After 3 days and 2 nights of collaboration, mentorship, intense brainstorming, passionate yet friendly disagreement, pitching and judging, we are beyond excited to announce the successful conclusion of the Zone01 Kisumu and New Nexus #CodeandCheer Hackathon. We have witnessed 19 ideas come to life and we hope to see them out there solving real world challenges. A huge thank you to our apprentices, who truly showed the best version of themselves throughout the hackathon.

Thank you to our mentors, judges, partners (KIEP-SKIES 👋🏽) and the Zone01 Kisumu staff who made this hackathon a resounding success. This is what the future of tech collaboration and innovation looks like!And finally, congratulations to Team Heal, whose online platform for victims of #GBV emerged the overall winner of the #CodeandCheer hackathon and the collection of awards they've earned so far.

Courtesy of our partners, Asman Malika, Andrew Osindo, Hannah juma, Kennedy Ada and Anne Apiko received:

✅ From GiveInternet.org - 5 laptops HP 10th Gen Zbook Firefly Corei7 8gb/256, 5 Safaricom PLC routers, 3 month data subscription (140GB per month)

✅ From Zone01 Kisumu - Kshs. 10,000 cash reward to the team

✅ From KeNIC TLD (and Aheri Basic Internet Limited (AHERINet)) - Free .ke domains for 1 year that comes with Kshs. 50,000 ZOHO credit and certificate

✅ From The Aquaculture Consortium - Fully paid trip as understudies on its No Sex for Fish Campaign in Siaya County

✅ From Help Heal Foundation - Access to community resources with the team.

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We can't wait to share all the 19 ideas with you. Keep it here for more updates from the #CodeandCheer hackathon.

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Congratulations to everyone!