If you are a developer interested in building innovative FinTech solutions, FSI and GDG came through with a hackathon using the FSI sandbox API (Access free: http://sandbox.fsi.ng)

Top Prizes: 3M, 2M, 1M Naira.
Virtual Prizes: 500k, 100k Naira.
Register your team here: https://fsi.ng/hackathon

The aim of the hackathon is to provide a solution to fintech Challenges that would enhance financial innovation and empower startups. (E.g solution to make payments easy and flexible, it could be a mobile app or web app. But you will have to use the API on their Sandbox. We have (Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System)NIBSS API and Sterling API that you can consume.)

To get started,

Stage 00 - find teammates. Everyone has a great idea.

Stage 01 - register as a member here https://fsi.ng/membership

Stage 02 - the team lead will register the team here after all the team member has completed stage 01. https://fsi.ng/hackathon/register

Stage 03 - Complete the Test given to your team on HackerRank after team registration. (HackerRank is used for assessing developer skills ). The test will be sent to you individually.

The registration will be closing on the 24th of February.