Report for the Mobile Monday Nigeria Hackathon that took place in June 2013 Email us at info@momonigeria.org or visit our website http://www.momonigeria.org

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2013
Mobile Monday Nigeria
Hackathon Sponsored by
VConnect Global
Services Limited (June
24th, 2013)
EVENT REPORT
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2.
Event: Mobile Monday Nigeria Hackathon Sponsored by VConnect Global Services
Limited
Theme: Entertainment Now: Finding Movies near you.
Venue: The E‐Learning Centre, Odunlami Street, CMS, Lagos.
Date: 24th
June, 2013.
Event Start Time: 10:00am
Event End Time: 8:00pm
Sponsor: VConnect Global Services Limited

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Summary
This was the first Hackathon to be organized by Mobile Monday Nigeria. It
focused on the design of a Cinema Listing Web Application for VConnect which
would help people to find their favorite movies at Cinemas near them. The
participants were expected to use ASP .NET or PHP as the programming platform
and Microsoft SQL as the Database Component of the application. A total of 9
teams competed in the Hackathon and their solutions were presented to a panel
of judges after 7 hours (10:00am to 5:00pm) of coding and development.
The name for each team was culled from the top 10 Movies of the year 2010
which coincidentally was the same year that VConnect was founded. Three
winning teams were selected and an additional team was selected for having the
best User Interface “functionality score”. Interviews were also conducted with the
winning teams, judges and members of the Mobile Monday Nigeria team. The
winners are expected to work with the VConnect product team to complete their
applications over a 30 day period.

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ATTENDEE SUMMARY
Physically Present at the Event Venue
There were 9 Teams each containing 3 Developers and 1 Designer. Enthusiasts,
members of staff of VConnect, members of the press and the Mobile Monday
Nigeria team were also at the event.
Male Female Total
Developers 27 0 27
Designers 9 0 9
Enthusiasts 10 3 13
Members of Press 4 2 6
VConnect Staff 8 2 10
MoMoNigeria Team 5 0 5
Others (Cleaning
Staff, Security)
7 3 10
Attendees at the
Evening Presentation
34 6 40
Total 104 16 120
People who registered as Developers, Designers and Enthusiasts for the
Morning Session of the Hackathon
Male Female Overall
Developers 56 2 58
Designers 24 0 24
Enthusiasts 20 4 24
Total 100 6 106

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ATTENDEE TYPE
Attendees for the Morning Session (Hackathon Event)
The developers and designers made up 45% of the attendees while the remaining
55% comprises the Mobile Monday Nigeria team, VConnect Staff, members of the
press, and mobile technology enthusiasts.

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GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF REGISTERED ATTENDEES
Developers
The developers (mainly male) were paired up with UI designers to form the 9
teams.
Designers
Gender Composition of Designers for the MoMo Hackathon

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Judges
The Judges were selected based on their experience within the mobile technology
ecosystem in Nigeria.
‐ Tomi Davies (CEO, Technovision Communications Limited and Chairman,
MoMo Nigeria)
‐ Oladipo Olasemo (Founder, Synkron Solutions Ltd & Developer Relations
Manager, MoMo Nigeria)
‐ Gbenga Sesan (Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria)
‐ Bankole Oluwafemi (TechCabal)
‐ Shina Badaru (Technology Times)
‐ Deepankar Rustagi (Managing Director, Vconnect)
‐ Rishi Rautela (VConnect) ‐ the co‐founder / General Manager of VConnect
Global Services Limited

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Team Presentation
Each team had 10 minutes to present their solutions and also answered questions
from the panel of judges. The winners were announced shortly after the last
presentation
MOMOHACKATHON AGENDA
‐ Introduction and Opening Speeches
‐ Presentation of Hackathon Guidelines
‐ Team Formation
‐ Hackathon Proper
‐ Team Presentation
‐ Winner and Presentation of Prizes
‐ Closing Speeches
‐ Networking
ATTENDEE FEEDBACK SURVEY RESULTS
An attendee feedback survey was conducted and the following results were
obtained from the respondents.

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12.
Conclusion
We will like to thank VConnect Global Services Limited for sponsoring the
Hackathon. And we will like to thank the Lagos State Innovation council also for all
the support they have given us in the last 3 months.
The Hackathon was a success and we’d like to thank all those who attended
(either as participants, enthusiasts or observers). The feedback provided after the
event is essential to us because it has helped us to know the key concerns that
were expressed by developers and industry professionals alike. This will help us
plan a better Hackathon in the future.