About the challenge
The Afropix 2026 Hackathon is focused on creating compelling visualizations and software that highlight achievements across various fields. Participants will work in teams of 1 -4 members to develop projects that showcase building technology that can impact local communities positively.
Key Details:
- Teams must create original work during the hackathon
- Open-source libraries and APIs are permitted and encouraged
- AI tools like GPT are allowed, but participants should understand and be able to explain their work. Participants are responsible for any and all code written.
- Each team will have the opportunity to present their project to the judges
- Projects will be evaluated on relevance, visualization effectiveness, creativity, technical implementation, and practical impact
Get started
Here's some skills and knowledge that might be helpful to learn:
Data Analysis and Visualization:
- Python with libraries like Matplotlib, Plotly, Seaborn, Pandas, and NumPy
- Jupyter Notebooks for interactive development
- Tableau for creating dashboards
- Excel for basic data manipulation
- R for statistical computing
- JavaScript libraries like D3.js for web visualizations
- React.js and Next.js for full stack applications
Version Control:
- Git for code management and collaboration
Team Formation
- Teams will consist of 1-4 members
- If you do not have a team, we encourage you to partner up with other people looking to find one during AfroPix
- Organizers and volunteers will help and guide any hackers that get stuck
