Dates
- Hacking begins: May 25, 2026 at 9:00 AM (Kigali time)
- Submissions close: May 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM (Kigali time)
- Demo & Prize Day: May 29, 2026
Eligibility
- Open to all currently enrolled ALU Kigali students
- Teams of 1–3 members; each participant may only join one team
- All team members must register individually on Devpost
- At least one team member must be present at Demo Day on May 29
Project and Submission Requirements
- Projects must be built during the hackathon period (May 25–28)
- You may use pre-existing open-source libraries and frameworks, but the core idea and implementation must be new
- All projects must use the Claude API as a meaningful component
- Code must be pushed to a public GitHub repository before the submission deadline
- Projects must not contain offensive, discriminatory, or harmful content
Prizes
- Total prize pool: $1,500 in Claude API credits
- Prizes will be distributed to the top teams as determined by the judges
- The winning team will be nominated to represent CBC at the ALU Club Hackathon (June 2026)
- Anthropic reserves the right to feature winning projects in CBC communications
Judging Criteria and Winner Selection
Projects will be scored across four dimensions:
- Technical Execution (30 pts): Does it work? Is the implementation solid? Effective and thoughtful use of the Claude API?
- Ethical Alignment (25 pts): Does the project center human dignity? Does it consider and mitigate potential harms?
- Impact Potential (25 pts): Does it address a real problem? Who benefits, and how meaningfully?
- Presentation (20 pts): Can the team clearly explain what they built, why it matters, and demo it live?
Judges will score each team independently. In the event of a tie, the team with the higher Impact Potential score wins.