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Wema Bank, Nigeria’s oldest indigenous financial institution and pioneer of Africa’s first totally digital financial institution, has unveiled the Top 21 finalists for Hackaholics 7.0, who will compete on the grand finale scheduled for Friday, November 6, 2026, in Lagos. Themed Festival of the Future, the grand finale will deliver collectively innovators, expertise leaders, startup founders, traders and key gamers in Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem for an immersive celebration of concepts, expertise and the chances shaping the long run.
The Top 21 finalists are: Dynalimb, Harthiq, Acceede, Vhorde, URI, Trarrk, SocialSign, RaverPay, All-Arbitrates, CitizensGage, Craft-Planet, FOID, PayByPalm, Niteonn, Nexa-AI, Neural-Forge, MamaAlert, JolliFlow, Becca, CropiQ and Middleman.
Hackaholics is Wema Bank’s youth and start-up-focused initiative, designed to supply younger innovators with a platform to remodel artistic, technology-driven concepts into sensible options to real-world challenges and acquire a aggressive edge within the international expertise and digital area. Since its launch in 2019, the initiative has recorded over 21,000 candidates, engaged greater than 50,000 members, supported over 10,000 startups throughout three nations and developed greater than 100 options from scratch.
The seventh version, which commenced on July 1, 2026, attracted 5,329 members and generated 1,632 modern concepts and options throughout seven pitch-centre places: Uyo, Kano, YabaTech, Benin, Ibadan, Enugu and Lagos. Following the nationwide tour, 59 members emerged from the varied centres, with the Top 21 chosen by way of a rigorous, multi-stage analysis course of.
The Hackaholics 7.0 grand finale week will characteristic a three-day programme of strategic engagement and innovation-focused actions. On Wednesday, November 4, the finalists will take part within the Pre-Pitch, the place they are going to current refined variations of their options. This will likely be adopted by the Ecosystem Tour on Thursday, November 5, powered by Wema Bank, providing members the chance to go to main establishments inside the expertise and innovation ecosystem, work together with trade professionals and acquire sensible insights forward of the ultimate competitors. The programme will culminate within the grand finale on Friday, November 6, the place excellent innovators will likely be recognised and celebrated.
Through Hackaholics, Wema Bank continues to exhibit its dedication to advancing Nigeria’s innovation ecosystem by figuring out rising expertise, creating alternatives for younger innovators and supporting the event of options to real-world challenges. The initiative reinforces the Bank’s function in empowering the following technology of innovators and constructing an ecosystem the place concepts can thrive and prospects turn out to be actuality.
