Competition
Hackaholics 7.0 Startup Pitch Competition
Wema Bank
At a glance
- Deadline
- Open. No closing date published.
- Fee
- No fee to apply
- Who may apply
- You have a startup with a validated idea, live product or prototype
- You can get to one of the 13 pitch centres across Nigeria
- Where
- 13 pitch centres across Nigeria, chosen when you register.
A founder with a live product or prototype can pitch at a centre in Nigeria for funding, partners and a place in Wema Bank's accelerator.
The facts
- What you get
- Winners compete for funding, partnerships and visibility. The page does not give amounts.
- Where
- 13 pitch centres across Nigeria, chosen when you register.
- How long
- Applications, shortlisting, design thinking sessions, pitch sessions, grand finale, then an accelerator programme and mentorship.
Where you stand
This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.
What they ask for
- You have a startup with a validated idea, live product or prototype
- You can get to one of the 13 pitch centres across Nigeria
Get ready to apply
Built only from what this listing states. Tick as you go; the ticks stay on your phone and are not sent anywhere.
A short application, by our reading.
1. What to get ready
In their words: “Online form: solution name, email, phone, vertical, summary of the solution, competitors, unique value proposition, nearest pitch centre, link to prototype, pitch deck link (optional).”
2. Dates
- No closing date is stated.
- Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
- On the date, the listing says: No closing date is published. The 7.0 edition is reported to have started on 1 July 2026, so entries may already be closed.
Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp
The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.
No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.
Tips for applying for a competition
General advice from us, the same for every competition. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.
- Read the rules and the judging criteria first, and write to them.
- Check who owns your work after you enter. The rules usually say.
- Submit a day early. Upload pages are often slow near a deadline.
If there is an interview or a test
- If there is a final or a pitch, practise out loud and time yourself.
All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.
How to apply
You apply on Wema Bank's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.
More like this, open now
How we checked this
This was opened and verified at Wema Bank's own website on 18 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.