Overview
The Agri-Tech AI Hackathon
160
Innovators, 20 Startups
16
New Agritech Solutions
Day 2
Judging & Team Selection
The hackathon culminates in a pitch judging session where top teams are selected based on innovation, feasibility, impact, and scalability. Prizes (cash awards, gadgets, and in-kind support) and incubation slots will be awarded to the winners to ensure continuity beyond the event.
Mentor an Innovator
Are you a tech leader, agronomist, or investor seeking to mentor innovators with creative solutions for food and nutritional security? Participate in the hackathon as a judge/mentor.
Pitching
Hackathon
Theme & Challenges
The hackathon challenges will be aligned to the Summit tracks. Challenges will be co-defined with input from experts (e.g. local farmers’ pain points or data from county agriculture offices).
Days and Judging
Hackathon Structure
Day 1 will include an opening briefing, team formation and ideation sessions. Teams will be guided by mentors to address real challenges in climate-smart farming, value addition, and market access. The hackathon fosters co-creation, rapid prototyping, and a spirit of competition.
Day 2 involves prototype completion, pitch coaching and final presentations to a judging panel. It ends with judging and selection of top teams.
A panel of judges (tech leaders, agronomists and investors) will evaluate solutions on criteria like innovation, feasibility, impact on food & nutritional security, and scalability. Top teams will be awarded prizes including cash awards, startup support packages and incubation at Fie_Labs. Winning solutions will also be showcased at the Summit.
Outcomes Integration
The hackathon winners will pitch their innovations to the broader Summit audience during the opening plenary or relevant track sessions. This ensures continuity by having ideas generated feed directly into Summit discussions.
