🔺 Team1 Kenya Final Mini Hack | Building agentic systems .

: Fri, Aug 28 – Sun, Aug 30, 2026
: Nairobi, Kenya

Mini Hack Nights of Code 3.

Building Agentic Systems in the Era of AI.

Team1 Kenya is bringing Mini Hack Cohort 3 to the Blockchain Centre for a full night of building.

Nights of Code is where builders stop planning and start shipping. This session is dedicated to Agentic AI, the final and most ambitious track of Mini Hack 2026, where you will design and build autonomous systems on Avalanche that can reason, act, and execute on their own.

What to expect: Hands on build time with technical mentors from the Team1 network on the floor all night. Real support for debugging, architecture decisions, and getting your agentic system from idea to working prototype. A community of builders working alongside you from 6PM to 6AM.

Who this is for: Developers, builders, and technical founders who registered for Mini Hack Cohort 3 and are ready to put in the hours. Whether you are early in your build or deep in it, this is your dedicated space to make real progress before Hack House and Demo Day.

What to bring: Your laptop, your idea, and your energy. We will handle the space, the support, and the night.

Details: Date: August 28 Time: 6PM to 6AM Location: Blockchain Centre, Nairobi

Come build the future of agentic systems on Avalanche, one commit at a time.

This is the culmination of a 3-month builder accelerator journey that focused on:

⚡ Payment Infrastructure

🎮 Gamified Consumer Systems

🤖 Agentic AI Systems

Over the past few months, builders across the ecosystem have:

attended technical workshops,
participated in Nights of Code,
refined their products,
validated ideas,
pitched at Builders Connect,
and collaborated with mentors, founders, and ecosystem partners.

Now it’s time to build, ship, and scale.

This is not a traditional hackathon.

The Team1 Kenya Mini Hack is designed as a: 🚀 founder pipeline

⚡ deployment engine

🧠 ecosystem accelerator

🌐 on-chain innovation lab

Teams will compete by building products that demonstrate: ✅ strong technical execution

✅ real-world utility

✅ scalability

✅ product-market fit thinking

✅ go-to-market strategy

✅ ecosystem integrations

✅ adoption potential

Most importantly: Winning teams are expected to think beyond demos.

Projects should aim to: 📈 onboard users

📊 drive adoption

⚡ generate transactions

🚀 scale post-hackathon

This is where builders become founders.

🗓️ Hackathon Timeline

📍 Hackathon Kickoff (IRL)

🗓️ 28th August 2026

🕕 6:00 PM EAT

Teams officially begin the Mini Hack experience with:

onboarding
opening ceremony
technical briefings
ecosystem walkthroughs
mentor introductions
final build preparation

🌙 Overnight Build Session

🕕 28th August — 6:00 PM EAT➡️ 29th August — 6:00 AM EAT

Participants will:

continue building,
refine MVPs,
integrate Avalanche tooling,
test products,
and collaborate with mentors throughout the night.

Expect: ☕ Coffee & snacks

🧠 Mentorship

⚡ Builder collaboration

🚀 Live shipping sessions

🌐 Ecosystem support

🏗️ Continued Building Phase

Teams continue refining and improving their products remotely after the IRL kickoff experience.

This period is designed to help teams:

polish products,
improve onboarding flows,
test adoption strategies,
and prepare final submissions.

📥 Final Submission Deadline

🗓️ 30th August 2026

🕛 11:59 PM EAT

All teams must submit: ✅ MVP/product demo

✅ presentation deck

✅ GitHub repository

✅ deployment links

✅ GTM/adoption strategy

✅ ecosystem integrations

Late submissions will not be accepted.

🧑⚖️ Judging & Evaluation

🗓️ Monday (Post-Hackathon)

Projects will be reviewed by:

ecosystem operators
founders
technical mentors
ecosystem partners
investors

🏆 Judging Criteria

Teams will be evaluated based on:

⚡ Technical implementation

🚀 Product innovation

📈 Adoption & scalability potential

🧠 Product-market fit thinking

🌐 Ecosystem integrations

🎯 Go-to-market strategy

🔗 On-chain activity & transactions

👥 User experience & onboarding

Teams are highly encouraged to:

onboard users,
test products in-market,
gather feedback,
and demonstrate traction.

🎯 What We’re Looking For

The Mini Hack is designed to encourage: ✅ real product development

✅ deployable MVPs

✅ startup formation

✅ ecosystem adoption

✅ long-term founder growth

The strongest teams will demonstrate:

strong execution,
scalability,
ecosystem understanding,
and real-world adoption potential.

🤝 Partners & Ecosystem Support

Avalanche

A high-performance blockchain ecosystem powering scalable infrastructure, payments, gaming, and AI-enabled systems.

Team1 Kenya

A grassroots initiative onboarding builders, founders, developers, and creators into the Avalanche ecosystem.

Blockchain Centre

Supporting developer communities, ecosystem collaboration, and innovation infrastructure across Kenya.

FOEG Labs

An infrastructure-first builder community focused on AI, blockchain, automation, and real-world systems.

Additional ecosystem partners, sponsors, mentors, and judges will be announced soon.

🧩 About Team1

Team1 is a global network of builders, developers, creatives, gamers, founders, and community leaders dedicated to growing the Avalanche ecosystem worldwide.

Through: