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Discover hackathons, find teammates, build standout projects, and compete for prizes around the world.

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For builders

Find a hackathon built for you

Whether you're shipping your first side project or your fifth funded startup.

Run a hackathon
A team debugging together at a packed hackathon venue

Your next opportunity could start here

Hackathons are more than competitions. Build something real, meet people worth building with, and get your work seen.

  • Build something real

    Turn ideas into working projects by tackling meaningful, real-world challenges.

  • Meet your people

    Find teammates, mentors, and builders with skills and ideas that complement yours.

  • Get your work seen

    Show what you can do to judges, companies, and communities—and earn recognition for what you create.

For organisers

In-Person, Virtual, or Hybrid.

Hakanow handles all three without you needing three different tools.

Run a hackathon
In-person

Build together, in one room.

Nothing beats the energy of a packed venue. Teams form organically, ideas collide faster, and the community bonds that form last years beyond the hackathon.

  • Venue management and attendee check-in
  • On-site team formation tools
  • Real-time leaderboard and judging display
  • Hardware and lab resource tracking

The full stack for running great hackathons

From applications and sponsor management to judging, prizes, and analytics, run your entire hackathon from one dashboard.

Your hackathon journey, start to finish

Discover, register and team up, build and submit, then win and get paid — the whole journey, guided end to end.

Testimonials

Builders and organizers speak for themselves

Ama Serwaa

Head of Community

“Hakanow made it easy to run our 300-person hackathon. The judging system saved us at least two days of manual work.”

Aya Koffi

Program Manager

“Our winners got paid without a single spreadsheet. The confirmation trail is exactly what sponsors wanted.”

Fatou Diallo

Community Organizer

“As a first-time organiser, the DRAFT-to-RESULTS flow guided me the whole way. Zero guesswork.”

Brian Otieno

Event Ops

“The live agenda with room assignments kept 500 hackers moving without a single 'where do I go?' message.”

Chidinma Okafor

Partnerships Lead

“We onboarded sponsors in a day. The CRM pipeline meant nothing slipped through the cracks.”

Kofi Mensah

Lead Judge

“Judging 60 submissions used to be chaos. The weighted rubrics kept every judge consistent and fair.”

Brian Otieno

Event Ops

“The live agenda with room assignments kept 500 hackers moving without a single 'where do I go?' message.”

Chidinma Okafor

Partnerships Lead

“We onboarded sponsors in a day. The CRM pipeline meant nothing slipped through the cracks.”

Kofi Mensah

Lead Judge

“Judging 60 submissions used to be chaos. The weighted rubrics kept every judge consistent and fair.”

Wanjiru K.

Hackathon Organizer

“The prize coordination flow is brilliant. Winners confirmed receipt in 48 hours — no chasing, no spreadsheets.”

Emeka Nwosu

Backend Engineer

“I'd never won a hackathon before. The team formation board helped me find the right co-builders. We won first place.”

Ama Serwaa

Head of Community

“Hakanow made it easy to run our 300-person hackathon. The judging system saved us at least two days of manual work.”

Wanjiru K.

Hackathon Organizer

“The prize coordination flow is brilliant. Winners confirmed receipt in 48 hours — no chasing, no spreadsheets.”

Emeka Nwosu

Backend Engineer

“I'd never won a hackathon before. The team formation board helped me find the right co-builders. We won first place.”

Ama Serwaa

Head of Community

“Hakanow made it easy to run our 300-person hackathon. The judging system saved us at least two days of manual work.”

Aya Koffi

Program Manager

“Our winners got paid without a single spreadsheet. The confirmation trail is exactly what sponsors wanted.”

Fatou Diallo

Community Organizer

“As a first-time organiser, the DRAFT-to-RESULTS flow guided me the whole way. Zero guesswork.”

Brian Otieno

Event Ops

“The live agenda with room assignments kept 500 hackers moving without a single 'where do I go?' message.”

Aya Koffi

Program Manager

“Our winners got paid without a single spreadsheet. The confirmation trail is exactly what sponsors wanted.”

Fatou Diallo

Community Organizer

“As a first-time organiser, the DRAFT-to-RESULTS flow guided me the whole way. Zero guesswork.”

Brian Otieno

Event Ops

“The live agenda with room assignments kept 500 hackers moving without a single 'where do I go?' message.”

Chidinma Okafor

Partnerships Lead

“We onboarded sponsors in a day. The CRM pipeline meant nothing slipped through the cracks.”

Kofi Mensah

Lead Judge

“Judging 60 submissions used to be chaos. The weighted rubrics kept every judge consistent and fair.”

Wanjiru K.

Hackathon Organizer

“The prize coordination flow is brilliant. Winners confirmed receipt in 48 hours — no chasing, no spreadsheets.”

Chidinma Okafor

Partnerships Lead

“We onboarded sponsors in a day. The CRM pipeline meant nothing slipped through the cracks.”

Kofi Mensah

Lead Judge

“Judging 60 submissions used to be chaos. The weighted rubrics kept every judge consistent and fair.”

Wanjiru K.

Hackathon Organizer

“The prize coordination flow is brilliant. Winners confirmed receipt in 48 hours — no chasing, no spreadsheets.”

Emeka Nwosu

Backend Engineer

“I'd never won a hackathon before. The team formation board helped me find the right co-builders. We won first place.”

Ama Serwaa

Head of Community

“Hakanow made it easy to run our 300-person hackathon. The judging system saved us at least two days of manual work.”

Aya Koffi

Program Manager

“Our winners got paid without a single spreadsheet. The confirmation trail is exactly what sponsors wanted.”

Your next hackathon starts here.

Whether you're building or organising — Hakanow is where it happens.