Workshop 4-days in Angola

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

We will translate educational material to Portuguese covering the basics of blockchain technology and how Cardano fits into it. The education content is targeted for a workshop spanning between 4 to 8 days where the basics are covered for those who don’t know what a blockchain is and up to the point where the more tech-minded participants set up a Cardano node and learn how to interact with it and run smart contracts.

The basics of blockchains and their various use cases are covered. This prepares the participants to appreciate what Cardano brings to the table and what sets it apart from other blockchains. All participants will leave knowing what is a blockchain and what is Cardano.

Educational material is split into 2 parts. The first part runs over the first 2 to 4 days and will be for the general public covering the basics of the blockchain and how Cardano fits into it. The second part will run over the second 2 to 4 days and will be more hands-on, for those who want to learn how to interact with and build on Cardano.

The work to design and develop the workshop in English was funded in Fund 8 with delivery scheduled for the end of September 2022. We are submitting this proposal in Fund 9 to build on what was prepared in Fund 8 and propose to deliver the following:

Translate the content of the workshop into Portuguese
Open-source the translation so other communities can use it in Portuguese-speaking countries
Organize a physical workshop in Luanda, Angola
Attract local sponsorship and Deliver the Workshop

The following is a schedule of the workshop running over 4 days. The material for each of the timeslots will be translated from English to Portuguese.

Day1 - Introduction to Blockchain Technology

8:30 - Reception and sign-in of participants

9:00 - introduction to blockchain. What a blockchain is, what are blocks, what are transactions, who upkeeps the blockchain and how is it different from a centralized infrastructure

10:45 - Coffee Break

11:00 - Use cases for blockchains. What blockchains are currently being used for (DeFi, Lending, Identity management, Logistics) and Industries for large-scale adoption

12:30 - Lunch

14:00 - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, and other blockchains. Similarities and differences

15:45 - Coffee Break

16:00 - DeFi, Lending and Remittances. A deep dive into how they work

17:30 - Q&A, Refreshments, and Socializing

Day 2 - Cardano Ecosystem

8:30 - Reception and sign-in of participants

9:00 - What is Cardano and how is it different from the other blockchains? The roadmap and the key deliverables at each of the phases

10:00 - The trilemma of Decentralization, Scalability and Security - where does Cardano fit in

10:45 - Coffee Break

11:00 - Building blocks of Cardano - node, stake pools, wallets, UTXOs, smart contracts, onchain vs offchain

12:30 - Lunch

14:00 - Projects Building on Cardano and how to get involved

15:30 - Coffee

16:00 - Summary of the two days followed by the speech from organizers

17:30 - Q&A, Refreshments and socializing

Day 3 - Cardano Hands-On

The third day is geared towards the more technical participants who want to understand how the Cardano ecosystem works. The intention is that after this day the users will be armed with the necessary knowledge to start exploring the Cardano ecosystem by themselves.

For this, a computer lab will be required, or the participants need to come equipped with a laptop.

Participants will need to preregister to participate on the third day and will need to demonstrate basic knowledge of how computers work and experience working with a terminal. Those who struggle working with a terminal, but still want to participate will be given a series of tutorials to work through prior to registration.

8:30 - Reception and sign-in of participants

9:00 - Discuss the plan for the day and what we aim to achieve at the end.

9:30 - Launching the virtual machine and making sure the packages are installed

10:30 - Compiling the Cardno node, launching and setting the topology information to connect it to the rest of the network (testnet). Monitor that transactions are being processed

12:00 - Create an address and fund it with tADA. Discuss what the different keys are and how they are generated

12:30 - Lunch

14:00 - Discuss web wallets and the differences between Daedalus and web wallets. Advantages and disadvantages of each. Install a web wallet and send transactions to and from the address created in the morning

15:45 - Coffee Break

16:00 - Native assets and NFTs. Mint tokens and mint an NFT with the favorite picture from each participant

17:30 - Q&A, Refreshments and socializing

Day 4 - Cardano Hands-On continued

8:30 - Reception and sign-in of participants

9:00 - What is a smart contract? Build and run an “always succeeds” contract, send some ADA and then redeem. Explain what UTXO, Datum, Redeemer and Context are.

