Adafro Labs Uganda - Cardano First principles Hackathon

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Our proposed solution is a one day Hackathon event. We believe this will act as a great way for our Adafro Labs community members and other software developers to showcase either creations. We believe this will motivate and inspire other attending developers to learn the necessary programming languages & build on Cardano.

We would like this Hackathon to really drive awareness amongst developers and that they can build something on Cardano in short period of time(i.e 3 months)

The Theme for the Hackathon is: First principles - where the developers will not be restricted on what to build but what matters is the demonstration of how one can build something on Cardano with only 3 months of preparation.

[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

This solution addresses the challenge in a number of ways;

The hackathon aims to reach out to developers actively working on projects in other blockchain protocols.
With the emergence of eth,celo,polkadot and filecoin in Uganda Adafro labs constantly has to compete with these protocols to attract developers.
This Hackathon is our way of onboarding developers into the Cardano ecosystem seamlessly
With our current lab space acting as a good collaborative structure for developers to prepare for this Hackathon.Through this preparation we are betting on the potential of coming up with a really great open source project that would be beneficial to the developers in Africa and the world at large.

[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

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The hackathon is taking place on the scheduled date.
Number of developers signing up to participate in the Hackathon.
An increase in the current number of Adafro Labs Community members
Gather some local media attention.

A list of Teams that have signed up for the Hackathon

Github commits from the various participating teams.

An Evaluation Criteria from the judges.

Social media posts marketing the Hackathon before and a livestream of the event on our Youtube channel.

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[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

We successfully executed the last project we secured Catalyst funding for.

<https://projectcatalyst.io/funds/8/f8-scale-up-cardanos-community-hubs/uganda-business-and-technical-hub>

An Experienced and renowned blockchain advocate is part of our team. He has organized many blockchain hackathons including the recently concluded DevFest. <https://devfestkampala.com/>

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[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

Main goal: To hold a successful Hackathon event with at least 5 dev teams and an attendance of — (to be calculated based on similar events held in Uganda)<span class="ql-cursor"></span>

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

MILESTONE 01: Hackathon format, Evaluation Criteria, Developer Team registration,Open regular attendance registration, LOGISTICS OF THE HACKATHON i.e Venue, Internet, Prizes, Media Coverage & Marketing materials, Schedule for the D day, Judge selection, Staff, Sponsors and Partners

MILESTONE 02: Promotion of the Event

MILESTONE 03: One month before - Get branded materials in order, Meal Catering, Staff allocation

MILESTONE 04: One week before - Confirm with all service providers, send out email reminders to participants, close regular attendance registration, final ordering for branded materials,

MILESTONE 05: The day before: Check in on Venue, test wifi strength, Organize seating arrangements

MILESTONE 06: The D Day

MILESTONE 07: After the Hackathon Participant and Attendee feedback

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

MILESTONE 02: Promotion of the Event

MILESTONE 03: One month before - Get branded materials in order, Meal Catering, Staff allocation

MILESTONE 04: One week before - Confirm with all service providers, send out email reminders to participants, close regular attendance registration, final ordering for branded materials,

MILESTONE 05: The day before: Check in on Venue, test wifi strength, Organize seating arrangements

MILESTONE 06: The D Day

MILESTONE 07: After the Hackathon Participant and Attendee feedback

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

68674.83 ADA – Still price gathering

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Percy Abaho Muhirwa - Technologist/Community Relations

David Lumala - CTO/Developer Advocate

Abraham Kakooza - Infrastructure Engineer

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

-- To be revised once a detailed gathering of prices is done –

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