7 Years of Building, Backing, and Scaling Innovation
Behind every idea is a founder, and behind every founder is impact.
Over the past seven years, Hackaholics has supported thousands of innovators and driven real outcomes across the ecosystem.
Impact Intro & Metrics: Hackaholics has grown beyond a hackathon into a platform for building real solutions, empowering founders, and driving innovation across industries.
From Ideas to Impact
Beyond the numbers, Hackaholics has helped founders launch startups, secure funding, and scale their solutions. These stories show what is possible when innovation meets the right support.
Plumter
Built a cross-border payment platform that helps African businesses send and receive money globally with ease. After Hackaholics, the team went on to join YC, a highly prestigious American startup accelerator and venture capital firm based in San Francisco.
Hackaholics is designed to give builders, founders, and creators access to the support they need to grow, from idea stage to real-world impact.
Three tracks. Endless possibilities.
Hackaholics is designed to give builders, founders, and creators access to the support they need to grow, from idea stage to real-world impact.
Startup Pitch Competition
A platform for startups and entrepreneurs to showcase innovative solutions, gain visibility, attract partnerships, and access growth opportunities.
Hackathon
A challenge designed for developers, designers, engineers, and builders creating technology-driven solutions to real-world problems.
Social Impact Track
A platform for changemakers and organisations building solutions that address pressing social and community challenges.
What Can You Build?
Build solutions that solve real problems. Whether you’re starting fresh or improving an idea, focus on challenges in one or more of these areas.
Hackaholics 7.0 Roadmap
Beyond the numbers, Hackaholics has helped founders launch startups, secure funding, and scale their solutions. These stories show what is possible when innovation meets the right support.
Charge From Stakeholders
“At Wema Bank, we believe innovation is the bridge between today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities. Hackaholics was born out of our commitment to empower young innovators, builders, and problem-solvers who are shaping the future of Africa through technology and creativity. Each year, we are reminded that the most powerful solutions often come from bold ideas backed by the right platform. This year’s edition of Hackaholics goes even further in its mission to discover, support, and scale transformative ideas that can solve real problems across industries and communities. We are creating an environment where innovators are not only heard but equipped with the resources, mentorship, and partnerships needed to turn ideas into impactful ventures.As a bank committed to driving financial inclusion and digital transformation, we are proud to continue building this ecosystem of possibility. I invite you to take the leap—participate, build, and let’s shape the future together”
Moruf Oseni
Managing Director/CEO, Wema Bank
This year’s Hackaholics theme, “Powering Possibilities,” reflects our belief that innovation is not just about ideas, but about unlocking what is possible when creativity, technology, and intent come together. This edition introduces three distinct but interconnected tracks designed to meet innovators at different points of their journey. The Hackathon track is built for builders ready to design and deploy functional solutions at speed. The Ideathon track creates space for early-stage thinking, problem exploration, and concept development for scalable ideas. The Social Impact vertical is focused on solutions that address pressing societal challenges, ensuring that innovation is not only commercially relevant but also socially transformative. Across all three tracks, our goal is simple: to provide the tools, mentorship, and ecosystem support needed to turn possibilities into outcomes.
Solomon Ayodele
Head, Innovation | IDEAx Labs
