Limassol Hackathon Concludes with Tech Solutions for Wildfires

Cavista Technologies Announces Fourth Hackathon, Targets Next Generation of Tech Innovators. Funmi Ogundare Cavista Technologies has announced the fourth edition of its annual hackathon, a flagship technology-driven initiative aimed at nurturing young Nigerian innovators. The programme, scheduled to hold from February http://ow.ly/YMCN106sFym

Hashgraph Ventures pledges $1M to the Hedera Africa Hackathon, supporting Web3 & AI innovation across Africa and empowering the next generation of builders 🚀 Exponential Science | The Hashgraph Association

I woke up one morning with an overwhelming passion to build solutions that truly solve real-world problems. I started building a few things solo (which I'll share soon!), but I quickly realized: collaboration is the catalyst for real impact. That realization led to the launch of Hackspace in August 2025. It's been an incredible journey to watch this idea evolve into a vibrant community of innovative minds (Rukky Agidi, Emmanuel Alabi, Iyidemilade Nasiru Halim). We're united by a shared purpose: building software solutions for the problems that matter most. If you're looking to collaborate, innovate, and drive impact, you’ve found your home. Here’s a glimpse into our Pilot Edition, our very first hackathon. (The full vlog drops soon) Do well to follow Hackspace to stay up to date with our incredible work #Hackspace #TechInnovation #Collaboration #RealWorldSolutions #CommunityBuilding

MiniMax has established a definitive lead over OpenAI, Grok, and Anthropic by delivering a more efficient and versatile AI architecture. 1. MiniMax’s "Lightning Attention" mechanism offers unparalleled computational efficiency. While OpenAI and Anthropic models require massive energy for long-chain reasoning, MiniMax achieves up to 75% FLOPs savings during inference. This allows it to outperform models like GPT-o3 and Claude 3.7 in complex software engineering tasks with a significantly lower hardware footprint. 2. Its 1-million-token context window is more robust and accessible than its competitors. While Grok 3 and OpenAI's newest models have expanded their capacities, MiniMax-M1 is specifically trained to maintain high recall across this entire window, making it superior for analyzing year-long documentation or massive codebases without the "lost-in-the-middle" performance degradation seen in earlier frontier models. 3. Finally, MiniMax excels in multimodal production through the Hailuo AI ecosystem. While Anthropic remains text-focused and OpenAI’s Sora 2 faces higher costs and restricted access, MiniMax provides integrated, state-of-the-art video generation and emotional speech synthesis that is already widely available to global creators. #AgenticAI #GenerativeAI #MiniMax #OpenAI #Anthropic #Grok #aidigitalmarketing #BCG #BCGRISE #RISE #digitalmarketing #GEO #AEO #GenerativeEngineOptimizations #AnswersEngineOptimizations #SXO #SearchExperienceOptimizations #genai #GENAI

Lioncode Your IT People on a European trajectory with new horizons. I am proud to share that Lioncode is participating in two European CEF 2027 projects, with a total consortium budget of €30 million. This represents a strong European recognition of our company’s capabilities and potential. In parallel, we are moving forward with €1 million of own-fund investments in innovative technologies and highly skilled talent in the field of artificial intelligence. The Multimodal 5G and 5G Bridge projects will be implemented by Lioncode in collaboration with key partners such as COSMOTE, Hellenic Train, STASY, Grant Thornton, and WINGS. The technologies developed will have practical applications in critical sectors including: education healthcare civil protection logistics energy The first region to pilot these technologies will be our own, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace. More details will follow soon in Lioncode’s official announcements. Our core objective remains the solving of real-world problems, which drives us to consistently increase our investments in research. Lioncode is delivering on its commitments to innovation and to providing high‑tech solutions at the highest level to our customers. This European leap is pivotal, but it is only a small step compared to the ambitious goals we have set for the future. #lioncode

The Trans-Sahara Hackathon is an investment-focused platform that identifies, validates, and accelerates scalable African startups by connecting serious founders with capital, mentorship, and cross-border market access. GrowthAfrica TalentXpat Solutions Chris Oppong Impact@Africa

At ProdFest 2025, Chidubem spoke on the power of international partnerships and why they matter for building products that scale beyond borders. From access to global networks to shared knowledge and opportunities, the conversation reminded us that growth in Web3 and tech is no longer local. It is collaborative. What role do you think global partnerships play in shaping the future of African innovation?

🚀 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 (𝐓𝐄𝐏𝐬)! On the 30th of January, Europe MédiaLab (Stars4Media) and Eurosky will organise a hackathon in Brussels to turn the discussion on 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 (𝐓𝐄𝐏𝐬) into concrete technical features. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 will bring together 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧-𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 keen to experiment with emerging technologies and 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 and 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 eager to explore credible European alternatives to foreign ones. Designed as an intensive, hands-on experience, the event will be structured around 15 tables, each bringing together small and mixed teams. The hackathon is organised in partnership with Commons Hub Brussels and takes place at the Open Source Village, alongside FOSDEM, the annual gathering that brings together thousands of free and open-source software developers from across the world. 👉 Interested in shaping the future of European digital platforms?  𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬: https://luma.com/9f10yt6f Christophe Leclercq Renate Nikolay Cloos Jim Luc Suykens Antonio Arcidiacono Daniel Knapp Sherif Elsayed-Ali Cedric Sounard Christos FLOROS Max von Abendroth Matthias Pfeffer Radovan Geist Giacomo Mazzone Christian Spahr Giorgio Clarotti Alexandru Ion Giboi François Foret Konrad Bleyer-Simon Yana Naralska Mathew Lowry Axel Laniez Arnaud S. Kateryna Baranova Nafisa Hasanova Marie Frenay Yannic Blaschke Anna Taimr Natalie Sarkic-Todd Adrian Paschke Bart BECKS Dr. Cecilia Rikap 42 Zuzanna Warso Sandro Mendonça Roberto Castaldi Edgars Spuravs

During a three-week stay in London this year, I had the opportunity to participate in SoTA’s Human Augmentation Hackathon. Together with three teammates, we developed a video-based audio feedback system designed to support visually impaired users. Within a limited timeframe, we structured a complex problem, built a functional prototype using computer vision, and presented our solution. This solution earned us the 2nd place among the participating teams. A great reminder of how clear problem structuring, collaboration, and execution under time pressure can turn an idea into impact. #Hackathon #ProblemSolving #Innovation #Teamwork

Every tech leader I know does the same thing when a role becomes urgent. They call people they trust. Not because it’s faster. Because it’s safer. That’s why most real hires come from personal networks. Now imagine extending that network. Here's how Randstad Digital | Torc spent 2025 building ours. Developer workshops. Tech meetups. Real conversations. Across the US and throughout LATAM. Not collecting resumes. Building trust. The result is a community of pre-vetted engineers who are known, engaged, and ready. Interview-ready in under 48 hours. With the same confidence you’d have hiring someone from your own circle. No leap of faith. Just your network, expanded.