Lessons from AI Hackathons — My Journey, Mistakes & Wins

This presentation reflects on how participating in AI hackathons taught me to quickly turn ideas into working solutions, collaborate under pressure, and learn from both successes and failures. It highlights how the real value of hackathons lies not just in winning, but in the skills, resilience, and insights gained from building and iterating fast.

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1. Highlights • My Journey 󰻹🚍 • My Mistakes 😢😭 • My Wins 🎖🎊
2. Meet Nunsi
4. My Mistakes/Challenges • Not upskilling fast 📈 • Trying to get involved in everything • You may never have the perfect team, people will always be people 😞. • Always take a problem-first approach when trying to solve a challenge.
5. My Wins • Winning First Place for the CISCO BCP Ideathon 2024 • Winning a spot to attend the DSN AI bootcamp (x2) • Winning First place the HealthTech for Tomorrow Entrepreneurship Challenge • Top 20 teams to attend the grand finale for the Hack 4 health hackathon powered by Nithub x Meta • Top 30 finalist at the Girls Accelerating Sustainability Action by Stemi Makers Africa
6. What your future should look like after now! • Put God first🔥 • Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men (Prov 22: 29) • Make the most out of the CYF AI hackathon😁 • Upskilling after now, aim to be very good in your selected field