SAP BTP Hackathon at SAPHILA 2025

AFSUG SAP BTP Hackathon

This exciting event invites AFSUG members to submit business use cases that demonstrate the potential of SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP). Submissions will be evaluated by a jury, with the most viable use cases—those showcasing clear business benefits—selected to participate in this innovative initiative.

Finalists Results

The Inaugural AFSUG SAP BTP Hackathon was held at SAPHILA 2025 – where 3 Finalists presented live to the SAPHILA audience during a Demo Jam. 

Audience voting added community involvement and the Results were as follows :

Winner: PwC South Africa & Legal Aid – LegalEase AI Platform

Solution: LegalEase, a SaaS platform that uses AI for legal document summarisation, translation, and Q&A. Impact: Better customer understanding, contract compliance, and policy awareness.

Runner-Up: Debswana – Overtime Risk Management

Solution:AI-powered assistant for overtime planning using historical data. Impact: Reduced cost, improved safety, and increased governance.

Third Place: Bell Equipment – Shipment Tracking Automation

Solution: Automated ETA updates using OCR and bots. Impact: Improved logistics, reduced risk, and proactive material planning.

The AFSUG SAP BTP Hackathon is just the beginning. 

With continued support from SAP and the User Community future Hackathons will evolve to include more industries and regional teams.

BTP Ambassadors will help educate and inspire others.

SAPHILA will remain a platform for showcasing local innovation on a global stage. 

 

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Day 2Team Bell Equipment & Athenium
Day 2 Team Debswana Diamond Company
Day 2 Team PwC

Upcoming Enablement Sessions:

Getting Started with SAP BTP

Date: 11 February 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:00 – SAST (SA Standard Time)

Recording | Presentation 

Application Modernization with SAP BTP – Part 1

Date: 13 February 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:00 – SAST (SA Standard Time)

Recording | Presentation 

Application Modernization with SAP BTP – Part 2

Date: 18 February 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:00 – SAST (SA Standard Time)

Recording | Presentation 

Enterprise Automation with SAP

Date: 20 February 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:00 – SAST (SA Standard Time)

Event-Driven Architectures

Date: 25 February 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:00 – SAST (SA Standard Time)

Build AI use cases with SAP BTP

Date: 27 February 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:00 – SAST (SA Standard Time)

Data to value with SAP BTP

Date: 04 March 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:00 – SAST (SA Standard Time)

Build and operate secure applications

Date: 11 March 2025
Time: 10:00 -11:00 – SAST (SA Standard Time)

Book Event

Overview and kick-off of the SAP BTP Hackathon

We recently held an introductory session, and you can download both the recording and the presentation below. Be sure to register and attend the enablement sessions leading up to SAPHILA 2025 to maximize your participation!

Webcast Recording: Click Here To Access
Webcast Presentation: Click Here To Access

What are we looking for?

Your use case submissions should highlight creative and impactful ways to leverage SAP BTP components, such as:

  • SAP Build
  • SAP HANA Cloud
  • SAP Integration Suite
  • ABAP Cloud

What’s in it for you?

  • Selected teams will receive hands-on coaching and enablement from SAP BTP experts.
  • Participants will gain access to exclusive resources and enablement sessions to support their prototype development.
  • Finalists will showcase their projects at the Demo Jam at SAPHILA 2025, taking place in June 2025.
  • Winners will be recognized and rewarded at the SAPHILA 2025 Awards Ceremony.

To nominate your team, and submit your use case, please complete the submission form below:

Nominate Your Team

Go to the SAPHILA Hackaton page to submit your team to pariticipate! 

SAPHILA 2025

All materials and additional details will be shared after the call.

Nomination of your Team Submission Deadline: 18 February 2025

Develop your Prototype

AFSUG or SAP will not provide a central SAP solution environment for the Hackathon.

Participants of the Hackathon need to ensure to have relevant SAP solutions in place needed for nominated use case / solution.

For SAP BTP in particular, participants need to have their own BTP instance / Global- & Sub-Accounts in place incl. relevant BTP Service availability.

An overview of SAP BTP Services can be found on SAP Discovery Center.

For the final presentation at SAPHILA, it is recommended to show a pre-recorded Demo-Video at the pitch finals.

However, at the end it is fully up to the participants in which format they pitch their final MVP / Pilot.

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