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HEAT Hackathon 2025

Innovators compete to solve real challenges in health, education, agriculture, and transport.

Last reviewed 30 July 2026

Concluded

Build solutions for Kano’s HEAT sectors and win a trip to GITEX Nigeria.

The HEAT Hackathon invited developers, designers and domain specialists to build working solutions against real problems in the state’s four priority sectors — Health, Education, Agriculture and Transportation — the same sectors that give the hackathon its name.

Applications for the 2025 edition have closed. To be told when the next edition opens, register your interest on our get involved page, or contact us if you want to partner on or sponsor a future hackathon.