Road to Mini Hack : Building Payment Solutions
🔺 Cohort 1 | Building Payment Solutions on Avalanche
The first cohort of the Team1 Kenya Mini Hack 2026 officially kicks off with a deep dive into one of the most important infrastructure layers shaping the future of Web3 adoption:
Payment Infrastructure.
Across Africa and emerging markets, the demand for:
faster transactions,
better financial rails,
stable digital payments,
cross-border systems,
and seamless crypto ↔ fiat experiences
continues to grow rapidly.
This cohort is designed to help builders understand how Avalanche infrastructure can be used to build scalable, real-world financial products capable of serving millions of users.
Over the next few weeks, participants will explore: • Stablecoins & on-chain payments• Wallet infrastructure & onboarding• Consumer payment systems• Crypto ↔ fiat rails• Cross-border transactions• Smart contract integrations• Merchant payment experiences• Financial product design on Avalanche
This is not a passive learning experience.
The cohort is structured as a hands-on builder accelerator where participants are expected to:
prototype solutions,
collaborate with other builders,
explore real-world use cases,
and progressively ship products throughout the program.
Participants will also gain access to: • Weekly technical workshops• Founder spotlights & ecosystem speakers• Builder challenges & quests• IRL Nights of Code• Builders Connect pitch sessions• Mentorship from experienced operators & developers
The strongest teams and projects emerging from this cohort will continue building toward the final Team1 Kenya Mini Hack 2026.
Whether you are:
a beginner exploring Avalanche,
a developer building fintech infrastructure,
a founder validating payment ideas,
or an operator curious about stablecoin systems,
this cohort is designed to help you move from: learning → building → shipping.
🗓️ Cohort Structure
📅 Every Tuesday & Thursday🕗 8:00 PM EAT🌐 Virtual Sessions
In addition, participants will also join: • IRL Nights of Code• Builders Connect Pitch Days• Community networking sessions
Access links for all sessions will be shared via Luma.
🚀 What You’ll Learn
Participants will explore: • Avalanche ecosystem fundamentals• Stablecoin infrastructure• Payment rails & integrations• Wallet architecture• Smart contract systems• Consumer onboarding flows• Real-world payment use cases• Product-Market Fit (PMF)• Go-To-Market strategy (GTM)
The cohort is intentionally designed to help builders create products capable of real adoption beyond the hackathon itself.
🎯 Expected Outcomes
By the end of the cohort, participants should be able to: ✅ Understand Avalanche payment infrastructure
✅ Build and deploy payment-related MVPs
✅ Prototype consumer financial products
✅ Integrate wallets & smart contracts
✅ Collaborate effectively within teams
✅ Prepare products for the Mini Hack qualification stages
🤝 Ecosystem & Community
This cohort is part of the broader Team1 Kenya Mini Hack ecosystem — a builder accelerator focused on transforming developers into founders in the agentic era.
Participants are encouraged to:
actively participate,
collaborate with teams,
build consistently,
and engage with the ecosystem throughout the cohort.
The future of financial infrastructure will be built by teams willing to ship.
🧩 About Team1
Team1 is a new global network of builders, developers, creatives, gamers, and community leaders dedicated to growing the Avalanche ecosystem.
Operating in over 30 countries, Team1 drives the democratization and global adoption of Avalanche by onboarding new users and projects through local meetups, targeted workshops, exclusive side events, engaging content creation and community-led initiatives...
By bridging online and offline communities, Team1 empowers grassroots innovation and expands the reach of Avalanche into new regions and cultures.