AI 4 Startups project - Organising event hackathons in support of African startups

As part of the AI4Startups program, Digital Africa will hold at least 2 in-person hackathons. These events will boost and bring together the local ecosystems and the relevant participants to support agritech startups to design their AI strategy, define AI challenges and/or imagine AI solutions to given problems. The competition will be focused on AI problems for startups in the AgriTech sector. The in-person hackathons take place at the ideation stage and are more about exploration and brainstorming. Digital Africa is looking for an implementing partner to frame and organise one or several events, from the set up and promotion of the competition to the prize delivery and closure. In concrete terms, the main actions are : Collaborating with the Digital Africa teams and agritech startups to design the subject of the competition ; Identifying and inviting the relevant participants ; Facilitating the events and supporting the participants ; Organizing the events and managing all the logistic aspects (venue, food, security, etc.) ; Managing and supporting the jury and awarding the prizes ; Communicating with the ecosystem ; Monitoring and follow-up of the activity. Project operating conditions: - Quantity: at least 2 events between August 2025 to January 2026 - Duration of each hackathon: between 1 and 3 days - Geographic scope: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Botswana, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. - Project Languages: English and French (depending on the countries) This contract may be assigned to different service providers (one batch per hackathon). This will allow for the specificities of each ecosystem within the geographic scope to be incorporated, depending on the proposals received.