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9 months ago

Selected Teams Advancing — Final Build Window Starts Now

Hi builders,

Congrats to the teams advancing into the Amala Hackathon final build window based on review, in no particular order:

  • Team AmalaJeun

  • Team Proxima

  • Team PRL

  • Team Nerds

  • Team A-Train

If your team isn’t listed, we still want you in the arena-see Collaboration below.

Final Build Window & Deadlines (WAT)

  • Now → Fri, Sept 26 (23:59): Iterate and update your existing DevPost entry

  • Sat, Sept 27: 12 PM WAT, Virtual judging

Final Deliverables (on your DevPost entry)

  1. 3-5 min final demo video (team intro + live demo)

  2. Live demo URL (required)

  3. Public GitHub repo (OSS) with README (setup, env, run/deploy, simple arch diagram) + license

  4. Product capabilities: smart de-dup (with merge history), autonomous discovery (respect robots.txt/ToS), cross-platform PWA polish, and photos/reviews on existing places

Judging Criteria (100 pts)

  • Working Prototype & UX (20) 

  • Agentic Intelligence (20) 

  • Autonomous Discovery (15) 

  • Data Quality & Trust (15) 

  • Maps Execution (10) 

  • Scalability, Openness & Architecture (10) 

  • Storytelling & Impact (5)

Team Rules

  • Teams-only: 3-5 members

  • Your DevPost roster must match the POC-submitted list (update via your POC if absolutely necessary, before final submission)

Collaboration (for non-finalists & supporters)

We encourage non-finalist teams to collaborate with finalists (testing, UX polish, docs, data cleanup, scouting). Finalists remain prize-eligible; collaborators will be credited in the README/DevPost.

Prize (winner-takes-all)

₦2,000,000 - only one team wins.

Keep shipping.