AFSUG & SAP to host inaugural African hackathon at #SAPHILA2025

The African SAP User Group (AFSUG) and SAP are teaming up to deliver the first-ever regional AFSUG SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) Hackathon. Finalists will showcase their prototypes at SAPHILA 2025, the premier SAP user conference for Africa, where the winners will also be announced.

SAPHILA, which will be held this year from June 1-3 at the Sun City Convention Centre, South Africa, is widely regarded as being the most significant gathering of SAP users, partners and technology enthusiasts across the region.

“The introduction of the AFSUG SAP BTP Hackathon marks a historic milestone, offering AFSUG members an opportunity to showcase their inventiveness and problem-solving skills, while leveraging SAP BTP, an innovation platform optimised for SAP applications in the cloud, to solve real-life business challenges,” said AFSUG’s SAPHILA 2025 chairman Koosh Panday. 

AFSUG’s SAPHILA 2025 chairman Koosh Panday.

“SAP BTP brings together five key areas, namely application development; automation; data and analytics; integration; and AI capabilities into a unified environment,” he added.

The AFSUG SAP BTP Hackathon invites AFSUG members – including customers, partners or joint teams to submit creative, impactful use cases or projects that use SAP BTP components such as SAP Build, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Integration Suite and ABAP Cloud.

Selected participants will gain invaluable hands-on coaching from SAP BTP experts, as well as access to exclusive resources to develop working prototypes for their business use cases.

Key hackathon details
  • Submission deadline: Hackathon candidates must submit their use cases for consideration by February 18, 2025.
  • Finalist selection: Up to 25entrants will be selected to continue to the next stage of the competition by February 20, 2025 and invited to build out their prototypes.
  • Enablement and coaching: These teams are then able to participate in a series of deep-dive enablement sessions led by global SAP BTP experts, guiding them through the development process. Successful entrants will also have access to specialist SAP coaches.
  • Use case submission: Prototypes must be put forward by April 22, which will then be demonstrated to, and evaluated by, a panel of SAP experts. The jury will narrow down submissions to the final eight most inspired and viable options by May 20.
  • ‘Demo Jam’ at SAPHILA 2025: Finalists will present their projects during an exciting ‘Demo Jam’ session at SAPHILA 2025 on June 3, showcasing their state-of-the-art solutions to the broader SAP community.
  • Awards ceremony: The AFSUG SAP BTP Hackathon winners will be announced at the SAPHILA 2025 Awards Ceremony on the final evening of the conference.
Why join the hackathon?

“Not only will the selected teams be able to gain valuable hands-on learning and exposure to SAP technologies, but they will also be building real-world SAP BTP prototypes that can deliver tangible business value with the close guidance and enablement of global SAP BTP specialists,” stated Panday.

“In addition, the finalists will have the opportunity to showcase their talent to the entire African SAP community at SAPHILA 2025, while exposing the local market to the transformative capabilities of SAP BTP,” he added.

“Having worked extensively across Africa for a number of years, I’m delighted to see the AFSUG SAP BTP Hackathon initiative come to life. The hackathon presents a fantastic opportunity for local talent to collaborate, innovate and create solutions with impact,” said chief product manager at SAP Olaf Winkler.

“As a membership-based non-profit organisation representing SAP’s customer and partner community within Africa, AFSUG is always looking for ways to support and enrich local users’ SAP experiences,” said CEO of AFSUG Amanda Gibbs.

CEO of the African SAP User Group (AFSUG) Amanda Gibbs.

“By embarking on this exciting hackathon initiative in collaboration with SAP, both organisations are underscoring their commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration within the African technology landscape.

“We believe that the entire local SAP user community will benefit with outstanding learnings from real use cases,” she concluded.

To be eligible for the AFSUG SAP BTP Hackathon, participants must meet the following criteria:

·         Hold AFSUG membership.

·         Register to attend SAPHILA 2025.

·         Ensure access to the relevant SAP solutions and BTP instances needed for their nominated use case.

For more information on the hackathon, contact AFSUG at info@saphila2025.com.

To become an AFSUG member visit here.

Register to attend SAPHILA 2025 by visiting the official website.

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