10:45 - Coffee Break

11:00 - Go through the available resources for participants so they can start exploring themselves. Cardano Forum, Stackexchage, Discord, Telegram channels, Explorer, Plutus Pioneer program

12:30 - Lunch

14:00 - Assignment and time to explore and ask technical questions. The assignment is to create an address, fund it with tADA, build an always succeed script, send ADA to it and then redeem it from a web wallet

17:30 - Hading out of certificates of participation and Closing remarks

We will make the translation to Portuguese available on our website for the community to use under the Creative Commons License on our website.

We will engage local businesses to participate in the workshop through local social media and existing contacts on the ground. Both Dalmo and Ricardo are local businessmen with over 20y experience in the fields. Over the years they have accrued contacts in Telecoms, Natural resources, the Financial sector, Big 4 Consultancies, and Marketing. They will use their contacts to promote the event.

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

Delivering the workshop increases the awareness of what blockchains are in general and Cardano in particular. The first 2 days of the proposal give a general introduction to blockchains and Cardano and the second 2 days give a hands-on experience of how to interact and build on Cardano. This workshop gives the tools to participants to start exploring and further progress their knowledge of Cardano. This addresses the challenge success question of “… A clear roadmap that points to increased adoption”

The training will be organized locally and delivered by a professional with over 20y professional experience in the tech and finance industries. A local company will support the workshop’s delivery, it will arrange the logistics, marketing, and engage local sports to provide additional support for the event and longer-term engagement.

Engaging the sponsors early in the process we will aim to demonstrate the capability of the Cardano blockchain to solve business use cases and connect the participants in the workshop with potential employers. A physical workshop will demonstrate the presence of a Cardano community in the local economy to the large corporations.

We will increase the adoption of Cardano in Africa by discussing the use cases for blockchains and Cardano with participants and local businesses.

The workshop will onboard new developers into the Cardano ecosystem and create a base of local experts that local businesses and consultancies can rely on.

Project Catalyst will be discussed during the workshops and the opportunities that exist within for the locals to participate as proposers and/or accessors.

The second part of the workshop is a hands-on experience to launch a cardano-node, interact with it, create NFTs and interact with smart contracts. This forms the basis for the participants then to go and launch their own projects. Dmitry Shibaev who will deliver the workshop has projects funded through Catalyst and therefore will be able to give practical guidance.

Our two local partners will engage local businesses, large corporations and institutions well ahead of the event. Dalmo Silva and Ricardo Silva have deep connections in large corporations and local institutions gained over the decades by running their businesses and operating the local economy

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

There is a risk that delivery overruns the proposed schedule due to unforeseen circumstances such as Covid, War, or other Force Majeure - in which case delivery will be rescheduled to a later date.

There is a risk that there is a lack of uptake of the event in Angola. Mitigating action - the event will be planned and communicated at least 2 months in advance with support from the local marketing company based in Angola with over 20y experience.

Covid and other travel restrictions may prohibit the trip to Angola. Mitigating action - the event will then be rescheduled for the next available slot in coordination with the local marketing company, sponsors, and participants.

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

The material will be translated during November and December 2022 and delivered in February, or March 2023 in Luanda, Angola

The translation in Portuguese will be published on our website and will be free of charge for the community to use. It will be distributed under the Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0) that allows copying and redistributing the material in any medium or format, as well as remixing, transforming, and build upon the material for any purpose including commercial as long as attribution is attribution to the creator is made. The material will be made available on our website.

The workshop material will be divided into 2 sections. In the first section for the general public and the second section for the hands-on interaction of the Cardano ecosystem, two types of material will need to be prepared. For the first part PowerPoint slides will be prepared for each of the sessions and for the second part a gitbook will be prepared with the set of commands and supporting explanations

The following schedule outlines when supporting material will be prepared. Each month is divided into 4 weeks with any leftover days for sundry and feedback requests from the community

1 month - Translate the material for the first and second day of the workshop

Week1

Introduction to the blockchain. What a blockchain is, what are blocks, what are transactions, who upkeeps the blockchain and how is it different from a centralized infrastructure.
Use cases for blockchains. What blockchains are currently being used for (DeFi, Lending, Identity management, Logistics) and Industries for large-scale adoption

