More than one hundred young innovators will next week convene in Kampala to take part in this year’s Women in Fintech Hackathon.

The innovators make up 30 teams from Uganda and Kenya that have made this year’s final list

While making the announcement in Kampala yesterday, Ms Charlotte Neeza, the HiPipo Fintech events manager, said the interest to innovate has tremendously grown over the past three years, thus the decision to admit 30 teams in 2023, from the 20 that participated in the 2022 edition.

“Last year, we had 20 teams, which indicated great year-on-year growth for the project compared to 2021. This time around, we have 30 teams, got from close to 100 submissions,” she said, adding that returning and new participants continue to be inspired by the success that previous contestants have had in terms of mentorship, products design, development, go-to market, and seed capital, among other benefits.”

The selection, Ms Neeza noted, had returned more female than males at a ratio of 70 percent to 30 percent respectively.

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