DevCareer and Nomba Launch Nigeria’s Premier Payments Hackathon — With a Direct Pathway into the Nomba Developer Partner Program

DevCareer, Africa’s developer talent community, has announced the Nomba x...

DevCareer, Africa’s developer talent community, has announced the Nomba x DevCareer Hackathon 2026—a 5-week program running from June 8 to July 18, 2026, inviting Nigerian developer teams to build real, working payment products on Nomba’s API stack.

Registrations are open now at devcareer.io

This is not a typical hackathon. Every developer who ships a working integration and clears the judging threshold is a direct candidate for the Nomba Developer Partner Program-a formal pathway that lets builders earn on the transaction volume they refer. The hackathon is the recruitment filter. The partner program is the commercial relationship that follows.

Who Should Enter

Building production-grade software is a team sport. This hackathon is open to complete cross-functional teams. Registration is open to:

Frontend and Backend Engineers

Full Stack Developers

Product Designers

Product Managers

Participants may enter as individuals seeking a team or bring an existing squad. Teams of two to four members are recommended. All builds must address real Nigerian use cases.

The Challenge Tracks

Teams will select from two categories of challenge:

Build Tracks challenge teams to ship real products on Nomba’s current API surface: checkout and recurring payments, virtual accounts as financial infrastructure, and webhook-native applications. These are the use cases Nigerian businesses are solving for right now.

Infrastructure Tracks go deeper. Teams are invited to build the missing layers- a managed subscriptions engine, a persistent dedicated virtual account system, or a KYC-gated payment flow integrating Nigerian identity verification providers. Infrastructure track winners will be formally invited to a product conversation with Nomba’s CTO to discuss whether their build belongs on the platform roadmap.

Prize Structure

1st Prize: USD 4,000

2nd Prize: USD 1,500

3rd Prize: USD 1,000

Certificates will be issued to every participant who completes the onboarding training phase and ships a working product integrati...