Loading the Hackathon League
Accra's recurring build competition
A one-day sprint against a real business problem. Build something real, and get seen by the businesses hiring for it.
CODED AI Hackathon
Google AI Community Centre, Accra
For builders
One day, one team, one brief from a real business. Walk away with a working product for your portfolio, and a shot at the jobs and gigs on Opportunities.
See this season's briefs
For businesses
Submit a brief and a room full of builders spends a day competing to solve it. You get a working product, live demos, and first look at the team that built it.
Talk to us about a brief
The last sprint
The previous sprint brought 60 builders together at YOTA in East Legon. Teams used Miro to plan clearly, then turned real fashion-retail problems into useful digital products.
The next chapter continues on Saturday, 7 November 2026 at Google AI Community Centre, Accra.
Read the recapBuilt at CODED
A few featured projects builders have shipped at past CODED hackathons, real products built and demoed in a single sprint.
Create an account, free, in a couple of minutes. Tell us your track and skills so we can help you find a team before the day starts.
Solo or a team of 2–5, your call. No squad yet? Match with other builders on the day itself.
One real brief, one day, permitted tools only. Judges see how you got there, not just how polished the result looks.
Code, demo link, and screenshots before time's up. Everything goes straight into the public showcase for anyone to see.
Scored live on Impact, Execution, Creativity, and Depth by a panel of real industry judges, then it's on the scoreboard.
Create an account, free, in a couple of minutes. Tell us your track and skills so we can help you find a team before the day starts.
01 Register
02 Team up
03 Build
04 Submit
05 Get judged
Coded strategy
Subscribed members get access to jobs, gigs, and internships, an AI-assisted resume scan, and businesses ready to hire straight out of a sprint.
Jobs & internships
Roles from businesses that met their builders at a sprint.
Gigs
Short, paid briefs for teams who want to keep shipping.
Membership
Everything you need to compete.
For builders looking for what's next.
For teams hiring straight out of a sprint.
The people behind CODED
Product thinking and strategy working together to build meaningful pathways for African technology talent.
Founder, Head of Product
Head of Strategy
Theophilus David Nana Yaw Kyei-Charway · Shinobi-chan
AI resume scan
A straight read on how your CV lands with a real recruiter.
Met by hiring teams at the last sprint