{"id":134640,"date":"2016-09-29T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/134640\/metro-to-host-48-hour-hackathon-challenge\/"},"modified":"2016-09-29T15:54:52","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T13:54:52","slug":"metro-to-host-48-hour-hackathon-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/29\/metro-to-host-48-hour-hackathon-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro to host 48-hour hackathon challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech-savvy and innovative minds are invited to a weekend-long hackathon to develop IT solutions that will help the metro accelerate service delivery in an efficient manner.<\/p>\n<p>The Ekurhuleni Hackathon will be held from Friday, September 30 to Sunday, October 2 under the theme: A Digitally Connected City. It will see close to 250 developers, web designers and engineers using various technologies, hardware and APIs to turn their ideas into practical solutions for the municipality.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Hackathon challenges will be presented to the various teams to solve through big data, analytics, apps and open data.<\/p>\n<p>The prototypes will be pitched on the last day of the hackathon, where the winning teams will be selected by the judges for a share of R150 000 in prize money.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>To register participants may visit www.emmhack.co.za and secure a spot to stand a chance to be part of the winning team.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, residents and businesses wishing to sponsor and partner with the Ekurhuleni Hackathon can email to Lydia.Ntlhophi@ekurhuleni.gov.za and mixo@geekulcha.com for all logistics and information about the hackathon.<\/p>\n<p>The event will start at 4pm on Friday at the Alberton Council Chamber situated at the corner of Alwyn Taljaard and New Redruth streets in Alberton.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133336\/tourism-leads-to-ekurhulenis-townships\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tourism leads to Ekurhuleni\u2019s townships<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133237\/metro-businesses-to-tackle-social-issues\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro, businesses to tackle social issues<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='c388c9f2ff9f95893a219799ee047df1'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IT solutions to accelerate service delivery will be the focus of the Ekurhuleni Hackathon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":134650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8515,2],"tags":[1773,1003,969,12491,4251,2734,1002,1004,1154],"class_list":["post-134640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-municipal-news","category-news-headlines","tag-alberton","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-hackathon","tag-it","tag-melissa-hart","tag-metro","tag-municipality","tag-service-delivery"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Municipal"},"tag_labels":["alberton","Ekurhuleni","germiston city news","hackathon","IT","melissa hart","metro","municipality","service delivery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}