SheCan | Hackathon of Digital Women
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SheCan 2026 | Digital Women's Hackathon
SheCan 2026 concluded as a training and competitive journey organized by Digital Hub in partnership with Cyrene Center, designed to help young women develop their ideas into clearer and more implementation-ready digital ventures.
From 74 registrations to 9 hackathon projects
The journey began with 74 registrations, including women with project ideas as well as participants looking to join teams and contribute to emerging ventures.
Following the first screening stage, 14 applications and participants advanced to the next phase. Further evaluation then resulted in the selection of 9 projects to enter the intensive SheCan hackathon and continue through to the final pitching day.
More than 30 women participated in person and online from different Libyan cities throughout the program.
A practical project-building journey
SheCan was not designed as a series of theoretical lectures. The experience combined training with direct application to each participating project through several core areas:
Strategic planning.
Marketing.
Finance and entrepreneurship.
Technology and digital solution requirements.
Pitching and Pitch Deck preparation.
Each training area was followed by practical project deliverables, requiring teams to review their ideas, test assumptions, refine their business models, and continuously improve their projects.
Key activities and deliverables included:
Defining project vision and mission.
Conducting a SWOT analysis.
Developing a Business Model Canvas.
Identifying customers and target segments.
Analyzing competitors and the 4Ps marketing mix.
Estimating TAM, SAM, and SOM to better understand market size.
Working on pricing, costs, revenue, profitability, and initial financial projections.
Identifying technical requirements and project needs.
Developing an initial concept for the digital solution.
Building a complete Pitch Deck for the final presentation.
As the program progressed, the experience became an intensive race between teams, with limited time, continuous revisions, stronger business models, and repeated improvements to the final pitches.
The 9 projects that reached the hackathon stage
Tajir
AI Operations
Grandizer Tawa
Developed Education
Digital Probe
AWA Candles & Gifts
Sehati
Khatwati
Etmaen
Pitching Day and Evaluation
On the final day, all nine teams presented their projects before the judging panel. Teams were expected to explain the problem, proposed solution, business model, market opportunity, financial and technical aspects, and their plans for further development.
The judging panel included:
Prof. Dr. Mohamed Al-Mansouri
Eng. Atiyah Asteetah
Eng. Zuhair Bouzid
Entrepreneur Bushra Ahmed
The final evaluation was highly competitive, with several projects demonstrating closely matched performance before the results were announced immediately after the judging process was completed.
SheCan 2026 Winning Projects
1st Place | Sehati
A digital health project focused on creating a more organized and accessible experience around health-related information and services.
2nd Place | Khatwati
A digital initiative focused on helping women develop their skills and turn their capabilities and ideas into practical steps toward training, work, and entrepreneurship.
3rd Place | Digital Probe
An innovative digital project that uses technology to address a real-world challenge, with potential for further development and future scalability.
Winning is the beginning of the next stage
SheCan does not end with the announcement of the winners.
The three selected projects will move from the idea and business model stage toward the development of a Prototype, followed by work toward an MVP that can be tested with real users, bringing the teams closer to market validation and implementation.
The objective of SheCan is to ensure that promising ideas do not stop at training or a presentation, but continue toward solutions that can be built, tested, and developed further.
SheCan 2026 in numbers
74 registrations at the initial stage.
14 applications advanced after the first screening.
9 projects reached the hackathon.
More than 30 women participated in person and online from different Libyan cities.
Practical training in strategic planning, marketing, finance, technology, and pitching.
Multiple project-based assignments and deliverables.
9 final pitches presented to the judging panel.
3 winning projects selected to move into the technical development stage.
Partnership
SheCan 2026 was organized by Digital Hub in partnership with Cyrene Center as part of ongoing efforts to support digital innovation, entrepreneurship, and stronger opportunities for young women to develop ideas into scalable ventures.
From an idea to a project that can be built, tested, and grown.