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Community Reviews across funding rounds

77
Total reviews
Addresses Challenge
4.4 Star
Feasibility
4 Star
Auditability
4.23 Star
Impact / Alignment
4.82 Star

Proposals Across Funding Rounds

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Completed
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7
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$96K
Requested
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$12K
Awarded
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$12K
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Megan Hess Proposals (48)

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)

Design & Sim of Voting Influence

$50,000 Requested

<p>Blockchain DAOs, including Catalyst, are governed by one coin - one vote policy which is susceptible to oligarchic control.</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Distributed decision making
over budget Requested 66.667% of the fund.
4.22 (9)

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)

Challenge: Infrastructure Boost in Africa

$300,000 Budget

<p>On a continent with subpar electricity and internet penetration, how can grassroots Africa help realize Cardano's potential & solutions</p>

Proposed in Fund: Fund 6
Budget 5.556% of the fund.
4.33 (3)

Influencing Policy for Adoption

$14,000 Received
$14,000 Requested

Solution: Organize 2 high profile events in 2 African countries to show Cardano use and adoption benefits & onboard policy makers to local Cardano hub

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Lobbying for favorable legislation
completed Awarded 18.667% of the fund.
4.78 (9)

300 Plutus Trained Women by 2025

$18,000 Requested

Solution: Launch widespread awareness campaign targeting women in Africa, encouraging them to complete Plutus training and motivate them w incentives.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Seeding Cardano's Grassroots DeFi
over budget Requested 9% of the fund.
3.67 (9)

Spread Plutus through Africa

$21,000 Received
$21,000 Requested

Solution: Equip and train African developers through Wada's Cameroon hub to master smart contract implementation using Plutus.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs
completed Awarded 6% of the fund.
4.61 (18)

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)

French Haskell + Plutus Curriculum

$9,000 Requested

Solution: – Extend the curriculum already being developed through our fund 7 funded proposals to include a French professional translation services

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: F8: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs
over budget Requested 1.8% of the fund.
4.58 (12)

Flood Africa with Cardano

$9,000 Requested

Solution: Projecting Cardano Blockchain Tech. & its opportunities via Billboard advertisements & video animations on various social media platforms.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: F8: Grow Africa, Grow Cardano
over budget Requested 3.6% of the fund.
4.21 (66)

Wada documentary

$15,000 Received
$15,000 Requested

Solution: Documentary about Wada journey will describe their projects and achievements in Africa. All in one single programme.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: Film + Media (FAM) creatives unite!
completed Awarded 10% of the fund.
4.61 (33)

Auditability through film and media

$12,000 Requested

Solution: Create a template through Wada media networks to follow proposers FULL journey from idea creation to full implementation post funding.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: Film + Media (FAM) creatives unite!
over budget Requested 8% of the fund.
4.33 (9)

+ Dev incentives in Cameroon

$9,000 Requested

Solution: Offer unique gateway into the world of DLT, incentivizing Hub attendance and participation by providing above and beyond community support.

Fund: Fund 4 Challenge: F4: Developer ecosystem
not approved Requested 2.25% of the fund.
0 (1)

Scale-UP Hubs' Legal Framework

$21,000 Requested

Solution: Wada will create a model with which to support and onboard new hubs and partners with a template for legal and financial frameworks to set them up for success.

Fund: Fund 9 Challenge: Legal & Financial Implementations
over budget impact proposal Requested 4.2% of the fund.
4.52 (33)

Parcel Delivery dApp [MVP only]

$22,000 Requested

Solution: We build a dApp (MVP) on Cardano for a cheaper, faster and greener P2P postal delivery solution allowing anyone to deliver parcels going there anyways while making an extra income at the same time.

Fund: Fund 9 Challenge: Dapps, Products & Integrations
over budget impact proposal Requested 0.28% of the fund.
4.72 (18)

Katiopa women: The pioneers of DeFi

$21,000 Requested

Solution: Launch a multidimensional marketing campaign to enroll more WOMEN for our Plutus training program, teaching them Haskell and Plutus and introduce them to the Cardano Ecosystem.

Fund: Fund 9 Challenge: Developer Ecosystem
not approved impact proposal Requested 2.1% of the fund.
4.56 (18)

Mobile Money bridge and Decentralized Exchange

₳66,000 Requested

Solution: Leverage commonly used Mobile money exchanges such as Orange &amp; MTN to facilitate on-boarding of ADA users by a creating user-friendly platform facilitating the exchange between local currency and ADA.

Fund: Fund 10 Challenge: Products & Integrations
not approved Requested 0.727% of the fund.
3.53 (30)

Sociocratic DReps : A representation framework for Democratic Pluralism

₳28,080 Received
₳193,400 Requested

Solution: Provide the community with a framework for DReps which will enable exceptional representation. Including a 3 person DRep team with subcircle expertise in governance, blockchain development, &amp; DeFi.

Fund: Fund 11 Challenge: F11: Cardano Open: Ecosystem - non-technical
funded Awarded 1.842% of the fund.
0 (0)

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