RIYADH: The Digital Technical College for Girls in Riyadh has launched the Saudi OpenSource 2025 hackathon under the slogan “One programmer for every 100 Saudis — Towards an Innovative Digital Future.”

The hackathon was launched in collaboration with the Digital Transformation Department at the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation, and the Digital Government Authority, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The hackathon’s slogan reflects the ambition to build a digital generation equipped to lead the Kingdom’s technical transformation.

It offers two tracts for participation: the first focuses on developing alternative open-source products, while the second centers around the development of existing government products.

Each track presents several challenges, with each team selecting only one challenge to address, delivering specialized solutions that advance the government’s digital transformation.