Data-AI-Kenya-Hack
Hack Together: The Microsoft Data + AI Kenya Hack
Introduction
🛠️Build, innovate, and #HackTogether!🛠️ It’s time to get started building AI solutions with Microsoft Fabric. 🔥
The Microsoft Data + AI Kenya Hack, is an online hackathon happening from March 12th to April 11th. This event is open to everyone in Kenya who is eager to explore the endless possibilities of leveraging Microsoft Fabric to build innovative AI solutions. Whether you’re just starting out, an experienced maker, an admin, Power BI enthusiast, AI Engineer, developer, or a data pro, you’re all welcome to participate.
It is recommended for participants to follow the Hack Together Roadmap for a successful hackathon.
Hack Together Roadmap
Follow the steps below for a successful hackathon experience:
00 - Prerequisites
Register for The Microsoft Data + AI Kenya Hack event at https://aka.ms/data-ai-hack-kenya/register. Before registering, please make sure to read the contest rules here.
You will need to have access to a Microsoft Fabric Capacity. If you do not have one you can create a Microsoft Fabric capacity by following these instructions.
Introduce yourself, we’d like to get to know you! 🥳 Join the Hack Together discord channel to ask questions, share ideas, and get feedback from Microsoft experts and other participants.
Planning on hacking with Azure OpenAI? We’re able to offer no-cost, limited access to Azure OpenAI - no Azure account needed. See the instructions on how to get access here.
Planning on hacking leveraging other Azure Resources? See instructions on how get activate a free Azure Subscription here.
01 - Start hacking on March 12th
Form a team with 3 members -no more, no less to start hacking! Make sure to register for the Hack Together before starting to build your project.
02 - Join the live sessions for learning and inspiration
We’ll be hosting live sessions to help you get started with Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI and to provide you with inspiration for your hack. Join the live sessions to learn from Microsoft experts and ask questions.
| Date | Live Stream Topic | Live Link | Add to Calendar Invite |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 18 | Ready, Set, Hack: and do more with Azure AI and Microsoft Fabric | Join Live | |
| March 20 | A tidy introduction to Microsoft Fabric | Join Live | |
| March 25 | Building Scalable Data Solutions with Microsoft Fabric’s Data Warehouse | Join Live | |
| March 27 | Building high scale RAG Applications with the Eventhouse in Microsoft Fabric | Join Live | |
| April 1 | Building AI Agents using Azure AI Agent Service | Join Live | |
| April 3 | Wrap up - How to Submit your hack & Next steps | Join Live |
03 - Submit your project until April 8th, 11:59 PM EAT
Submit your project here when it’s ready: 🚀 Project Submission
Check out this video for step by step project submission guidance: Project Submission Video
For a great example of a community developed solution that demonstrates a high-quality submission for this Hackathon, check out:
PIInovators: Grand Prize winner for the “HackTogether: The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack”
This solution is a great example because it:
- Solves a real-world problem in a novel way using Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI
- Is shared in a public GitHub repository
- Has a clear documentation and instructions on how to reproduce the solution
- Has a clear video demonstration of the solution
Check out past winners of the HackTogether: The Microsoft Fabric Global AI Hack for more inspiration here and here for the winners of the Microsoft Fabric and AI Learning Hackathon.
04 - Recommended Learning Materials 📚
Microsoft Fabric (General Features)
Real-World AI applications built with Microsoft Fabric
- How to use end-to-end AI samples in Microsoft Fabric
- Analyzing Snapshot Serengeti data with Microsoft Fabric
- Tracking International Space Station with Microsoft Fabric
- Tutorial: Use R to create, evaluate, and score a fraud detection model
Microsoft Fabric + Azure OpenAI
- Azure OpenAI for big data
- Use Azure OpenAI in Fabric with REST API
- Use Azure OpenAI in Fabric with Python SDK and Synapse ML
Copilot for Microsoft Fabric
Note: Copilot features are not enabled in trial SKUs. You will need access to a F64 or P1 capacity to use Copilot for Microsoft Fabric, see: Microsoft Fabric license types.
- Overview of Copilot for Fabric
- Overview of Copilot for Power BI
- Overview of Copilot for Data Science and Data Engineering
- Copilot for Data Factory overview
Azure AI and Generative AI
- Introduction to Azure AI Foundry
- Generative AI for Beginners
- Azure AI Agent Service
- Multi-model orchestration
- 10-Lessons on AI Agents for Beginners
05 - Judging and Prizes 🏆
Projects will be evaluated by a panel of judges, including Microsoft executives, product managers, and developer advocates. Hack Together winners will be selected per the following judging criteria:
- 30% - Alignment with the Hackathon goal - Does the solution fit into the hackathon goal of designing, building and deploying a functional real world AI application using Microsoft Fabric?
- 25% - Technology (Fabric + AI) - Does the solution use multiple Fabric features & workloads, and leverage built in AI capabilities and those from Azure AI?
- 25% - Innovation / Impact - Does the solution have real-world relevance? Does it solve a clearly defined problem that could be beneficial to others?
- 15% - Documentation / Reproducibility - Is the solution clearly documented in a GitHub repo that makes it easy for others to follow along and reproduce the solution? Is a video demonstration included in the submission?
- 5% - Video Demonstration - Does the project submission include a link to a video demonstration of the solution in action? Does the video clearly depict the solution’s use of Microsoft Fabric features and capabilities and demonstrate how the solution makes use of artificial intelligence?
For a more detailed description of the judging criteria, see the contest rules.
The winning teams will receive the following exciting prizes:
🏆 Overall Winning Team: The best of the best! This category rewards the solution that meets all judging criteria, wows judges, has potential real-world value, and demonstrates innovative use of Artificial Intelligence and Microsoft Fabric.
- Three (3) SWAG packages for each team member - 1 hoodie, 1 desk mat, 1 backpack, thermos flask.
- 1500.00 USD worth of Carrefour Vouchers. To be equally split among the team members.
🥈 Runner Up Team: The second-best solution!
- Three (3) SWAG packages for each team member - 1 hoodie, 1 desk mat, 1 backpack, thermos flask.
- 900.00 USD worth of Carrefour Vouchers. To be equally split among the team members.
🥉 Third Place Team: The third-best solution!
- Three (3) SWAG packages for each team member - 1 hoodie, 1 desk mat, 1 backpack, thermos flask.
- 600.00 USD worth of Carrefour Vouchers. To be equally split among the team members.
For more details on the prizes, see the contest rules.
Note: Ensure that you have read and understood the contest rules before submitting your project.
Contributing
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