Behind the scenes: Stills from our empowering mentoring sessions at the Maldives Ocean Hackathon 2023! 📸🌊 #mvoceanhack

#JudgeIntro: Meet Ali Hisam: Head of Growth Innovation at Dhiraagu, driving digital solutions for a sustainable future. With 13+ years of experience, he excels in product innovation and scalable solutions.

"🌊✨ Great strides made at the Maldives Ocean Hackathon! Our Rapid Prototyping Workshops empowered teams to bring their ideas to life. Kudos to the participants for their creativity and dedication. Let the innovation continue! #MvOceanHack

#JudgeIntro: Meet Anna Metz, a Program Officer at the World Bank's Digital Development Global Practice. She's a digital systems guru, advising governments in South Asia and Africa. Co-author of 'Identification Revolution.

The hackathon's last day, teams gearing up with their MVPs for the mock pitching before the final pitch. Such an adrenaline-fueled journey for all participants! 💻🚀

Participants, getting ready for a dynamic Pitch Workshop led by facilitator Ratish Narayanan | Token2049 at the Maldives Ocean Hackathon.

Watch the final pitches of the Maldives Ocean Hackathon 2023 #mvoceanhack fb.watch/nK62rn70NE/?mi…

Sending waves of positivity and inspiration to all the hackathon participants. Best of luck 🙌

Congratulations to everyone who took part in our very first Maldives Ocean Hackathon, especially to the winners. Using the potential of tech to find solution to some of our most pressing environmental problems will immensely help us in our adaptation policies and implementation.

Exciting to witness team Coastaliq sharing their hackathon experience in this tweet thread. Join the journey by giving it a read! 🚀

Had a great time meeting with fellow problem solvers and received some amazing mentorship!

🥉 Congratulations to VeshiRakkaa for clinching 3rd place at the Maldives Ocean Hackathon! They've earned a $2,000* cash prize from MaldivesIslamicBank and a one-year Fibre 100M Internet connection courtesy of Dhiraagu (waived off).

🥈 Huge kudos to ClimVatch for grabbing 2nd place at the Maldives Ocean Hackathon! They've bagged a $3,000* cash prize from MaldivesIslamicBank and one year of free Fiber 100M Internet from Dhiraagu.

🏆 Introducing the champion of the 1st Maldives Ocean Hackathon 2023, UDHA! They've claimed the top prize: $10,000* from Environment Maldives and one year of free Fibre 100M Internet connection from Dhiraagu.

Congratulations to the winners and all the participants of the first Maldives Ocean Hackathon. Thoroughly enjoyed being a mentor, and so impressed by the ideas and solutions that they came up with for issues like coastal management, ocean pollution and climate impact.

1/2 Glad to have taken part in the Maldives Ocean Hackathon , creating a solution to bridge cleanup data gaps in the Maldives. Our project will empower decision-makers with predictive analytics for them to make data-driven decisions & combat ocean pollution one cleanup at a time!

Congratulations to the winners of Maldives Ocean Hackathon! World Bank's #DigitalDevelopment project in Maldives supported this innovative event that brought together tech & environmental experts to tackle climate change challenges. Learn more: wrld.bg/BNgX50PZZBZ

Coding to Challenge Climate Change: Maldives Ocean Hackathon highlights hidden power of digital data blogs.worldbank.org/digital-develo…

Digital technology paves the way for a greener future, turning data into decisions that nurture the earth, one byte at a time. #DigitalMaldives #DMADD #WorldEnvironmentDay #OurLandOurFuture #GenerationRestoration