fashion and textile industry from growing – The Fashion Tech Hackathon will aim to provide 4 innovative solutions using uniquely selected technology, and all this … in 24 Hours.
4 Teams will be formed each comprising of 1 programmer, 1 developer, 1 UX/Visual design, and 3 threads finalists. Each team will be attributed a specific unique technology to work with.
And 24 hours later, the teams will present their fully functioning proof of concepts.
Introducing the 4 Tech Start-ups
Kimard Studio is an interactive software and User Experience company. We build internal products within the educational industry which focuses on gamifying educational content. We also build AR and VR interactive applications. We provide User Experience and User Interface as a consulting service for mobile and web solutions.
Dream it, well 3D print it. We offer digital fabrication. We makeup any item big or small. Be it for home decor, to engineering prototypes. We specialize in CAD and Freeform modelling, 3D Printing ,3D Scanning, Spin casting, Laser cutting, CNC, Cold casting, Vacuum forming, Post processing airbrushing, painting and preparation of models
Smart city is a company that develops IoT solutions that enable efficiently run municipalities.
Alt 360 is creating a new era of training and induction using Virtual Reality as the delivery of content. We create VR immersions that will help people learn through exploration. We have been exploring using Watson integration into the immersions to give technology a more human feel and to explore how industry 4.0 will impact the future of training. Currently our MVP showcases using Watson speech to text and how the immersion may learn and become smarter through user interaction by capturing voice and submitting it to the database.
Hackathon Pass - 16th April
Access to Hackathon - 16th April- After Hours Influencer sessions
- Workshops and Engage sessions
- Access to networking database
- Hackathon Full 24 Hour Access
- ZAR495
Full Conference Day Pass
Access to the full day of The Conference- After Hours Influencer sessions
- Workshops and Engage sessions
- Access to networking database
- Access 100+ industry thought leaders
- Full Conference Access
- ZAR895
Conference, Fashion Show & After-Party Pass
Access to the full Conference + After Party Fashion Show- After Hours Influencer sessions
- Workshops and Engage sessions
- Access to networking database
- Access 100+ industry thought leaders
- **Full Conference Access**
- Access to investors & mentors
- Access to Cocktail Dinner Gala Event
- ZAR1790
