MercyMurigi/Chama-Connect-2_0

Secure, transparent, and automated financial management platform built on blockchain technology for African savings groups. # ChamaConnect Refactored (Hackathon Submission) Hackathon project for improving ChamaConnect, a digital platform for managing chama operations (members, contributions, loans, expenses, goals, and governance flows). Theme alignment: `ChamaConnect: Refactored - Scaling the Circle` --- ## Official hackathon snapshot | Item | Detail | |------|--------| | **Event** | Chama Connect Virtual Hackathon | | **Partners** | Salamander Tech Hub × Muiaa Ltd (Muiruri & Associates / Muiaa Labs) | | **Theme** | `ChamaConnect: Refactored - Scaling the Circle` | | **Tagline** | `build.test.improve.innovate` | | **Platform scope** | Improve **ChamaConnect** at **chamaconnect.io** / **chamaconnect.co.ke** | | **Focus** | (1) Feature enhancement — (2) **ICDMS** optimization (Integrated Case Data Management System) | | **Submission** | Public **GitHub**; original work; declare dependencies (`package.json`); **no secrets**; no harmful testing on live production | | **Deadlines** | Poster: **17 April 2026** — PDF section 7: **Monday, 11:59 PM EAT** (use PDF + organizer updates if they differ) | | **Prizes** | 1st **$300** · 2nd **$200** · 3rd **$100** (payout timing / **KRA** withholding per section 6 of the PDF) | | **Governing terms** | **Source Code Submission Terms & Conditions (PDF)** — IP, privacy, cyber conduct, Kenya / **exclusive Nairobi** jurisdiction (see PDF sections 2–9) | | **Supplementary repo docs** | `REPOSITORY_TERMS.md` (PDF topic summary), `LICENSE`, `NOTICE`, `CONTRIBUTOR_SIGN_OFF.md` — **subordinate to the PDF** | Full narrative, priorities, and references: **`Hackathon_Details.md`**. **Judge / submission write-ups** - **`HACKATHON_PROPOSAL.md`** — concise problem, solution, hackathon alignment, demo script - **`docs/TECHNICAL_PROPOSAL.md`** — technical proposal **source** (export to PDF for portals that request a “Technical Proposal Upload”) If you also use the organizer **PRD** (*ChamaConnect PRD & Agent Execution Spec*, often Next.js + Prisma + on-chai …