Applications Now Open for Africa Creative Market Hackathon 2025 – N10 Million Grand Prize
The Africa Creative Market (ACM), in collaboration with Ascend Studios Foundation, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Co-Creation Hub Africa (CcHub), is excited to announce the commencement of applications for the ACM Hackathon 2025. This pan-African innovation competition, which offers a significant ₦10 million prize for the winning team, aims to foster technological advancements within Africa’s creative industries. The ACM Hackathon 2025 will bring together talented individuals from across the continent to develop innovative solutions addressing key challenges in the music and film sectors.
Theme: Distribute Africa – Hacking the Future of Music & Film Access
The core theme for the 2025 hackathon, “Distribute Africa: Hacking the Future of Music & Film Access,” will challenge participants to devise transformative solutions. The event encourages Africa’s most skilled tech and creative professionals to explore ways to revolutionize how music and film are distributed, protected, and monetized throughout Africa. The hackathon will take place in Lagos, Nigeria, from September 16th to 19th, 2025. Multidisciplinary teams will collaborate over four days, focusing on innovative ideas designed to overcome distribution challenges within the continent’s creative landscape. Inya Lawal, Founder of the Africa Creative Market, emphasizes the event’s goal: to leverage the immense talent pool within Africa to drive innovation and address critical issues within the creative economy.
The ACM Hackathon 2025 presents a unique opportunity for African innovators to shape the future of their continent’s creative industries. With the grand prize and the backing of key industry players, participants are encouraged to submit their applications and contribute to the evolution of music and film distribution across Africa.
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