Week 2

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano and other blockchains. Similarities and differences
DeFi, Lending, and Remittances. A deep dive into how they work

Week 3

What is Cardano and how is it different from the other blockchains. The roadmap and the key deliverables at each of the phases
The trilemma of Decentralization, Scalability and Security - where does Cardano fit in

Week 4

Building blocks of Cardano - node, stake pools, wallets, UTXOs, smart contracts, onchain vs offchains
Projects Building on Cardano and how to get involved

2 month - Translate material for the third and fourth day of the workshop

Week 1

Instructions for installing an image of the virtual machine with Ubuntu
Instructions for compiling the Cardno node, launching and setting the topology information to connect it to the rest of the network (testnet), creating an address and funding it with tADA

Week 2

Web wallets and differences between Daedalus and web wallets. Advantages and disadvantages of each. Instructions for installing a web wallet sending transactions
Instructions for minting assets and NFTs

Week 3

Instruction on how to build and run Plutus scripts and how to interact with the smart contract
Document the available community resources: Cardano Forum, Stackexchage, Discord, Telegram channels, Explorer, Plutus Pioneer program

Week 4 - Check for consistent wording across all the material and table of content

The logistics for the event will be planned in parallel to the above schedule

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Translate content from English to Portuguese

Translate English to Portuguese @30 EUR per hour 80 hours 2 months = 4 800

Verify translation @40 EUR per hour 20 hours 2 months = 1 600

Sub-Total: 6 400 EUR (7 040USD)

Travel Portugal / Angola

Return economy ticket Lisbon (Portugal) - Luanda (Angola) = 800 EUR

AirBnB accomodation in Luanda 90 EUR * 6 nights = 540 EUR

Travel in Luanda 20 EUR * 6 days = 120 EUR

Sub-Total: 1 460 EUR (1 606 USD)

Event Logistics

Tutor @ 50 EUR per hour 8 hours per day 6 days = 2 400 EUR

Presentation Hall: 1 000 EUR * 4 days = 4 000 EUR

Marketing & Community outreach: Facebook Ads (Facebook and Instagram) 500 EUR + LinkedIn Ads 500 EUR + PR and Media coverage 1 000 EUR = 2 000 EUR

Refreshments and Snacks for 50 participants: 700 EUR * 4 days = 2 800 EUR

Event management: 300 EUR * 6 days = 1 800 EUR

Sub-Total: 13 000 EUR (14 300 USD)

TOTAL 20 860 EUR (22 946 USD)

The budget covers a 6 days stay in Luanda, Angola whilst the event is delivered over 4 days.

One day is planned for arrival, settling in accommodations, and checking that the Presentation Hall and other preparations for the event are in order.

Then 4 days for the event proper.

And the last day after the event to ensure the event closes appropriately and allow for time after the event to engage with local sponsors and plan future events there.

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

Dmitry Shibaev

Dmitry will translate the workshop to Portuguese and deliver it on the ground in Luanda, Angola

Linked in profile: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shibaev/>

5 years experience in big tech delivering large-scale projects on the SAP system at energy companies in the south of Europe

15 years of experience in financial markets at an investment bank in London, Singapore and Amsterdam.

Built and delivered tools to manage the bank’s capital, balance sheet and trading positions and led large investment projects and ran workshops on how to use them to 300+ participants

Speaker at conferences:

<https://app.qwoted.com/opportunities/event-liquidity-funding-risk-summit-london-2019>

Dmitry writes on blockchain technology and is producing the content for the 4-day workshop in English: <https://dynamicstrategies.io/docs/author/dmitry/>

Dmitry is fluent in English and in Portuguese. He has a Batchelor's in Economics and a Master's in Financial Economics from a top University in Lisbon: <https://www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/aquila/cursos/emf/opinioes-de-antigos-alunos/dmitry-shibaev>

Dmitry has built a number of community apps and has a good knowledge of how Cardano works:

A wallet connector between DApps and Wallets gives the boilerplate code for new app developers. This is how the Cardano Beam Web App interacts with Cardano web-wallets, and has been open-sourced. The Github repo has over 50 stars and 40 forks and has been forked by IOHK

Github: <https://github.com/dynamicstrategies/cardano-wallet-connector>

App demo1: https://cardanobeam.app/web

App demo2: https://dynamicstrategies.io/wconnector

A Public GraphQL endpoint with web client letting anyone query the Cardano blockchain from their browser or API.

