🔺 Team1 Kenya Mini Hack 2026 | Official Hackathon Weekend
Welcome to the 🔺 Team1 Kenya Mini Hack 2026 a high-intensity builder experience bringing together developers, founders, designers, creatives, AI engineers, gamers, and ambitious builders ready to ship the next generation of products on Avalanche.
This is the culmination of a 3-month builder accelerator journey focused on: ⚡ Payment Infrastructure
🎮 Gamified Consumer Systems
🤖 Agentic AI Systems
Over the past few months, builders across the ecosystem have:
attended technical workshops,
participated in Nights of Code,
refined their products,
validated ideas,
pitched at Builders Connect,
and collaborated with mentors, founders, and ecosystem partners.
Now it’s time to build, ship, and scale.
This is not a traditional hackathon.
The Team1 Kenya Mini Hack is designed as a: 🚀 founder pipeline
⚡ deployment engine
🧠 ecosystem accelerator
🌐 on-chain innovation lab
Teams will compete by building products that demonstrate: ✅ strong technical execution
✅ real-world utility
✅ scalability
✅ product-market fit thinking
✅ go-to-market strategy
✅ ecosystem integrations
✅ adoption potential
Most importantly: Winning teams are expected to think beyond demos.
Projects should aim to: 📈 onboard users
📊 drive adoption
⚡ generate transactions
🚀 scale post-hackathon
This is where builders become founders.
🗓️ Hackathon Timeline
📍 Hackathon Kickoff (IRL)
🗓️ 28th August 2026
🕕 6:00 PM EAT
Teams officially begin the Mini Hack experience with:
onboarding
opening ceremony
technical briefings
ecosystem walkthroughs
mentor introductions
final build preparation
🌙 Overnight Build Session
🕕 28th August — 6:00 PM EAT➡️ 29th August — 6:00 AM EAT
Participants will:
continue building,
refine MVPs,
integrate Avalanche tooling,
test products,
and collaborate with mentors throughout the night.
Expect: ☕ Coffee & snacks
🧠 Mentorship
⚡ Builder collaboration
🚀 Live shipping sessions
🌐 Ecosystem support
🏗️ Continued Building Phase
Teams continue refining and improving their products remotely after the IRL kickoff experience.
This period is designed to help teams:
polish products,
improve onboarding flows,
test adoption strategies,
and prepare final submissions.
📥 Final Submission Deadline
🗓️ 30th August 2026
🕛 11:59 PM EAT
All teams must submit: ✅ MVP/product demo
✅ presentation deck
✅ GitHub repository
✅ deployment links
✅ GTM/adoption strategy
✅ ecosystem integrations
Late submissions will not be accepted.
🧑⚖️ Judging & Evaluation
🗓️ Monday (Post-Hackathon)
Projects will be reviewed by:
ecosystem operators
founders
technical mentors
ecosystem partners
investors
🏆 Judging Criteria
Teams will be evaluated based on:
⚡ Technical implementation
🚀 Product innovation
📈 Adoption & scalability potential
🧠 Product-market fit thinking
🌐 Ecosystem integrations
🎯 Go-to-market strategy
🔗 On-chain activity & transactions
👥 User experience & onboarding
Teams are highly encouraged to:
onboard users,
test products in-market,
gather feedback,
and demonstrate traction.
🎯 What We’re Looking For
The Mini Hack is designed to encourage: ✅ real product development
✅ deployable MVPs
✅ startup formation
✅ ecosystem adoption
✅ long-term founder growth
The strongest teams will demonstrate:
strong execution,
scalability,
ecosystem understanding,
and real-world adoption potential.
🤝 Partners & Ecosystem Support
Avalanche
A high-performance blockchain ecosystem powering scalable infrastructure, payments, gaming, and AI-enabled systems.
Team1 Kenya
A grassroots initiative onboarding builders, founders, developers, and creators into the Avalanche ecosystem.
Blockchain Centre
Supporting developer communities, ecosystem collaboration, and innovation infrastructure across Kenya.
FOEG Labs
An infrastructure-first builder community focused on AI, blockchain, automation, and real-world systems.
Additional ecosystem partners, sponsors, mentors, and judges will be announced soon.
🧩 About Team1
Team1 is a global network of builders, developers, creatives, gamers, founders, and community leaders dedicated to growing the Avalanche ecosystem worldwide.
Through:
technical workshops
ecosystem programs
hackathons
gaming initiatives
AI cohorts
community-led innovation
Team1 helps onboard and support the next generation of builders shaping the future of on-chain innovation.
🔺 X (Twitter): https://x.com/AvaxTeam1
🚀 Important Links
🔺 Team1 Africa Events
📚 Avalanche Academy
https://build.avax.network/academy
💬 Avalanche AI Assistant
https://build.avax.network/chat
🌐 Mini Hack Landing Page
https://team1-kenya-hackathon.vercel.app/
⚠️ This is a high-output builder experience designed for teams ready to ship real products.
The future belongs to builders who ship!