NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. CONTEST IS OPEN TO NIGERIANS OR EVERYONE IN NIGERIA ONLY. 

ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL RULES.

The GDG Ilorin "Build with AI Hackathon 2025" - is a skill contest where Google Developer Group Ilorin (GDG Ilorin) will share specific challenges set forth in these Rules as well as in the Devpost page for this Contest, and participants must develop solutions to one of the challenges.  The solution that you develop and submit will be evaluated by judges, who will choose the winner(s) in accordance with these Official Rules.  The prize(s) will be awarded to the participant(s) with the highest score for the judging criteria.  See below for the complete details.

Binding Agreement

In order to enter the Contest, you must agree to these Official Rules (“Rules”). Therefore, please read these Rules prior to entry to ensure you understand and agree. You agree that submission of an entry in the Contest constitutes agreement to these Rules. You may not submit an entry to the Contest and are not eligible to receive the prizes described in these Rules unless you agree to these Rules. These Rules form a binding legal agreement between you and GDGIlorin with respect to the Contest.

Sponsors
The Contest is sponsored by MALHUB, a technology and innovation hub dedicated to empowering Africa’s next generation of talent and entrepreneurs. located at 1No 1 Ilofa Road GRA Ilorin Kwara State, Nigeria. The Contest will be administered by Devpost, Inc. (“Devpost” or “Administrator”) located at 222 Broadway, Floor 19, New York, NY 10038.

Dates

Submission Period: Monday, October 6, 2025 (9:00 am West African Time) – Friday, October 31, 2025 (12:00pm West African Time) (“Submission Period”).

Judging Period: Friday, October 31, 2025 (9:00 am West African Time) – Saturday, November 1, 2025 (4:00 pm West African Time) (“Judging Period”).

Winners Announced: On or around Saturday, November 1, 2025 (5:00 pm  West African Time).

Eligibility
The Hackathon is open to:

• Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals”);

• Teams of Eligible Individuals (“Teams”); and

• Residents of Nigeria.
  

How to Participate

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. To enter the Contest, visit the Contest website located at devfest-ilorin-buildwithai-25.devpost.com (“Contest Site”) during the Contest Period, find the idea categories provided on the Devpost site, which are also set forth in these Rules and develop a solution for the challenge. To access the challenge and submit the solution, follow the steps below: 

• Obtain access to the submission portal. You must have a Devpost account to register for the Contest as they will administer the Contest. If you do not have a Devpost account already, you can sign up for a Devpost account at no cost from devfest-ilorin-buildwithai-25.devpost.com.

• Obtain access to Google Cloud developer tools and credits provided by Google Developer Group Ilorin (GDG Ilorin). Access to Google Cloud may be obtained by (1) signing up for a no cost trial at https://cloud.google.com/free or (2) using an existing Google Cloud account  or (3) using a demo Google cloud account with cloud credit provided by Google Developer Group Ilorin (GDG Ilorin). Provision of credits to you is not guaranteed and at Google’s discretion. You are responsible for any and all fees accrued from use of Google Cloud developer tools if your use of these tools in connection with this Contest exceeds the provided credit amount. Use of Google Cloud  Google Cloud developer tools will be subject to the license agreement applicable to the use of those services.  Entry in the Contest constitutes consent for the Sponsor and Devpost to collect and maintain an entrant’s personal information for the purpose of operating and publicizing the Contest. 

• Create a project in line with the Project Requirements below. Use Google Cloud service(s) to tackle a Google Cloud Partnerships challenge using the information provided in the repository to complete a Project that fits into that requirements set forth in the Project Requirements section below. 

• Submit Your project to the Contest Site. Make sure to complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” or similar worded page of the Contest Site (each a “Submission”) during the Contest Period. 

Project and Submission Requirements

A. CHOOSE A CHALLENGE. Create a solution that addresses one of the Idea categories provided. Your solution must use both Google Cloud products and the atleast any other Google Technologies relevant to your chosen idea category: 

1. AI for Social Good: Use AI to solve pressing local or global social issues.

   • Sample Ideas: Build a system to predict and alert communities to flood risks. Create a tool for analyzing local agricultural data to optimize crop yields. Develop an AI-powered educational app to help students learn a new subject.
     
