The problem identified in this proposal conforms with the challenge expectations. Keyan is a country in Africa where global adoption of blockchain technology needs to happen in order to help the local community solve some of the major issues they are facing. Creating a hub to mentor developers will add a lot of value to the local community as well as to the cardano ecosystem. The end game should be those developers being able to build dapps in the cardano ecosystem, that will solve problems that Africans are facing right now. Furthermore, the proposer has added key metrics that perfectly align with the challenge. I did not identify a scaling plan for future challenges, but in my opinion, there can be at least 2 ways to scale this proposal - one being replicating the same hub in other parts of the country, the other being enlarging the existing hub. (Rating 5)

Impact:

The problem statement: Kenya is at the forefront of technological innovation, but Cardano remains largely unknown amongst the public and Developers in the region. To solve this issue the proposer has laid out a plan to introduce a Cardano Blockchain Lab in Kenya. This endeavor is designed to address the lack of awareness of Cardano in Kenya and will serve to bring our eco-system to the forefront of technological recognition in the region. The plan calls for working with successful Non-Government Organizations to form teams of young Kenyan professionals focused on the Cardano eco-system.
Demographic information: The project aims at onboarding new developers, translating Cardano content into Swahili and conducting blockchain development work hosted by lidonation.com a cardano-based stake pool (LIDO) and introductory website. This projects seeks to drive ground level adoption with a robust plan to conduct strong community outreach with active and beneficial onboarding of several recent college graduates. An Action plan: The proposers plan starts with acquiring computers used exclusively for running Cardano and facilitating mentorship, developer work and training. With the start of the mentorship program, the team then plans to form monthly meet ups run by two community outreach officers who will also host office hours and participate/establish Swahili Cardano channels on social media platforms. Part of the plan includes getting the Lab to become self-sustaining by find ways to tap into the Cardano eco-system and its opportunities. Things being explored include:

1. Alumni donation
2. Running a stake pool This proposal addresses the challenge to Scale-Up Cardano's Community Hubs by employing bold innovation combined with concrete planning to achieve its stated mission. I strongly agree that this proposal effectively addresses the challenge: ASSESSMENT SCORE 5.

This is a really incredible project that seeks to empower the local community in Kenya through a partnership with a well established community hub - Elimu Hub. The premise of this project is to provide the physical resources and education required to teach local community about Cardano and grow awareness about Cardano within a safe and nurturing environment.

The team have an array of experience and are already engaged in delivery of Swahili translation on Cardano. They will mentor 5 new Cardano developers and introduce many to the cardano ecosystem through community based events and workshops. The project is locally focussed in an impoverished area of Kenya, the scalability of this project might be possible through implementation of similar models and partnerships in other community spaces in slums across the world. To do so would require excellent documentation to build a case study of the impact of this project.

I think this proposal effectively addresses the challenge since it wants to create a hub/ lab in a NGO (Ngong Road) in Kenya to introduces and educate graduated students of this NGO about Cardano/ blockchain. Target community is good since fresh graduates are sensitive about technology. They can form a hub and sharing information with others.

Roadmap with milestones is clear. I advice team to add KPIs to the proposal, for example: number of people joining offline meet-ups, numbers of engagement Swahili social channels, people attracted to Cardano via the lab, etc.

This proposal has a high likelihood to be audited based on the information given by the proposer. The proposal includes a roadmap and reasonable milestones. The milestones can be tracked in 3 months, 6 months and 9 months. The community has been given all the details including the KPIs in order to track the progress of this proposal. Altogether, I can say the problem outlined in this proposal has been described clearly and the solution as well.(Rate 5)

Auditability: Because this project is still in its infancy, Key Performance Indicators have not yet fully developed. However, there is enough information between the road map and the detailed budget breakdown to follow the success of this project using these two documents to accurately the progress of the program. The program uses: • Developer Mentees - $4,500 Interns in the developer mentorship program are paid $250/month for a commitment of 30 hours/week • Computer Stations - $11,000 3 New Developer Workstations with capacity to run all of the the cardano architectural pieces: db-sync, a node, graphQL server, ogmios, hasura, a wallet backend and the plutus application backend. • Website for the Lab - $360 This would cover the cost to create a new website for the Ngong Road Cardano Lab in Nairobi Kenya, and to host the site for 1 year • Mentorship Director - $6,000 Darlington runs the mentorship program and spends 5 hours per week coaching the mentees in the program, including a 3hr pair programming session. Darlington is already mentoring 2 recent grads. He have also successfully mentored 3 students into full time software engineering positions at Yelp, electricbikereview.com and the Colorado Department of Game and Fishing (they are all still employed at the respective organizations). Community Events and Outreach • Community Outreach - $6,000 Pays for 2 Community Outreach officers in Kenya, plus Coordinator support from the Lido Nation Team. We will plan and host monthly meetups, office hours with community members who are interested in Cardano, and participate in Social Platforms to help create and grow Kenyan/Swahili content channels for Cardano. • Office Supplies, Space Rental, Marketing Enablement, Event Hosting - $2750 Pays for Zoom and MailChimp Subscriptions, Office Furniture and Supplies, and refreshments for monthly events. Utilities and Admin • Cardano HUB Coordinator and Administration - $3,200 Pays for Lido Nation and Elimu Hub staff to hire staff, coordinate objectives, plan for future revenue streams to sustain the lab beyond the 9 month launch. • Internet - $4033.00 This amount covers 60% of the cost of internet for the facility for 9 months. Getting good internet in Kenya is challenging and expensive; being able to help NRCF with this is key to reaching this region with blockchain tools! • Electricity - $412.00 This amount would cover 50% of the electricity bill for the facility for 9 months. The new Elimu Hub is being built to run on solar power! • I agree that The information provided is sufficient to audit the progress and the success of the proposal. ASSESSMENT SCORE 4

This is definately a project that could be improved by having ongoing profiling within Town Hall meetings to assist with the delivery and ensure the project remains on track. At this stage there is very little indicated in the proposal pertaining to how they would report back, however there seems to be a great interest in Cardano and this would present opportunites for exchanging ideas and inspiring more life changing projects such as this throughout the world. The KPI's and milestones are clear and measurable. The delivery dates are not specific however it's time based milestones to allow for project commencement to be in tune with the outcome of funding and likely a myriad other considerations for execution of a project of this nature.