Think your way to your share of R100 000!

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Find your squad

Link up with a team of 2-5 people. If you need teammates, visit our LinkedIn page.

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Send us your team’s entry video

You and your team will then need to submit a 5-minute video to designadmin@absa.africa

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Dates to remember

Entries close 26 October 2023.
The top 5 teams will be notified by 30 October 2023. Winners will be announced 4 November 2023.

All you need to know

  • How do I enter?

    1. Download the hackathon pack
    2. Get a team of 3-5 people together, or visit our LinkedIn page if you need help finding teammates
    3. Choose a challenge from the options below
    4. Submit your entry, supporting documents and presentation via email.
       

    Download Competition pack

  • What is hackathon?

    • A hackathon is a chance for engineers, designers, coders and any other employees to get together and compete to create innovative banking solutions and products.
    • Its an opportunity for you to share your ideas, innovations and skillls
    • Its a chance to win cash by taking our organisation further  

  • What's in it for me?

    • First place prize: R30 000 for the winning team.
    • Second place prize: R10 000 for the runner up team.
    • You will also get a certificate just for participating in our hackathon signed by our head of design and design directors. 

  • Tell me more

    The key to success is understanding your challenge and thinking out of the box. Before you submit your ideas, here are a few questions to start with:
     

    Have you solved the problem in your chosen challenge? Is your idea unique?
    Is your idea a game-changer?
    Are customers at the centre of your idea?
     

    Make sure your video is not longer than 5-minutes.


    If you would like to participate and do not have a team, please join our LinkedIn page here

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Our challenges to choose from

  • Challenge 1: Banking perception for Gen Alpha

    Background:
    Banking is perceived as difficult to understand and generally doesn't appeal to a younger generation. The way the next generation will access and perceive our products will differ vastly from the way the current generation does.

    Your challenge:
    Make the Absa Student Credit Card and Absa Transact Debit Account appeal to the next generation which is named Generation Alpha (born from 2010 onwards) on the the Absa website. Focus on product education, signing-up and post-product management (accessing the product as an existing customer). 

  • Challenge 2: Product education

    Background:
    Not all customers are financially savvy and researching how our products work can be tedious and take hours.

    Your challenge:
    Provide customers with a way to get real time financial advice 24/7 by creating an omni-channel help tool that will assist customers with queries across the Absa Banking App, Absa Online Banking and the Absa website.

    Make sure that the advice is actionable and easy for the users to understand, and that the content is Search Engine Optimised for search engines like Google.

  • Challenge 3: Multi-product onboarding

    Background:
    Customers can only apply for one Absa product at a time with no option to select multiple products at once even though many of our products share the same requirements and personal information about customers.

    Your challenge:
    Create a way for our users to apply for multiple products at once on the Absa website, like an e-commerce store. Also consider how we could cross-sell our complimentary products such as insurance and other credit options. Make sure that your solution is mobile friendly.

  • Challenge 4: Omni Channel Experience

    Background:
    We live in a day and age where customers are engaging with our bank on different devices at different times. We aim to offer an omni-channel experience that is consistent and accessible on different devices

    Your challenge:
    Design an experience that allows a user to make a payment using their Absa Banking App, a smart watch and a desktop/laptop (Absa Online). The process should be consistent across devices and also allow the user to resume their payment on any device if they dropped off. 

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Frequently asked questions (FAQ’s)

  • Should I enter the 2023 Hackathon as a Graduate or Professional?

    Enter as a graduate if you’re in your final year or have completed your studies or have less than a year of work experience.
    Enter as a professional if you have more than 1+ year of work experience.

  • What if one of my team members is a professional, but the rest are graduates?

    If your team has one professional member, you must enter the professional hackathon.

  • What should our 5-minute graduate submission video include?

    Your team video should include quick member introductions. However, the best part of your video must present your challenge solution. We want to see your detailed problem-solving process and solution within 5 minutes.

  • Where should we submit our graduate video?

    Upload your video to your preferred sharing platform e.g. Google Drive, SharePoint, YouTube, OneDrive etc. Copy the full URL link and paste it on your submission form. Ensure the link can be copied and pasted onto a browser window and opens directly to your video.
    Make sure there are no restrictions to access your video.

  • We have entered as graduates, what happens after submission?

    The top 5 teams will be notified by 30 October 2023.
    A mentor will work with each team for the duration of the second round.
    Sessions will be set up to help and guide each team in refining their solution.
    Teams will be given time to refine their presentation videos before they submit.
    Thereafter teams will be allocated time slots to virtually present their videos and then go through a Q&A session.
    Winners will be announced on 4 November 2023.

  • We entered as professionals, what happens now?

    The top 10 teams will be notified by 31 October 2023. The in-person hackathon takes place on 4 November 2023 where the winners will also be announced.

  • How is the prize money divided?

    Money is divided equally amongst team members.
    Professional hackathon team winners: 1st place R 50 000, 2nd place R 20 000.
    Graduate hackathon team winners: 1st place R 30 000, 2nd place R 10 000

  • How can I find a team?

    You need 2 members or more per team to join our hackathon. If you are struggling to find team members, follow our hackathon page on LinkedIn and engage with like-minded individuals looking to join a team too. (edited)

Need more help

Contact us:

Entries to be submitted at: designadmin@absa.africa

Need a team? Join our LinkedIn page here