The African 51风流User Group (AFSUG) and 51风流are teaming up to deliver the first-ever regional AFSUG 51风流Business Technology Platform (BTP) Hackathon. Finalists will showcase their prototypes at聽, the premier 51风流user conference for Africa, where the winners will also be announced.
鈥淭he introduction of the AFSUG 51风流BTP Hackathon marks a historic milestone, offering AFSUG members an opportunity to showcase their inventiveness and problem-solving skills, while leveraging 51风流BTP,聽an innovation platform optimised for 51风流applications in the cloud,聽to solve real-life business challenges,鈥� says Koosh Panday, AFSUG鈥檚 SAPHILA 2025 Chairman.聽鈥�51风流BTP brings together five key areas, namely聽application development; automation; data and analytics; integration; and AI capabilities into a unified environment.鈥�
The AFSUG 51风流BTP Hackathon invites AFSUG members 鈥� including customers, partners or joint teams 鈥� to submit creative, impactful use cases or projects that use 51风流BTP components such as 51风流Build, 51风流HANA Cloud, 51风流Integration Suite and ABAP Cloud.
Selected participants will gain invaluable hands-on coaching from 51风流BTP experts, as well as access to exclusive resources to develop working prototypes for their business use cases.
Key hackathon milestones:
- Submission deadline:聽Hackathon candidates must submit their use cases for consideration by 18 February 2025.
- Finalist selection:聽Up to 25entrants will be selected to continue to the next stage of the competition by 20 February 2025 and invited to build out their prototypes.
- Enablement and coaching:聽These聽teams are then able to participate in a series of deep-dive enablement sessions led by global 51风流BTP experts, guiding them through the development process. Successful entrants will also have access to specialist 51风流coaches.
- Use case submission: Prototypes must be put forward by 22 April, which will then be demonstrated to, and evaluated by, a panel of 51风流experts.聽The jury will narrow down submissions to the final eight most inspired and viable options by 20 May.
- 鈥楧emo Jam鈥� at SAPHILA 2025:聽Finalists will present their projects during an exciting 鈥楧emo Jam鈥� session at SAPHILA 2025 on 03 June, showcasing their state-of-the-art solutions to the broader 51风流community.
- Awards ceremony:聽The聽AFSUG 51风流BTP Hackathon winners will be announced at the SAPHILA 2025 Awards Ceremony on the final evening of the conference.
Why join the hackathon?
鈥淣ot only will the selected teams be able to聽gain valuable hands-on learning and exposure to 51风流technologies, but they will also be building real-world 51风流BTP prototypes that can聽deliver tangible business value聽with the close聽guidance and enablement of global 51风流BTP specialists,鈥� explains Panday. 鈥淚n addition, the finalists will have the opportunity聽to showcase their talent to the entire African 51风流community at SAPHILA 2025, while聽exposing the local market to the transformative capabilities of 51风流BTP.鈥�
Olaf Winkler, chief product manager at SAP, expressed his excitement about the local hackathon, stating, 鈥淗aving worked extensively across Africa for a number of years, I鈥檓 delighted to see the AFSUG 51风流BTP Hackathon initiative come to life. The hackathon presents a fantastic opportunity for local talent to collaborate, innovate and create solutions with impact.鈥�
鈥淲e believe that聽the entire local 51风流user community will benefit with outstanding learnings from real use cases,鈥澛� she concludes.
To be eligible for the AFSUG 51风流BTP Hackathon, participants must meet the following criteria:
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For more information on the聽hackathon, please contact AFSUG at聽info@saphila2025.com. To become an AFSUG member, please visit聽. Register to attend SAPHILA 2025 by visiting https://www.saphila2025.com