     

2. Generative AI for Creativity & Productivity: Leverage Generative AI models to create new content or enhance existing workflows.

   • Sample Ideas: Create an AI-powered assistant that helps local businesses generate marketing content. Develop an app that generates personalized stories or art based on user input. Build a tool for developers that uses AI to write or debug code.
     
     

3. Smart Commerce & Local Business Solutions: Develop AI-driven solutions to help local businesses thrive.

   • Ideas: Create a chatbot to improve customer service for a small shop. Build an AI-powered inventory management system. Develop an app that uses computer vision to recommend products based on an image.
     
     

4. AI for Health & Wellness: Use AI to improve health outcomes and promote wellness in our communities. Ideas: Build a system that analyzes health data to provide personalized fitness plans. Develop a mobile app that uses AI to recognize potential health issues from user-uploaded images. Create an AI tool to help diagnose common diseases.
   

B. ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF SUBMISSION. The Submission must conform to the following requirements (hereinafter, “Requirements”):

• Project Team: You may submit your Project as a team or individual. A Team must consist of only Eligible Individuals, have all team members added as members of the Project on Devpost, and is limited to a maximum of four (4) individuals. If a team is entering the Submission, one individual must be appointed and authorized (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter the Submission, on the team’s behalf. By entering a Submission on behalf of a Team you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team.

• Functionality: For this hackathon, your project should be built using Google Cloud and atleast one Google Technologies relevant to your chosen idea category. The use of other services that directly compete with Google Cloud (for cloud platform capabilities) is not permitted.  The Project must be capable of being successfully installed or accessed and run consistently on the platform for which it is intended as described below, and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description that you submit with the Project. 

• Platforms: A submitted Project must run on at least one of the following platforms: Web, Android, or iOS. 

• New Projects Only: Projects must be newly created by the entrant during the Contest Period. The Project must be Your original creation not a modification or extension of Your or anyone else’s existing work.

• Third Party Integrations: If a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs,  data and/or any information belonging to a third party, Entrant must be authorized to use these third party tools and information in accordance with any terms and conditions or licensing requirements of the tool.

• Limitation on Artificial Intelligence Usage: Projects are required to utilize Google Cloud artificial intelligence tools, as detailed at https://cloud.google.com/terms/services (with examples including Gemini models via Vertex AI, BigQuery ML, and relevant APIs). All other artificial intelligence tools are not permitted.

• What to Submit:

  • Should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the platform(s) for which it was built.

  • No parts of the submission can be  derogatory, offensive, threatening, defamatory, disparaging, libelous or contain any content that is inappropriate, indecent, sexual, profane, indecent, tortuous, slanderous, discriminatory in any way, or that promotes hatred or harm against any group or person, or otherwise does not comply with the theme and spirit of the Contest.

  • No part of that submission contains content, material or any element that is unlawful, or otherwise in violation of or contrary to all applicable federal, state, or local laws and regulations in any country,  state or applicable territory where you created the video and in Nigeria.

  • The Submission must not contain any content, material or element that displays any third party advertising, slogan, logo, trademark or otherwise indicates a sponsorship or endorsement by a third party, commercial entity or that is not within the spirit of the Contest, as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.  

  • The Submission must be an original, unpublished work that does not contain, incorporate or otherwise use any content, material or element that is owned by a third party or entity.

  • It cannot contain any content, element, or material that violates a third party’s publicity, privacy or intellectual property rights.

  • It should not be longer than 3 minutes.  If it is longer than 3 minutes, only the first 3 minutes will be evaluated.

  • It must conform to the technical requirements set forth on the Contest site, including that the Submission must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube or Vimeo, and a link to the video must be provided on the Submission form on the Contest Site.

  • It must be in English or include English subtitles. Written parts of entries must be in English to be eligible.  The Submission must, at a minimum, support English language use.

• Include a URL to the hosted Project for judging and testing.

• Include a text description that includes a summary of the Project’s features and functionality, technologies used, information about any other data sources used, and your findings and learnings as you worked through the project.

