Send It · Four weeks on WhatsApp
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Opens Thu 17 Sept 2026, 21:00 SAST
We are live. Go build.

Build it on WhatsApp. Then get paid for it.

Four weeks. One public leaderboard. Real clients, real invoices.

Registration runs on a bot built with Paige

The kick-off

It starts at Indie Hackers Cape Town #53

Rules, scoring and a live build from a blank project to a working bot. Streamed and recorded, so you can enter from anywhere in South Africa.

Worth being in the room

People who attend the kick-off get preference on competition entry. You still register on WhatsApp either way.

Indie Hackers Cape Town #53
When
Thu 17 Sept 2026, 18:15 to 21:30
Where
MindJoy, 6th Floor, 9 Jamieson St, Gardens, Cape Town
Ticket
R30, drinks and pizza included
Online
Streamed live and recorded
Sprint
17 Sept to demo day, Thu 15 Oct
Who it is for

Anyone who wants to build

Any technical background, or none. You describe what you want and Paige writes it. Bring an idea and a business that needs it.

No code needed

Describe the bot in plain English. If you would rather write it yourself, Paige has an API and you can use any stack.

Solo or a team of three

Open to anyone in South Africa. No entry fee. You keep everything you build and all the IP in it.

You keep the client

Paige costs R570 a month. Charge what the work is worth, keep the difference, and it does not stop when the sprint does.

The tool

Describe it. Paige builds it.

Blank project to a bot live on a real WhatsApp number, in four steps.

Step 1 Describe it Say what the bot should do, in plain English.
Step 2 Try it Chat to it in the preview before anyone else does.
Step 3 Connect a number Your client's own WhatsApp number, through Meta.
Step 4 Ship it One deploy and it is answering real customers.
Not locked to Paige

Lovable, Replit, v0, Cursor or your own stack all count. The only requirement is that it is WhatsApp focused. Building on Paige earns bonus credits.

Prizes

Awarded on demo day, 15 October

First 12 months Claude Pro

Plus 100 Paige credits, a case of six Cape wines, and first refusal on paid Green Pages client work.

Second 6 months Claude Pro

Plus 50 Paige credits and three bottles of Cape wine.

Third 3 months Claude Pro

Plus 25 Paige credits.

Four side awards of R800 each: Most Efficient Build, Bug Bounty, Build in Public, People's Choice. Every point and condition is on the rules page.

The bigger prize

A business paying you R2,000 a month for something that costs R570 to run is R17,160 a year. Every prize above is a bonus on top of that.

Register on WhatsApp

One message. The bot handles the rest, and it is built on Paige, which is the whole point.