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The hackathon

Run in partnership with the UCT Financial Innovation Hub — part of a three-year collaboration between UCT and The Cortex Accelerator Hub — the Cortex Hub Winter School 2026 culminated in an in-person Hackathon Week from 6–10 July 2026 at The Cortex Hub in East London. All 61 accepted candidates took part, competing across twelve teams under a fully open theme, 'FinTech at the Intersection of Ecosystems.' FNB supported Hackathon Week throughout as the programme's commercial partner.