Babcock launches N10 million Hackathon
By Gbadebo Adekunle, BU Babcock University’s second annual Tech Week tagged: Babcock Tech Week(BTW) which commenced on March 22 will be concluded on March 28 2026. It has the theme:
By Gbadebo Adekunle, BU
Babcock University's second annual Tech Week tagged: Babcock Tech Week(BTW) which commenced on March 22 will be concluded on March 28 2026. It has the theme: “Tethered — Connected Across Disciplines.”
The event organized by the Babcock University Computer Club (BUCC) in collaboration with the Finance Students Association (FINSA), Google Developer Groups Babcock (GDG on Campus, Babcock) and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Babcock (IEEE, Babcock), is designed to draw students from every faculty across the university — and this year, its flagship competition opens its doors even wider.
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The Tethered Hackathon and Pitchathon would be open to participants from within and outside Babcock University, making BTW 2026 one of the most accessible student innovation events in the country.
At the centre of the week is the Tethered Hackathon, which according to the convener, Dunmade Majuyi, is a N10 million competition that has generated significant anticipation ahead of its launch.
He explained that the hackathon carries a grand prize of N4 million for first place, N2 million for second, and N1 million for third, alongside other awards.
“Every competing team must include at least one student from outside the School of Computing — a structural requirement that ensures the competition rewards genuine cross-disciplinary thinking, not just technical execution," he added.
The week, which would also features a full-day Career Fair on Tuesday, 24th March 2026, would be opened to students across all disciplines, and individuals outside the university as well, giving organisations direct access to Babcock's student talent pool and giving students a direct line to internship and employment opportunities.
Majuyi described the theme as “a deliberate acknowledgement that the most consequential work happening at the intersection of technology, finance, health, and society cannot be done by any single discipline alone.”
“There is a generation of builders at Babcock that the industry hasn't fully met yet," said Obata Onyelukachukwu, Head of Partnerships and External Relations, BTW 2026.
