First OpenAI hackathon held in Ethiopia, with Codex-themed DevDay in Bahir Dar
filiksyos · x · 2026-10-26
A community-organized DevDay hackathon was held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia — the country's first OpenAI-themed hackathon.
Photos show a Codex-branded event: attendees coding in teams in classrooms, participants wearing OpenAI Codex Build Crew shirts, and the host team posing in front of a DevDay Community Hackathon banner.
The organizer says the event went well and hopes to run more like it, signaling AI developer communities expanding into emerging regions.
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