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This week’s edition features over $5M in hackathons, grants, and builder opportunities, alongside scholarships and events happening across Africa and beyond.
This is your week to go global. With Shipaton 2026 offering over $700,000 in prizes, plus a Times Square billboard feature, there’s no better time to ship your biggest idea.
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🏆 Hackathons & Contests
Whether you’re a first-timer or chasing a big prize pool, these are the competitions worth your time this week.
Shipaton 2026 Register →
Prize: $700,000
WEEX AI Wars II: Rise of Intelligence Register →
Prize: $200,000
Africa Deep Tech Challenge 2026 Register →
Prize: $20,000 · Closes: August 25, 2026
All Things Agentic Hackathon Register →
Prize: $180,000 · Closes: September 1, 2026
OKX AI Season Hackathon Register →
Prize: $300,000 · Closes: August 21, 2026
Global x402 Challenge Register →
Prize: $100,000 · Closes: October 1, 2026
AI Builder Hackathon 2026 Register →
Prize: €20,000 · Closes: September 8, 2026
Nimiq Mini Apps Competition Register →
Prize: $17,000
Flare Summer Signal Register →
Prize: $12,000 · Closes: August 14, 2026
Telegraph Hackathon Season I Register →
Prize: $15,000 · Closes: August 17, 2026
Sui Overflow 2026 Register →
Prize: $500,000+ · Closes: August, 2026
Build with Gemini XPRIZE Register →
Prize: $2,000,000 · Closes: Aug 17, 2026
💼 Jobs & Internships
Your next job or internship in tech or Web3 could be one application away. Here are the freshest openings across the ecosystem this week.
Several Roles · Bamboo Apply →
Senior Software Engineer · Moniepoint Apply →
Several Roles · Chowdeck Apply →
Product Marketing Associate · Bumpa Apply →
💰 Grants & Funding
Whether you’re building, creating, designing, or contributing to the ecosystem in any capacity, there’s capital with your name on it this week.
$50,000 Avalanche Research Proposals Apply →
Africa Indie Games Fund 2026 Apply →
Up to $1M GOAT AI Builder Grants Program Apply →
$30,000 Team1 Builder Grants Apply →
Circle Developer Grant Apply →
Stellar Ecosystem Grant Pipeline Accelerator Apply →
🎓 Fellowships & Programs
These take more effort to apply for, but the mentorship, stipends, and network are worth every minute. Open to all backgrounds, not just technical roles.
Protocol Camp Apply →
Stellar Journey to Mastery: Monthly Builder Challenges · Prize: $20,000 monthly prize pool in the Builder Track Apply →
📚 Bootcamps & Learning
Whether you’re new to tech & Web3 or leveling up your skills in it, these bootcamps, courses, and scholarships are your fastest path forward.
₦250M AltSchool Scholarship Fund Training Apply →
MA Talent 5K Scholars Apply →
📅 Events & Conferences
From local meetups to global conferences, these are the rooms worth being in this week. Show up, connect, and let opportunities find you.
15/08/26 Lagos: Decentralized Nigeria 2.0 RSVP here
22/08/26 Abuja: Monad Blitz Abuja Hackathon RSVP here
26/08/26 Accra: Accra AI Summit RSVP here
27-29/08/26 Lagos: Web3 Lagos Conference 2026 RSVP here
31/08-03/09/26 Lagos: GITEX AI Nigeria 2026 RSVP here
06/09/26 Port Harcourt: Tech Women Fest Lagos RSVP here
8-19/09/26 Enugu: Enugu Blockchain Week 2026 RSVP here
19/09/26 Lagos: She Code Africa Summit 2026 RSVP here
31/08/26 - Lagos/Abuja: GITEX AI NIGERIA RSVP here
26/09/26 Lagos: Wetech Conference 2026 RSVP here
16/10/26 Lagos: Untitled Design Conference 2026 RSVP here
📌 Other Opportunities
Discover additional tech opportunities and giveaways you shouldn’t miss.
Cardtonic Upskill 4.0 is giving 25 free MacBooks and scholarships Apply →
Volunteer at Devcon 8 India Apply →
Speaker Applications for UDC 2026 Apply →
AAIF Community Call for IRL meetup organizers, speakers, and venue hosts Apply →
📺 Featured Content
Every week, we go through a lot of content, so you don’t have to. Here’s what actually stood out this week: it could be a video, article, tweet, or book. If it’s here, it’s worth your time.
This Week’s Pick
Every System Design Concept You Need: Building One App From 1 to 10 Million Users
This video covers every core system design concept you need - servers, DNS, databases, load balancers, caching, indexing, replication, sharding, message queues, blob storage, CDNs, multi-region, fault tolerance - explained as one continuous story.
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