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Some of the best moments at a hackathon happen long before the final winners are announced.

We're proud to welcome Entelect as one of our Spot Prize Sponsors for the GirlCode Pan-African Hackathon.

Throughout the weekend, Entelect will be helping us recognise participants who demonstrate innovation, collaboration, resilience, and technical excellence—because great ideas deserve to be celebrated at every stage of the journey.

Thank you, Entelect, for your continued commitment to empowering women in technology and creating opportunities for Africa's future innovators to shine.

There'll be plenty of chances to win. Make every moment count.

One week to go until the GirlCode Pan-African Hackathon.

As we prepare to welcome talented female founders and graduate developers from across Africa, we're reminded that initiatives like this are only possible because of partners who believe in investing in the future of technology.

To every sponsor supporting this year's Hackathon across Johannesburg and Cape Town—thank you. Your investment is creating opportunities for women to collaborate, build innovative solutions, develop their skills, and expand their professional networks.

Together, we're creating an environment where ideas can become products, connections can become partnerships, and talent can become the next generation of African tech leaders.

We look forward to welcoming our participants, mentors, judges, speakers, and partners next week for what promises to be our biggest GirlCode Pan-African Hackathon yet.

Here's to building the future—together.

GirlCode opens registration for 2026 Pan-African Hackathon Applications for GirlCode's 12th annual Pan-African Hackathon – with events across six countries in August and September – close on 31 July.

Get ready... because there are even more ways to win at this year's GirlCode Pan-African Hackathon.

Thanks to Boxfusion, we will be rewarding participants who go above and beyond throughout the hackathon weekend.

From exceptional teamwork and creative thinking to technical brilliance and standout moments, there'll be plenty of opportunities to be recognised along the way.

Thank you, Boxfusion, for continuing to invest in the next generation of African women in technology and helping us celebrate excellence beyond the final leaderboard.

Who is excited like we are?

Every great idea deserves the opportunity to go even further.

We're proud to welcome JUMO as one of the Cape Town Prize Sponsors for the GirlCode Pan-African Hackathon.

By supporting this year's prizes, JUMO is helping celebrate the ingenuity, determination, and problem-solving skills of female founders and graduate developers who are building technology to solve Africa's biggest challenges.

Together, we're creating opportunities that inspire more women to innovate, take risks, and transform bold ideas into real-world impact.

Thank you, JUMO, for investing in the next generation of African tech talent. We can't wait to celebrate this year's winners with you.

Innovation deserves to be recognised, and we're proud to welcome Datacentrix as one of the prize sponsors for the GirlCode Pan-African Hackathon.

By supporting the prizes for this year's hackathon, Datacentrix is helping celebrate the creativity, determination, and technical excellence of female founders and graduate developers from across Africa who are building solutions to real-world challenges.

Every prize represents more than a reward—it represents belief in the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs who are shaping Africa's digital future.

Thank you, Datacentrix, for partnering with GirlCode to champion women in technology and invest in the talent that will drive tomorrow's innovation.

Great ideas deserve great rewards, and we're proud to have Mint Group as one of the prize sponsors for the GirlCode Pan-African Hackathon.

Every year, hundreds of talented female founders and graduate developers dedicate their time, creativity, and technical skills to solving real-world challenges. Thanks to partners like Mint Group, we can recognise and celebrate that innovation by rewarding the teams who push boundaries and build solutions with real impact.

To the Mint Group team, thank you for investing in the next generation of African tech talent and for helping us inspire even more women to dream bigger, build boldly, and innovate with confidence.

We can't wait to see the incredible ideas that emerge this year.