MTN is inviting developers in Uganda to participate in a Hackathon to create an app that can process financial transactions, with added capabilities that go beyond processing payments.

MTN is now looking for companies, entrepreneurs and developers across the continent to innovate and leverage mobile money to accelerate financial inclusion and digitize payments.

The MoMo API Hackathon will enable developers based in Ghana, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Rwanda, eSwatini, Congo Brazzaville, Guinea Conakry, Zambia and Benin to offer financial and transactional applications innovations using the MTN mobile money (MoMo) API platform.

The first prize is USD 5,000, the second prize is USD 3,000, third prize is USD 2,000.

For the overview, themes, prizes, rules, and registration, click here.