The Babylon Project concludes with developers from 65 Countries
20 Ottobre 2020 - 11:00AM
JCN Newswire (English)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Oct 20, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - The Babylon
Project, a hackathon initiative committed to democratizing access
to global innovation and fostering the inclusion of minority
backgrounds in tech, kicked off on Friday, October 9th, 2020 with
1000 active participants on its virtual Discord server.
The virtual hackathon had renowned international speakers calling
in from different parts of the world. Pavel Cherkashin, the
Managing Partner of Mindrock Capital; Miko Matsumura, General
Partner of Gumi Ventures; and Naomi Freeman, Leadership Fellow at
Women Who Code, along with an exceptional and diverse group of
panelists, who shared industry knowledge, startup advice, and
technical expertise with the participants.
Additionally, a variety of technical workshops were also conducted
by several blockchain companies, most notably Aave, Polkadot, BTCU,
and Suku. A virtual yoga session, intended to instruct participants
on rejuvenating wellness exercises, was provided by Kirin Power, a
yoga & meditation teacher from San Francisco and a director and
partner at Outdoor Yoga SF.
Along with the grand prize, corporate partners issued their own
pre-determined challenges to hackers and awarded the best projects.
20 teams made it to the semifinals, from which 6 projects were
chosen to participate in the final round. After a rigorous judging
process, the top three teams emerged:
1. Kotani Pay - A USSD-Crypto Payment infrastructure startup that
aims to onboard more Africans into the digital economy by enabling
easy access to a range of financial services including lending and
payouts by non-profit organizations.
2. Skill Wallet - A startup that is focused on the 4th United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals: Quality Education. Skill
Wallet aims to increase access to verifiable skill portfolios. By
providing verifiable certificates to all participants of the
hackathon, the newly formed team is getting ready to soft launch
their beta.
3. Blockdrop - A blockchain agnostic NoCode platform for
smart-contracts.
Yao Marian Tong, a Venture Partner at Aves Lair, awarded Kotani Pay
admission into their $100k startup acceleration program to begin
early 2021. However, there were many after-hackathon opportunities
for participants; other teams have been approached by similar
accelerator programs, and the hackathon's recruiting partner,
Hired, is also committed to connecting participants to tech
employers via https://hired.com/babylonproject.
"The Babylon Project is an international sandbox for the
advancement of innovative, easy to use, and user-centric blockchain
applications," says Gideon Nweze, founder of The Babylon Project
& a Cofounder @Village. "Special thanks to all mentors, judges,
partners and participants that worked tirelessly to make this a
success. The force is strong in the community."
Contact: Anastasiia Ilicheva
Anastily@worldblockchainhackathon.com
http://worldblockchainhackathon.com/
Source: World Blockchain Hackathon
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