I am always surprised by the impact that Cardano has on so many people whenever I read these types of proposals. This time around, the proposal team brings up the issue of a shortage of skilled developers to develop for Cardano. In addition, other aspects of the African context are presented, which reinforce the need to resolve this problem. ABCD's mission is to become the leading blockchain solution provider in Africa, as explained in detail in its five year strategic plan. They request funding in particular for this Catalyst cycle so that they can launch the first cohort so that format, content, attendance level, etc, can be tested. Which is completely aligned with the challenge settings. Regarding the success metrics, they are very well defined. However, it would be interesting to define the objectives for each metric to be able to make an estimate of the impact.

Developing developers in Africa is a great idea to develop blockchain and Cardano in Africa to solve current problems there. But I really haven't seen the proposal's difference in developing developers in Africa since developers in Africa can totally take Cardano courses for free. I'm a native of Southeast Asia but I can still learn Haskell and Plutus through Cardano's free courses. Meanwhile, the proposal needs funding for developers to learn. I still don't know if the purpose of developer funding is incentive money or course money.

One of the key objectives of this challenge is to bring new developers into the Cardano ecosystem. This proposal meets this perfectly by training and supporting devs in Africa. The initial cohort is visible on their website with bio's (https://www.abcdevs.com/hire-blockchain-developers). This should provide the voter with confidence that the proposer has proven capability. This proposal is to put another 24 devs through the programme.

"Proposal still doesn't have a specific plan for how to attract developers to take courses, I only see the proposalr mentioning using money to teach developer courses. In my opinion, what attracts developers to develop careers with blockchain and Cardano is their own career opportunities and financial development. If the proposal focuses on telling them about these things, it would be better than just creating courses without giving them a reason why they have to become blockchain developers.

Besides, the proposal also does not set a target of the number of developers who complete the course and are tested enough to be able to execute projects, it will be difficult to know if the project will be successfully implemented after being funded."

The metrics have been well thought through. Not only does the proposer look at the short term metrics , ie how many developers have been training but they are also delivering additional value to the community by tracking post training activities ie employment of the devs, salaries, projects and partnerships initiated. This will allow the community to track the growth of ABCD aswell as the devs they are helping.

Though I commend you for having a long-term vision with annual plans, there is a lack of information regarding the auditability aspects of this proposal. Particularly in light of the fact that according to the budget section, the training cycle generally lasts between four and five months. What will happen during the remaining months of your annual plan? For the deliverables, the key metric is the inclusion of 25 individuals in this cohort. Upon closer examination of the metrics, although very clearly defined, no objectives are provided for each, making it impossible to evaluate the proposal from the perspective of auditability.