About 12 developers in Africa will stand the chance to win up to $5000 in prize money at the MTN Group’s Mobile Money Application Interface (API) Hackathon.
The hackathon will be the second conducted by MTN Group Fintech and will take place in the following countries: eSwatini, Zambia, Congo Brazzaville, Rwanda, Uganda, Cameroon, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana and Guinea Conakry.
Developers will compete to create an innovative application for the markets in which they are registered, which can process financial transactions with added capabilities that go beyond processing payments and drive both financial inclusion and literacy. MTN Group chief fintech officer, Serigne Dioum, in a press statement, made available to LEADERSHIP, said: “MTN is committed to extending financial and digital inclusion across the continent in furtherance of its strategy to build a pan-African Fintech platform that will power the digital economy and serve as a catalyst for social and economic growth in Africa.
“With our Open API Platform, we reach out to Africa’s resourceful talents and enable them to grow and create opportunities by leveraging our MoMo Platform. doubt that it is by collaborating with the talents of Africa that we will expand the service offering available on MoMo.”
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