Github: <https://github.com/dynamicstrategies/cardano-public-graphql>

App: <https://dynamicstrategies.io/gqlclient>

Staking Reward Calculator synced to the blockchain that shows how much payout can be expected from different pools and analytics around it

App: <https://dynamicstrategies.io/crewardcalculator>

Cardano Wallet Functions that can be used in React Native apps to communicate with the cardano-wallet backend service

<https://github.com/dynamicstrategies/cardano-wallet-functions>

Dmitry is a Contributor to the Cardano Developer Portal: https://developers.cardano.org/docs/get-started/cardano-serialization-lib/create-react-app

Received recognition for building community tools at Adafolio: <https://adafolio.com/portfolio/8f7da192-0257-11eb-9684-a45e60be653b>

Dmitry was part of the first cohort of Plutus Pioneers (NFT celebrating course completion is here: <https://pool.pm/asset1357ggsrjp232jwn5g7qqc9zetpsphzdawalgez> )

Dmitry runs a Stake pool on Cardano with ticker DSIO registered in 2020, and previously received twice a delegation from Cardano Foundation. Link: <https://adapools.org/pool/6ae0fb9fc19ad1b82521d6e4b9f6e9bad4d150529673c95c5b5cf4e4>

Dmitry is active on the Cardano forum and Cardano Stack Exchange**:**

<https://forum.cardano.org/u/dstratio/summary> <https://cardano.stackexchange.com/users/6196/d-s>

A previously funded project received 5/5 marks and outstanding feedback from the community in Fund 8. Fund 8 voting results and community comments are by the link below

<https://cardanocataly.st/voter-tool/#/fund/f8/challenge/26438/proposals/396850>

Dalmo Silva

Linkedin: <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalmo/>

14 years of experience in marketing in sectors such as telecommunications, banking, oil and gas and services.

Owns CALOP Digital, a digital marketing agency.

Runs Marcas em acção (www.marcasemaccao.com ) which is the go-to website for marketing and advertising news, insights and trends within Angola.

Ricardo Silva

Linkedin:<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardocorreiadasilva/>

Advisor on the project with a broad contact network in Angola

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

We will also aim for this to be the first of the annual workshops in Angola. A successful event will give us the go-ahead to plan the event for the following year.

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

A report with the following KPIs will be produced at the end of each month

Documentation KPI

Number of slides prepared
Number pages in gitbook
Virtual machine image prepared

Event KPI

Event location identified and booked
Number of registered for the first 2 days - general public
Number of registered for the second 2 days - hands-on
Number of businesses attending the event

Post Event KPI - collected via a poll of participants 1 month after the event

Number of mainent wallets registered
Number of new subscribers to Plutus Pioneer
Number of new SPOs
Number of participants who gained employment

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

The event would be considered a success if it attracts 50+ people to join the first 2 days of the event and 20+ for the second part of the event. Documentation is completed and the 4 days of the event are delivered.

Positive feedback from participants via a poll after the event and positive feedback from the local sponsors.

We will engage local businesses and financial institutions ahead of the workshop to send delegates to participate and network with workshop participants. A big success will be if businesses hire participants and show interest in the Cardano technology to integrate into their processes.

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

This proposal will use the output from the proposal funded in Fund 8: https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/400411

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 9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

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

4.4 By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

4.c By 2030, substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and small island developing States

9.3 Increase the access of small-scale industrial and other enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets

9.4 By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities

9.5 Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending

9.a Facilitate sustainable and resilient infrastructure development in developing countries through enhanced financial, technological and technical support to African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States

9.b Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries, including by ensuring a conducive policy environment for, inter alia, industrial diversification and value addition to commodities

Key Performance Indicator (KPI)

9.b.1 Proportion of medium and high-tech industry value added in total value added

9.3.1 Proportion of small-scale industries in total industry value added

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