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We are an international organization with local footprints

We aim to equip local developers and entrepreneurs to build decentralized applications and businesses of the future.

Community Reviews across funding rounds

1193
Total reviews
Addresses Challenge
4.47 Star
Feasibility
4.18 Star
Auditability
4.25 Star
Impact / Alignment
4.26 Star
Value for money
3.9 Star

Proposals Across Funding Rounds

22
Completed
32
Approved
69
Proposed
₳888K
$1.5M
Requested
₳0
$841.5K
Awarded
₳0
$803.8K
Received

Funding data last updated

Top of mind of Wada in Catalyst

most frequent words in proposal details

Challenges

The Team (8)

Members in Catalyst that have co-proposed with Wada. Individuals may not be employed at Wada. This is is is not representative of Wada's full team.

  • Nana Safo

  • Megan Hess

  • Securities & Commerce Institute

  • ditcameroon

  • Joget

  • Félicien Fotio Manfo

  • Josh F

Wada Challenges (8)

Challenge: DeFi and Microlending for Africa

$0 Budget

<p>How can we enable the creation of micro-lending and Defi dApp solutions that fit the African setting?</p>

Proposed in Fund: Fund 6
0 (1)

Challenge: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs

$1,500,000 Budget

How do we encourage Local Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano? How do we ensure they are optimizing and scaling efficiently?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 8
Budget 11.719% of the fund.
4.6 (15)

Challenge: Scale-UP Cardano Community Hubs

₳500,000 Budget

How do we encourage Local Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano? How do we ensure they are optimizing and scaling efficiently?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 9
Budget 3.906% of the fund.
4.74 (39)

Challenge: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs

$500,000 Budget

How do we encourage Local Community Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano in 2022?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 7
Approved Approved 3.906% of the fund.
4.92 (12)

Challenge: Functional Paradigm Onboarding

$21,000 Budget
Proposed in Fund: Fund 4
Budget 5.25% of the fund.
0 (1)

Challenge: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs

$350,000 Budget

How do we encourage Local Community Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano in the next 6 months?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 6
Approved Approved 6.481% of the fund.
4.78 (9)

Challenge: DeFi and Microlending for Africa

$250,000 Budget

How can we enable the creation of micro-lending and Defi dApp solutions that fit the African setting?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 4
Budget 62.5% of the fund.
4 (6)

Challenge: DeFi and Microlending for Africa

$180,000 Budget

How can we enable the creation of micro-lending, payments and DeFi dApp solutions that fit the African setting?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 7
Budget 1.406% of the fund.
3.33 (12)

Wada Proposals (69)

Auditing African Proposals, By Wada

$38,000 Received
$38,000 Requested

Solution: Extend Wada's auditing pilot program by increasing head count and the number of proposals it can audit over the next 6 months.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: Improve and Grow Auditability
completed Awarded 19% of the fund.
4.67 (15)

Grow Wada, Grow Cardano

$87,000 Received
$87,000 Requested

Solution: Aquire funding for key hires and initiatives in order to bridge the gap for the next 6 months as a more sustainable solution is developed.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: F8: Grow Africa, Grow Cardano
completed Awarded 34.8% of the fund.
4.52 (42)

Cross-Chain Connector|Search Engine

$43,750 Received
$50,000 Requested

Solution: BlockchaininBusiness.io is a cross-chain project contact, API, and integration directory engine that validates official assets of projects.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: F8: Cross-Chain Collaboration
funded Awarded 12.5% of the fund.
4.08 (12)

Scale up WADA's Outreach Program

$7,000 Received
$7,000 Requested

<p> African devs and entrepreneurs lack support to submit high quality proposals into project catalyst</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: DLT Entrepreneurship Toolbox
completed Awarded 4.667% of the fund.
4.47 (15)

Cardano Preserving Culture

$17,000 Received
$17,000 Requested

<p>Digital services for Intellectual Property are not available to Indigenous Communities, excluding them from fair and legal representation.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: NFT Business models
completed Awarded 8.5% of the fund.
4.08 (12)

Green Lion (GL) lending in Ghana

$15,000 Received
$15,000 Requested

Solution: Wada + Green Lion seek to develop self-sustaining liquidity pools for providing low cost business loans to the Ghanaian informal sector

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: DeFi and Microlending for Africa
funded Awarded 16.667% of the fund.
3.44 (18)

WADA Proposer Workshops

$10,000 Received
$10,000 Requested

<p>Many African entrepreneurs are unaware of the Project Catalyst's funding campaigns and the community's encouragement of African proposals.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Proposer outreach
completed Awarded 10% of the fund.
4.61 (18)

Cardano Africa Starter Kit (CASK)

$24,809 Requested

<p>Lack of tangible, impactful utility can contribute to low Cardano adoption in Africa and limit its spread across the continent.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Grow Africa, Grow Cardano
over budget Requested 9.924% of the fund.
4.17 (6)

Donation & Reward Tracking

$6,000 Requested

<p> There is currently no framework to reward and trace donations on the Cardano blockchain</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Metadata challenge
not approved Requested 6% of the fund.
3.22 (9)

Planting Roots in Africa

$57,000 Received
$57,000 Requested

<p>Best solutions will come from the ground, but African devs lack infrastructure to push Cardano forward. Cardano community support is needed.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Grow Africa, Grow Cardano
completed Awarded 22.8% of the fund.
4.4 (15)

Africa/Diaspora Dev Tools & Events

$30,000 Requested

<p>WADA is rapidly expanding beyond West Africa, in order to sustain and support our growth we need to maintain hosting regular events.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Developer ecosystem
over budget Requested 2.985% of the fund.
3.67 (9)

Local Centers in West Africa

$4,000 Received
$4,000 Requested

Solution: Obtain Cardano Foundation funding to register Hubs, and to enable access to the Foundation's oversight and resources.

Fund: Fund 4 Challenge: F4: Local Community Centers
completed Awarded 8% of the fund.
0 (1)

West Africa Catalyst Onboarding

$6,000 Received
$6,000 Requested

Solution: Implement a diversified membership scheme to attract and engage W/Africans to contribute to Project Catalyst goals

Fund: Fund 4 Challenge: F4: Catalyst Value Onboarding
completed Awarded 12% of the fund.
0 (1)

West Africa Proposer Outreach

$6,000 Received
$6,000 Requested

Solution: A 2-Day Virtual Event with guest speakers, project proposals, interviews, live Q&A and 2x1-hour webinar workshops (French & English)

Fund: Fund 4 Challenge: F4: Proposer Outreach
completed Awarded 12% of the fund.
0 (1)

West Africa: Dev Tools & Events

$15,000 Received
$15,000 Requested

Solution: Educating developers on Cardano by developing Haskell & Plutus educational material and high-impact virtual workshops, events and hackathons

Fund: Fund 4 Challenge: F4: Developer ecosystem
completed Awarded 3.75% of the fund.
0 (1)

Scale-UP Wada's Translation FRENCH+

$7,000 Requested

Solution: Organize regular DLT educational events with French translation/concurrent French content to engage native French speakers more naturally.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Multilingual resources
over budget Requested 7% of the fund.
4.38 (21)