vconnect #momohackathon report

7/28/2019 VConnect #MomoHackathon Report

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2013

MobileMonday

Nigeria

HackathonSponsoredby

VConnectGlobal

ServicesLimited(June

24th,2013)

EVENTREPORT

AKINBOBOLAAKINOLA


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Event:MobileMondayNigeriaHackathonSponsoredbyVConnectGlobalServices

Limited

Theme:EntertainmentNow:FindingMoviesnearyou.

Venue:TheELearningCentre,OdunlamiStreet,CMS,Lagos.

Date:24thJune,2013.

EventStartTime:10:00amEventEndTime:8:00pmSponsor:

VConnect

Global

Services

Limited


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Summary

This was the first Hackathon to be organized by Mobile Monday Nigeria. It

focused on the design of a Cinema Listing Web Application for VConnect which

would help people to find their favorite movies at Cinemas near them. The

participantswereexpectedtouseASP.NETorPHPastheprogrammingplatform

and Microsoft SQL as the Database Component of the application. A total of 9

teamscompetedintheHackathonandtheirsolutionswerepresentedtoapanel

ofjudgesafter7hours(10:00amto5:00pm)ofcodinganddevelopment.

The

name

for

each

team

was

culled

from

the

top

10

Movies

of

the

year

2010

which coincidentally was the same year that VConnect was founded. Three

winningteamswereselectedandanadditionalteamwasselectedforhavingthe

bestUserInterfacefunctionalityscore.Interviewswerealsoconductedwiththe

winning teams,judges and members of the Mobile Monday Nigeria team. The

winnersareexpectedtoworkwiththeVConnectproductteamtocompletetheir

applicationsovera30dayperiod.


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ATTENDEESUMMARYPhysicallyPresentattheEventVenueTherewere9Teamseachcontaining3Developersand1Designer.Enthusiasts,

membersofstaffofVConnect,membersofthepressandtheMobileMonday

Nigeriateamwerealsoattheevent.

Male Female TotalDevelopers 27 0 27

Designers 9 0 9

Enthusiasts

10

3 13

MembersofPress 4 2 6

VConnectStaff 8 2 10

MoMoNigeriaTeam 5 0 5

Others(Cleaning

Staff,Security)

7 3 10

AttendeesattheEveningPresentation 34 6 40Total

104

16 120

PeoplewhoregisteredasDevelopers,DesignersandEnthusiastsfortheMorningSessionoftheHackathon

Male Female OverallDevelopers 56 2 58

Designers 24 0 24

Enthusiasts 20 4 24

Total

100

6 106


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ATTENDEETYPE

AttendeesfortheMorningSession(HackathonEvent)Thedevelopersanddesignersmadeup45%oftheattendeeswhiletheremaining

55%comprisestheMobileMondayNigeriateam,VConnectStaff,membersofthe

press,andmobiletechnologyenthusiasts.


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GENDERDISTRIBUTIONOFREGISTEREDATTENDEESDevelopers

Thedevelopers(mainlymale)werepairedupwithUIdesignerstoformthe9

teams.

Designers

GenderCompositionofDesignersfortheMoMoHackathon


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JudgesTheJudgeswereselectedbasedontheirexperiencewithinthemobiletechnology

ecosysteminNigeria.

TomiDavies(CEO,TechnovisionCommunicationsLimitedandChairman,MoMoNigeria)

OladipoOlasemo(Founder,SynkronSolutionsLtd&DeveloperRelationsManager,MoMoNigeria)

GbengaSesan(ExecutiveDirector,ParadigmInitiativeNigeria) BankoleOluwafemi(TechCabal) ShinaBadaru(TechnologyTimes) DeepankarRustagi(ManagingDirector,Vconnect)

Rishi

Rautela

(VConnect)

the

co

founder

/

General

Manager

of

VConnect

GlobalServicesLimited


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Team PresentationEach

team

had

10

minutes

to

present

their

solutions

and

also

answered

questions

fromthepanelofjudges.Thewinnerswereannouncedshortlyafterthelast

presentation

MOMOHACKATHONAGENDA IntroductionandOpeningSpeeches PresentationofHackathonGuidelines TeamFormation HackathonProper TeamPresentation WinnerandPresentationofPrizes ClosingSpeeches NetworkingATTENDEEFEEDBACKSURVEYRESULTSAnattendeefeedbacksurveywasconductedandthefollowingresultswere

obtainedfromtherespondents.


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ConclusionWe

will

like

to

thank

VConnect

Global

Services

Limited

for

sponsoring

the

Hackathon.AndwewillliketothanktheLagosStateInnovationcouncilalsoforall

thesupporttheyhavegivenusinthelast3months.

The Hackathon was a success and wed like to thank all those who attended

(eitherasparticipants,enthusiastsorobservers).Thefeedbackprovidedafterthe

event isessential tousbecause ithashelped us toknow thekey concerns that

were expressedby developers and industry professionals alike.This will help us

planabetterHackathoninthefuture.

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