Winners Of The Xend Finance DeFi Hackathon 2021
An incredible amount of hours went into organizing our Hackathon and Conference and it was all worth it! Even as Xend Finance had a busy product schedule to close out Q4 2021, we were able to successfully launch and wrap-up the largest blockchain Hackathon in Africa’s history: Xend Finance DeFi Hackathon 2021 — Decentralizing Africa and Beyond.
Kicked off with a keynote from Mike Novogratz, CEO of Galaxy Digital, and featuring a number of amazing panel and workshop speakers over the course of three months, we learned right alongside our Hackathon participants and viewers.
We want to give a special thank you to our judges, who understand the importance of giving African entrepreneurs and developers a platform to showcase their talents to the world. Also, for taking time from their very busy schedule. Typically, the African region has a more difficult time attracting investors and press attention and we aim to change that!
Thank you to the our judges:
- Onajite Emerhor — Head of Google for Startups Accelerator Africa (https://twitter.com/xendfinance/status/1440280170330345473)
- Gwendolyn Regina — Investment Director at Binance Smart Chain (BSC) Accelerator Fund (https://twitter.com/xendfinance/status/1439568968306548746)
- Osaretin Victor Asemota — Serial Entrepreneur and Investor (https://twitter.com/xendfinance/status/1446106628323897345)
- Sandeep Nailwail — Co-Founder and COO of Polygon (https://twitter.com/xendfinance/status/1439952870674157569)
- Zack Seward — Managing Editor, Coindesk (https://twitter.com/xendfinance/status/1438556936014864392)
- Simon Hu — Lead, Huobi Blockchain Engineering (https://twitter.com/xendfinance/status/1440322673561640973)
- Gareth Jenkinson — Senior Writer, Cointelegraph (https://twitter.com/xendfinance/status/1458392491984449543)
Using a cumulative scoring average, we have our top three startup winners, including a community vote winner. You can catch the complete closing ceremony and winner’s announcement on YouTube below, featuring statements from each of our winners:
Here we go with the Judges’ Winners, starting with #3.
3. Beima — Beima is a decentralized pension platform that aims to solve the problems facing traditional pension system in Africa, by providing a transparent and high yielding interest pension solution.
2. PiggyFi — A simple way for Africans to save, send and spend their money in a stable currency like the US dollar to protect themselves from inflation.
- LazerPay Finance — A Blockchain powered payment infrastructure for the internet.
Community Vote Winner:
- FarmGrid — FarmGrid is a Defi yield optimization protocol for African real farm stakeholders, empowering farmers with blockchain technology and promotion of one health.
Congratulations to the winners! We want to thank all of our more than 200 participants and 50+ project submissions. For a more detailed look at some of the top projects, you can go to our website here.
We also want to thank all of the speakers, sponsors, and participants for their support in making the Hackathon a rousing success.
We’re already looking forward to this year’s Hackathon in less than nine months! In the meantime, if you’re a developer looking for more exposure and investment, feel free to apply to Xend Launchpad. Powered by Xend Finance, this launchpad gives exposure to African ecosystem projects and connects them with power brokers around the world.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Kevin Leu
Head of Marketing, Xend Finance
