Glossary term
Jury
The panel that reviews hackathon projects and picks winners based on set criteria such as impact, feasibility, and execution. Tembi juries often include company partners and mentors.
Why it matters
Jury is part of the practical craft of shipping something real in 48 hours instead of only talking about ideas. In the Global South, where access to compute, devices and training is uneven, getting this vocabulary right is not academic — it is the difference between watching the AI shift and taking part in it.
In context
We use Jury in the hackathons & building part of our work. Students meet the concept in workshops, mentors reference it while reviewing projects, and partners see it in the reporting we send after every programme. Keeping the definition plain means a first-year student and a ministry official can hold the same conversation.
How Tembi Labs uses it
Jury is not left on a slide. Our AI hackathons put concepts to work within hours: teams pick a local problem, use AI tools to prototype, and present something running by Sunday. It is exactly the kind of skill a 48-hour build teaches faster than a semester of lectures.
At a Tembi Labs hackathon, understanding Jury means a student can move from asking "what is this?" to shipping a working prototype in a weekend — and walk away with a portfolio piece, a mentor network and a credible path into tech work.
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