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Hacktoberfest Hack Day — Abeokuta

A one-day Hacktoberfest Hack Day hosted by Build54 Africa Foundation in partnership with Major League Hacking. Builders gather at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM (WAT) to ship open-source contributions and complete their Hacktoberfest pull requests. Open to working professionals and university students.

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16October 2026

Time: 10:00 AM–9:00 PM WAT
Venue · Abeokuta, Nigeria: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
Format: In person · One day

teams: 14

Photo record

Get inside the hack.

12 photographs

Builders in Hacktoberfest T-shirts working on laptops in a FUNAAB lecture room.

Four builders in Hacktoberfest T-shirts working side by side at their laptops.

The FUNAAB Hack Day crowd together in Hacktoberfest T-shirts.

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Four builders leaning in together, phones in hand.

A smiling builder in a Hacktoberfest T-shirt in a FUNAAB lecture room.

Two builders presenting their project from a laptop.

A builder in a tie-dye shirt and cap demoing on a laptop.

A builder with headphones round their neck presenting at a laptop, a teammate beside them.

Two builders talking through a demo at a laptop.

A builder leaning in to help a team at their laptops.

A builder punching the air in celebration.

A full room of builders at their laptops, one flashing a peace sign.

The hack

Start with the brief.

Build54 and NUESA FUNAAB ran a one-day Hacktoberfest Hack Day at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, on 16 October 2026, in partnership with Major League Hacking. By the evening, fourteen teams had submitted projects on MLH.

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Three projects won MLH prize categories: Patch Signal took Best Open-Source AI Project, Team Kobolt took Best Use of Adaption AI, and Genium took Best Use of Gemma 4.

Who took part

Working professionals and university students.

What teams built

Open-source contributions and Hacktoberfest pull requests.
Open-source AI projects, including builds with Gemma 4 and Adaption AI.

Built by teams

Three winners.

Winner

Best Open-Source AI Project

Patch Signal

Meet the project

Winner. Patch Signal took the MLH prize for Best Open-Source AI Project.

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Winner

Best Use of Adaption AI

Team Kobolt

Meet the project

Winner. Team Kobolt took the MLH prize for Best Use of Adaption AI.

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Winner

Best Use of Gemma 4

Genium

Meet the project

Winner. Genium took the MLH prize for Best Use of Gemma 4.

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The programme

The event record.

Teams: 14
Builders who submitted: 24
Prize winners: 3

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It ran as a one-day, in-person Hacktoberfest Hack Day hosted by Build54 Africa Foundation with NUESA FUNAAB, in partnership with Major League Hacking.

The MLH submissions export for this hack lists 14 projects from 24 builders, from solo entries to teams of four, and three prize winners.

Built with support

Behind the hack.

Event partner for this Hacktoberfest Hack Day.

Who took part

What teams built

Patch Signal

Team Kobolt

Genium

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