BE Smart: Student Dream ‘Blhackathon’ Applies Innovation to Solve Black America’s Challenges

Ugwuomo shares the ground rules of the blhackathon with the eight teams that spent 24 hours developing apps, websites and other vehicles to address education, health, broken homes and economic development, among other critical issues confronting Black America. All teams, however, were given a mandate to solve these problems by creating sustainable, for-profit business models.