Hack Together: The Microsoft Data + AI Kenya Hack
We’re excited to announce, “Hack Together: The Microsoft Data + AI Kenya Hack,” an online hackathon happening from March 12th to April 11th. This event is open to everyone in Kenya who is eager to explore the endless possibilities of leveraging Microsoft Fabric to build innovative AI solutions.
Whether you’re just starting out, an experienced maker, an admin, Power BI enthusiast, AI Engineer, developer, or a data pro, you’re all welcome to participate and submit your solutions for a chance to win exciting prizes.
This hackathon will kickoff during the AI Tour Stop in Nairobi, and builds on the success of last year’s global Microsoft Fabric AI Hackathons (The Microsoft Fabric & AI Learning Hackathon and Hack Together: The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack), where participants from around the world levelled up their Data & AI skills and came up with some amazing projects. See the winning projects for inspiration: Winners of the Microsoft Fabric & AI Learning Hackathon and Winners of the Hack Together.
How to Participate
To participate in the hackathon, form a team of 3 members -no more, no less then register for the event at https://aka.ms/data-ai-hack-kenya/register.
You will need to have access to a Microsoft Fabric capacity. If you don’t have one, you can obtain a Microsoft Fabric Capacity by following these instructions. Once you have registered and have access to Microsoft Fabric, you can start building your solution!
We’ll have livestreams every week for you to learn more about AI solutions built with Microsoft Fabric and to help you get up to speed so you can start hacking!
- March 18th @ 7 PM East African Time: Ready, Set, Hack: and do more with Azure AI and Microsoft Fabric
- March 20th @ 7 PM East African Time: A tidy introduction to Microsoft Fabric
- March 25th @ 7 PM East African Time: Building Scalable Data Solutions with Microsoft Fabric’s Data Warehouse
- March 27th @ 7 PM East African Time: Building high scale RAG Applications with the Eventhouse in Microsoft Fabric
- April 1st @ 7 PM East African Time: Building AI Agents using Azure AI Agent Service
- April 3rd @ 7 PM East African Time: Wrap up – How to Submit your hack & Next steps
Join the Hack Together discord channel to ask questions, share ideas, and get feedback from Microsoft experts and other participants. Drop a comment in the channel and introduce yourself so you can get to know your fellow hackers!
You can submit your solution any time before April 8th, 2025, 11:59 PM EAT. You will need to provide a brief description of the project, the solution overview, short video demo of your solution, and link to a project repository URL on GitHub. You can submit your solution here.
Looking for more info about the event? Check out our site for all the details: https://aka.ms/data-ai-hack-kenya
What are the prizes?
Projects will be evaluated by a panel of judges, including product managers and developer advocates at Microsoft. Hack Together winners will be selected per the following judging criteria:
Hack Together winners will be selected as per the following judging criteria:
- 30% – Alignment with the Hackathon goal – Does the solution fit into the hackathon goal of Designing, building and deploying a functional real world AI application using Microsoft Fabric?
- 25% – Technology (Fabric + AI) – Does the solution use multiple Fabric features & workloads, and leverage built in AI capabilities those from Azure AI?
- 25% – Innovation / Impact – Does the solution have real-world relevance? Does it solve a clearly defined problem that could be beneficial to others?
- 15% – Documentation / Reproducibility – Is the solution clearly documented in a GitHub repo that makes it easy for others to follow along and reproduce the solution? Is a video demonstration included in the submission?
- 5% – Video Demonstration – Does the project submission include a link to a video demonstration of the solution in action? Does the video clearly depict the solution’s use of Microsoft Fabric features and capabilities and demonstrate how the solution makes use of artificial intelligence?
For a more detailed description of the judging criteria, see the contest rules.
The winning teams will receive the following exciting prizes:
🏆 Overall Winning Team: The best of the best! This category rewards the solution that meets all judging criteria, wows judges, has potential real-world value, and demonstrates innovative use of Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Fabric.
- Three (3) SWAG packages for each team member – 1 hoodie, 1 desk mat, 1 backpack, thermos flask.
- 1500.00 USD worth of Carrefour Vouchers. To be equally split among the team members.
🥈 Runner Up Team: The second-best solution!
- Three (3) SWAG packages for each team member – 1 hoodie, 1 desk mat, 1 backpack, thermos flask.
- 900.00 USD worth of Carrefour Vouchers. To be equally split among the team members.
🥉 Third Place Team: The third-best solution!
- Three (3) SWAG packages for each team member – 1 hoodie, 1 desk mat, 1 backpack, thermos flask.
- 600.00 USD worth of Carrefour Vouchers. To be equally split among the team members.
For more details on the prizes, see the contest rules.
Join the fun!
Get ready to innovate, collaborate, and have fun while at it. We can’t wait to see what you’ll come up with!
Join the “Hack Together: The Microsoft Data + AI Kenya Hack” today!
