Above: Students of Holy Name Convent  at work. Photo by Mark Lyndersay.

Six teams with five members each are competing today at the CARIRI Centre for Enterprise Development in Freeport at the inaugural Girls in ICT Caribbean Hackathon.

Four universities and two secondary schools are currently competing for prizes in the all day event.

Keynote sponsors are Scotiabank and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica. The event is happening simultaneously in Jamaica and Barbados.