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We are an international organization with local footprints

We aim to equip local developers and entrepreneurs to build decentralized applications and businesses of the future.

Community Reviews across funding rounds

1193
Total reviews
Addresses Challenge
4.47 Star
Feasibility
4.18 Star
Auditability
4.25 Star
Impact / Alignment
4.26 Star
Value for money
3.9 Star

Proposals Across Funding Rounds

25
Completed
32
Approved
69
Proposed
₳888K
$1.5M
Requested
₳0
$841.5K
Awarded
₳0
$812.7K
Received

Funding data last updated

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Challenges

The Team (8)

Members in Catalyst that have co-proposed with Wada. Individuals may not be employed at Wada. This is is is not representative of Wada's full team.

  • Félicien Fotio Manfo

  • ditcameroon

  • Securities & Commerce Institute

  • Josh F

  • Joget

  • Nana Safo

  • Megan Hess

Wada Challenges (8)

Challenge: DeFi and Microlending for Africa

$0 Budget

<p>How can we enable the creation of micro-lending and Defi dApp solutions that fit the African setting?</p>

Proposed in Fund: Fund 6
0 (1)

Challenge: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs

$1,500,000 Budget

How do we encourage Local Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano? How do we ensure they are optimizing and scaling efficiently?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 8
Budget 11.719% of the fund.
4.6 (15)

Challenge: Scale-UP Cardano Community Hubs

₳500,000 Budget

How do we encourage Local Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano? How do we ensure they are optimizing and scaling efficiently?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 9
Budget 3.906% of the fund.
4.74 (39)

Challenge: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs

$500,000 Budget

How do we encourage Local Community Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano in 2022?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 7
Approved Approved 3.906% of the fund.
4.92 (12)

Challenge: Functional Paradigm Onboarding

$21,000 Budget
Proposed in Fund: Fund 4
Budget 5.25% of the fund.
0 (1)

Challenge: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs

$350,000 Budget

How do we encourage Local Community Hubs to drive adoption and awareness of Cardano in the next 6 months?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 6
Approved Approved 6.481% of the fund.
4.78 (9)

Challenge: DeFi and Microlending for Africa

$250,000 Budget

How can we enable the creation of micro-lending and Defi dApp solutions that fit the African setting?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 4
Budget 62.5% of the fund.
4 (6)

Challenge: DeFi and Microlending for Africa

$180,000 Budget

How can we enable the creation of micro-lending, payments and DeFi dApp solutions that fit the African setting?

Proposed in Fund: Fund 7
Budget 1.406% of the fund.
3.33 (12)

Wada Proposals (69)

Dev Journey into DID/SSI* Paradigm

$12,000 Received
$12,000 Requested

Solution: Design and implement project based dev training curriculum to allow developers to learn through creating real solutions that integrate DID.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Accelerate Decentralized Identity
completed Awarded 2.824% of the fund.
4.58 (12)

Clubs+hackathons = Cardano adoption

$15,000 Received
$15,000 Requested

Solution: Create a continuous relationship with local schools via clubs and prize driven hackathons to spark deep interest in the Cardano ecosystem

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Community Events
completed Awarded 7.5% of the fund.
4.41 (39)

Djangui: Local Savings Account Mgmt

$24,000 Received
$24,000 Requested

Solution: Create a decentralized platform to manage collection activities focusing on: transparency and ownership rights of collected funds.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Boosting Cardano's DeFi
completed Awarded 4.8% of the fund.
4.78 (9)

Cardano Kiosk | Hub-in-a-box

$35,000 Requested

Solution: Create a stationary minimum-viable hub unit that can be set up at a relatively low cost. Flat-packed, portable and set up in under 24 hours.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: F8: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs
over budget Requested 7% of the fund.
4.48 (42)

Cardano Hubs Directory

$28,000 Received
$28,000 Requested

Solution: An open platform that allows community hubs to list their location, resources and current objectives.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: F8: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs
completed Awarded 5.6% of the fund.
4.61 (18)

CatalystCon 2022

$28,000 Received
$28,000 Requested

Solution: Host a Virtual Catalyst Convention in Q4 2022, including panel discussions, recognition for leading projects and onboarding workshops.

Fund: Fund 8 Challenge: F8: Miscellaneous Challenge
completed Awarded 5.6% of the fund.
4.8 (15)

Cardano Mobile Hubs

$25,714 Received
$30,000 Requested

Solution: Create a minimum-viable prototype for a mobile hub, one that could be stationed in regions with the highest demand but lack infrastructure.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs
funded Awarded 8.571% of the fund.
4.75 (12)

Catalyst Treasury Management

$41,000 Received
$41,000 Requested

Solution: A simple, easy-to-use dashboard for funded proposals to track monthly disbursements from Catalyst, as well as expenses and wallet balances.

Fund: Fund 7 Challenge: F7: Catalyst - Rapid Funding Mechanisms
completed Awarded 16.4% of the fund.
4.67 (12)

Micropayments for Catalyst

$9,500 Requested

<p>A lack of incentives for contributing to Catalyst means that those without the leisure time may be forgoing paid work to participate</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Catalyst value onboarding
over budget Requested 12.667% of the fund.
3.83 (12)

Catalyst Virtual Start-up Bootcamp

$35,000 Received
$35,000 Requested

<p>Early-stage entrepreneurs lack the experience with Catalyst to effectively communicate their projects</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: DLT Entrepreneurship Toolbox
completed Awarded 23.333% of the fund.
4.73 (15)

Strengthening Stake Pools in Africa

$22,000 Received
$22,000 Requested

<p>Stakepools in Africa are subject to outages and infrastructure issues on top of the general risks faced by SPOs</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Disaster: When all is at stake
completed Awarded 14.667% of the fund.
4.67 (12)

Auditing African Proposals, by WADA

$23,000 Received
$23,000 Requested

Solution: WADA becomes a secondary support layer in the auditing of African proposals

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Improve and Grow Auditability
completed Awarded 23% of the fund.
3.67 (27)

DeFi for Cardano - Learning Portal

$18,000 Received
$18,000 Requested

<p>Devs and Entrepreneurs do not have a comprehensive understanding of the Cardano DeFi space and require the training and education to scale</p>

Fund: Fund 6 Challenge: F6: Scale-UP Cardano's DeFi Ecosystem
funded Awarded 7.2% of the fund.
4.22 (9)

Katiopa NFArt - NFCraft Marketplace

₳120,000 Requested

Solution: Build an NFArt marketplace where artwork can be monetized and a portion of the proceeds will go towards organisations fighting to return stolen artifacts, but ultimately towards building local museums

Fund: Fund 10 Challenge: Products & Integrations
not approved Requested 1.322% of the fund.
3.53 (36)

Mobile Money bridge and Decentralized Exchange

₳66,000 Requested

Solution: Leverage commonly used Mobile money exchanges such as Orange &amp; MTN to facilitate on-boarding of ADA users by a creating user-friendly platform facilitating the exchange between local currency and ADA.

Fund: Fund 10 Challenge: Products & Integrations
not approved Requested 0.727% of the fund.
3.53 (30)

NFBooks: a Pan-African focus NFT library. Proposing a unique and fun reading experience.

₳156,000 Requested

Solution: Create an NFT book library focused on promoting a reading culture in Africa starting in CMR. The platform will greatly expand and facilitate access to books as well as provide incentives to readers.

Fund: Fund 10 Challenge: Products & Integrations
not approved Requested 1.718% of the fund.
3.73 (15)