Eko Innovation Centre and GDM Group have concluded plans to launch the first ever Media and Marketing Hackathon known as MarkHack 1.0.
According to the organisers, students, entrepreneurs, tech enthusiasts, creators, developers, marketing professionals, media practitioners, or project managers can partake in the hackathon to win up to $20,000 cash prizes. Interested participants can register from 24th February to 17th of March while the pitch event Master Class holds 27th to 29th April and Finale holds 18th April.
“Are you a student, entrepreneur, tech enthusiast, creator, developer, marketing professional, media practitioner, or project manager with a big idea that can disrupt Marketing and Media in Nigeria? You can win up to $20,000 at MarkHack 1.0.
“We are faced with a fast-changing ecosystem, with new media frontiers, new consumption patterns, and a new way of living. The search has begun for brave and innovative solutions that can set today’s businesses on course for the future. Marketing and Media play very significant roles in charting the course and connecting businesses to the future.”
Notably, MarkHack 1.0 is Nigeria’s maiden media and marketing hackathon designed to bridge the industry-innovator gaps in the marketing and media Space with innovators, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and marketing professionals can collaborate as teams, using creativity, technology, and mentoring from industry thought leaders to create innovative solutions to real-life Marketing and media challenges.
“The organisers added that the goal of the hackathon is to create a new vibrant community of marketing innovators with linkages to marketing stakeholders, professionals, institutions. academia, regulators, and brand owners with an interest in adopting innovative, sustainable, and eco-friendly solutions. Participation at Markhack 1.0 is open to all, innovators, entrepreneurs, students, marketing professionals, content creators, media practitioners, and players in the media and marketing ecosystem who can register as a Participant, a mentor, or a partner at markhack 1.0. MarkHack 1.0 is scheduled to run for 3 months featuring a launch event, pitch session, masterclasses, and mentoring sessions.
Finalists will have a chance to join an accelerator program with up to $20,000 equity investment and a chance to be mentored by industry experts for three (3) months. Registration for the MarkHack 1.0 has started and will close on the 17th of March. To register, click on this link: https://markhack.tech”
Eko Innovation Centre is one of the country’s most influential and leading tech hubs, and GDM Group, Nigeria’s leading marketing and innovation company, whose previous collaborations have brought about events like the Art of Technology Conferences and the Lagos Smart Meter Hackathon is launching Nigeria’s First-ever Media and Marketing Hackathon called MarkHack 1.0.