Nigerian student team wins ₦10m at Zenith Bank's Zecathon 6.0 with dispute-resolution AI agent
saheedniyi_02 · x · 2026-10-30
Adam Lawal's team placed fifth at Zenith Bank's Zecathon 6.0 hackathon — the only student-led team from Nigeria among 1.2K+ applicants (1.6% acceptance rate) — winning ₦10 million. They spent 100+ hours in three days building Avera, an agentic system that investigates transactions and resolves customer disputes, and met with the bank's board of directors.
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