Road to Mini Hack : Building Payment Solutions

​🔺 Cohort 1 | Building Payment Solutions on Avalanche

The first cohort of the Team1 Kenya Mini Hack 2026 officially kicks off with a deep dive into one of the most important infrastructure layers shaping the future of Web3 adoption:

​Payment Infrastructure.

​Across Africa and emerging markets, the demand for:

• ​faster transactions,
• ​better financial rails,
• ​stable digital payments,
• ​cross-border systems,
• ​and seamless crypto ↔ fiat experiences

​continues to grow rapidly.

​This cohort is designed to help builders understand how Avalanche infrastructure can be used to build scalable, real-world financial products capable of serving millions of users.

​Over the next few weeks, participants will explore: • Stablecoins & on-chain payments• Wallet infrastructure & onboarding• Consumer payment systems• Crypto ↔ fiat rails• Cross-border transactions• Smart contract integrations• Merchant payment experiences• Financial product design on Avalanche