About the challenge

Theme: Build the Next B2B Company on Open Source. 

Build a tool that addresses a real business need and build your software on an open-source tool, framework or AI model. 

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Tracks you can pick from:

1. Developer tool that can be monetised. 

2. Fintech infrastructure for businesses. 

3. Business operations. A tool that solves a real business need in whichever way you can.

4. Data and AI.

An AI-powered tool that is built on an open-source AI model or an agent and addresses a real business need. 

5. Security and compliance: A security tool that is open-source-based and addresses a specific business need in Ghana.

• Real business impact
  - Names a specific customer and a specific problem they pay to solve today - Shows how it saves money, saves time, or makes money for that customer - 5 = a real business would use it this month; 1 = no clear user
• Startup potential
  A market big enough to support a company, with an idea of who the first 10 paying customers are
• Innovation
  - New approach, or an existing tool rebuilt for an underserved market (for example, African payments, local compliance).
• . Open source use
  - Public repo with an OSI-approved license and a reason for that repo - README, setup instructions, contributing guide, labelled issues.
• Addresses the theme
  - Is open-core B2B software, not a consumer app or a single-business tool - Self-hostable, with a realistic paid version