The provincial stage of the nationwide “Code for Impact: US–Nepal Tech Innovation Hackathon” concluded in Kathmandu on Wednesday, marking the completion of Phase 2 of one of Nepal’s most ambitious youth-led tech innovation programmes. Hosted at Aloft Hotel and attended by Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Scott Urbom from the US Embassy in Nepal, the Bagmati edition selected two semifinalist teams that will now advance to Phase 3 — a structured mentorship and incubation phase leading up to the National Showcase in June 2026. Supported by the US Embassy Nepal and led by Aadyanta Advisory in partnership with AmCham Nepal and Aadhyanta Fund Management, Code for Impact has engaged nearly 175 innovators across all seven provinces. 

The initiative is designed not as a one-off hackathon, but as a six-month innovation pipeline that guides young founders from concept development to scalable prototypes. With the selection of the Bagmati semifinalists, a total of 14 teams nationwide will now move into targeted incubation.