[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in the west, to Egypt's Suez Canal, Northern Africa includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan. The countries of North Africa share a large amount of ethnic, cultural and linguistic identity, for instance they all have Arabic as the main spoken language. The current population of the region is 255 million based on the latest 2022 United Nations estimates.

Unfortunately, no dedicated community hub is targeting those population in their native languages.

We propose to set up a community hub in Arabic and French to help onboard North Africans. Bi-weekly meeting with educational content will help inform about Cardano Platform and Catalyst projects.

We propose also to translate introductory educational material to Arabic and organize events about Cardano and Blockchain.

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

Our proposal targets the main problem of this challenge. We believe that what impedes Africa from becoming a leader in Cardano adoption rather than a perennial follower is technology scepticism and language barriers. We aim to tackle both barriers with proposal by evangelizing Cardano in the Arabic and French languages.

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

The main risk is lack of funding to support the team operations. Second is difficulty to recruit new members.

Those risks were took in consideration during the ideation phase. For the first, we demanded a small budget to enhance our chances to be funded and will convert funds to a stable coin to mitigate the risk for loss of value.

Secondly, We are already members of different Cardano Communities (Catalyst Africa Town Hall and a WhatsApp group for Middle East and North Africa Cardano enthusiasts) where we requested feedback and tested the opinions of the members.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

Starting on september 2022, we will conduct bi-weekly meetings and educational workshops in Arabic and French. We aim also to translate introductory materials to Arabic.

<u>Detailed Activities:</u>

• Bi-weekly meeting for three month ( 6 community meetings)
• Team planning meetings (6 meetings)
• Publishing 6 arabic educational blogs on Essential Cardano
• Providing support for newcomers via Telegram and Discord, both for Arabic and French speakers

Our published content is licensed under the Creative Attribution-Non-Commercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) License v4.0.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

• 300$ website

• 50$ zoom license

• 3300$ team incentives :

• Bi-weekly meeting: 6 x 4 x 50$

• Team planning 6 x 4 x 50$

• Translation 6 x 150$

• Community management on Telegram and Discord 3 x 100$

  [FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

Elias: English, Arabic and French speaking. Engineer and trainer in project management and technology transfer. Arabic lead at Catalyst Africa Town Hall. Member of Cardano4Climate and contributor with Sustainable ADA. Linkedin: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilyassmousaid/ >

Eya: 25+ years of experience in the technology field, bringing the true values of enterprise digital assets. Linkedin: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohamed-mahmoud-a54aa173/>

Naoufel: Arabic and French fluent speaker with experience in Customer service and community management.

Ayoub: Web developer and Blockchain enthusiast building on Cardano. LinkedIn: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayoub-mousaid-762494100/>

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

If approved by the community, this proposal will be recurent to sustain the operation of North Africa Community Hub (NACH).

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

• Meetings recordings
• Community members
• Number and quality of translated contents

We'll submit financial statements detailing our activity and expenditures.

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

Onboarding new members to Cardano and Project Catalyst.

20 unique participants in the biweekly events.

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

This a first proposal.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Rating

SDG goals:

Goal 1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Goal 4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

Goal 11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

SDG subgoals:

1.a Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions

11.4 Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

11.a Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning

11.c Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials

4.3 By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university

Key Performance Indicator (KPI):

11.4.1 Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)

4.3.1 Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal education and training in the previous 12 months, by sex

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