• Provide a URL to your code repository for judging and testing. The repository must contain all necessary source code, assets, and instructions required for the project to be functional. The repository must be public and open source by including an open source license file. This license should be detectable and visible at the top of the repository page (in the About section).

• Include a demonstration video of your Project. The video portion of the submission must meet the following criteria:

• Multiple Submissions: An individual may submit more than one Submission, however, each Submission must be unique and substantially different from each of the Entrant’s other Submissions, as determined by the Sponsor and Devpost in their sole discretion. In addition, as an individual, you may join more than one team or organization with a unique and substantially different Submission. If you are  part of a team or organization you may also enter the Contest on an individual basis with unique and substantially different Submissions. If you win more than one prize, GDGIlorin may allocate the prize to the relevant winning challenge in its sole discretion. 

• Disqualifying Submissions. Any entry recieved outside the period of the hackathon submission date will be disqualified. Entries are void if they are in whole or part illegible, incomplete, damaged, altered, counterfeit, obtained through fraud, or late. All entries will be deemed made by the authorized account holder of the email address registered with Devpost submitted at the time of entry. The potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder for that email address. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned to an email address by an Internet service provider, online service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email address for the domain.

 During the Judging Period, the Sponsor, its agents and/or the Judges (defined below) will be evaluating each Submission to ensure that it meets the Requirements.  The Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any Submission that does not meet the Requirements or to re-assign a submitted Submission from one Category to another. 

Prizes

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Each entry will be judged by a panel of experts who are Technical organizers of Google Developer Group, Ilorin and Judges officially listed to select the top 3 finalist, Devpost and/or Partners (“Judges”).  On or about the period between October 30, 2025 through November 1, 2025, (“Judging Period”) the Submissions will be evaluated by the Judges in the following Stages.

Stage One: The first stage will determine via pass/fail whether the Submission meets a baseline level of viability, in that the Submission includes all Submission requirements, reasonably addresses a Idea Category and reasonably applies both the requirement of the hackathon.

Stage Two: All Submissions that pass Stage One will be evaluated in Stage Two based on the following equal weighted criteria:

• Technological Implementation

• Does the interaction with Google Cloud and Any Google Technologies uses demonstrate quality software development?

• Design

• Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out?

• Potential Impact

• How big of an impact could the project have on the target communities?

• Quality of the Idea

• How creative and unique is the project?

The highest-scoring Submissions for each Challenge will be selected as the potential winners. Ties will be broken by comparing scores on each criterion in the order listed, and if a tie remains, judges will vote. If a potential winner is disqualified, the Submission with the next highest score will become the potential winner.

On or about November 1, 2025, the potential winner(s) will be selected and may be notified by telephone and/or email, at Sponsor’s discretion for Winner Verification Requirement (as defined below). If a potential winner does not respond to the notification attempt within two business days from the notification attempt, then such potential winner will be disqualified and an alternate potential winner will be selected from among all eligible entries received based on the judging criteria described herein. With respect to notification by telephone, such notification will be deemed given when the potential winner engages in a live conversation with Sponsor or when a message is left on the potential winner’s voicemail service or answering machine by the Sponsor, whichever occurs first. Except where prohibited by law, each potential winner may be required to sign and return a Declaration of Eligibility and Liability and Publicity Release and provide any additional information that may be required by Sponsor.  If required, potential winners must return all such required documents within two days following attempted notification or such potential winner will be deemed to have forfeited the prize and another potential winner will be selected based on the judging criteria described herein. All notification requirements, as well as other requirements within these Rules, will be strictly enforced. 

“Winner Verification Requirement” means THE AWARD OF A PRIZE TO A POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY, QUALIFICATIONS AND ROLE OF THE POTENTIAL WINNER IN THE CREATION OF THE SUBMISSION. No Submission or individual shall be deemed a winning Submission or winner until their post-competition prize affidavits have been completed and verified, even if prospective winners have been announced verbally or on the competition website. The final decision to designate a winner shall be made by the Sponsor and/or Administrator.

A Submission can win a maximum of one prize. In the event that no entries are received for a Challenge, no prize will be awarded.  Determinations of judges are final and binding.