African Blockchain Centre for Devs

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African Blockchain Centre for Devs

$30,000.00 _Requested

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Community Review Results (3 reviewers)

Addresses Challenge

Feasibility

Auditability

解决方案

在非洲培训优秀的Cardano开发人员在非洲建立最好的Cardano解决方案供应商建立未来非洲的技术精英

Problem:

全球缺乏训练有素的Cardano开发者非洲开发者的认可度/信誉度非洲人的大脑小跑到西方国家

Yes Votes:

₳ 18,619,246

No Votes:

₳ 17,974,111

Votes Cast:

109

团队

gwendal.ledivechen

Detailed Plan

As social entrepreneurs and Cardano enthusiasts focused on Africa, how can we contribute to and take advantage of the emergence of Blockchain technology and specifically Cardano in Africa to create a new dynamic on the continent and make it the new digital El Dorado ?

STRATEGIC CONTEXT

Lack of trained Blockchain developers (worldwide) and their prohibitive cost
Acknowledgment / credibility of African developers from those looking to hire
African brains trot to the Western countries
The emergence of disruptive technologies such as Blockchain
The rise of Web 3.0
The median age of 20 and a population estimate of more than 2.5 billion by 2050 in Africa

SCOPE

Train the best/elite Blockchain developers in Africa to meet the huge demands worldwide
Make African developers acknowledged/credible to global companies
Enable business opportunities on the continent
Establish the best Blockchain skill/solution provider in Africa
Make Africa becoming for Web 3.0 as India was for Web 2.0
Build the technical elite of the future Africa

STAKEHOLDERS

Technology providers (Cardano)
Training provider (EMURGO)
Governments and PanAfrican Institutions
Financial institutions and banks
Cardano Community (IOG, Cardano Foundation, etc.)
Developers community throughout Africa

BARRIERS

Financial resources available until sustainability
Access to high-level officials
Lack of legal framework for Blockchain solutions
High rate of labour turnover
Poor internet network coverage (for online courses)

OUTCOMES

A steady increase in income for ABCD as a service provider
Establishment of African enthusiasts/experts in blockchain technology solutions
Creation of high paid jobs and business development throughout the continent
Rise/adoption of blockchain technologies and decentralization in Africa
Stimulation of innovative start-ups
Address some of the most pressing issues in Africa (ID systems, land registration, etc.)

SUCCESS INDICATORS

Total numbers of certified trainees
Number of high-level officials trained
Employment rate after 6 months, 1 year, and 5 years
Average monthly salary of the trained developers
Number of partnerships and companies using ABCD services
Number of projects incubated by ABCD

ROADMAP

See below in attachments

BUDGET

The 30000$ we are requested for are meant to support the next cohort of 25 developers going through the EMURGO Certified Cardano Developer Associate and Professional sessions.
The overall cost of training one developers over the 4/5 months that requires our curriculum is approximately 1500$ including
Cost of the training on the EMURGO learning platform
Cost of the persons following up on the developers
Regular meet-ups and events organised for the developers and the ABCD community
Softwares and apps licences

TEAM

Joshua Akpan :

Cardano Ambassador, he is known throughout the Cardano Community for his leadership and coordination of Blockchain Meetups, host on The Cardano Community, AfroFinLab and POA Podcasts, boots on the ground.
He is one of the collaborators and advocate for Proof of Africa (POA), Cardano Shelley Summit 2020 Presenter, and very active within the Liqwid finance project.
He defines himself as Social Media Evangelist for Cardano.

Odum Destiny Felinah :

Destiny works as an assistant manager and content writer at ABCD. She would explain that the reason she joined ABCD is because of the beauty and core value of ABCD's mission and its heart for Africa's reconstruction.
Having a heart for impact and problem solving, ABCD seemed like a wonderful project to invest her writing and organizational skills in order to contribute to the uprising story of Africa. She also writes articles for Zoepool, a Cardano-driven stakepool with the mission of educating women in blockchain technology, contributing to the adoption of Cardano in Africa. Destiny Felinah is passionate about community building, engagement and education as a tool for mass reconstruction.
When she is not busy communicating with and organizing a cohort of developers, sending urgent emails and managing schedules, she's probably reading food science textbooks and learning how to live an optimum lifestyle of wellness and healthy eating. Perhaps, reading novels from the 70's-90's and taking lifestyle documentary photographs.

Otobong Peter :

Otobong has worked in the webspace for some time and is an ardent believer in Technology as a tool for not only solving humanity's problems but allowing multiple persons to collaborate in doing so.
Recently, he has been delving deep into the Blockchain Space and believes it holds the key to restructuring humanity's socioeconomic future.

Gwendal Le Divechen :

Gwen is a teacher, project facilitator and enthusiastic about the opportunities offered by the Cardano ecosystem.
Gwendal is seeking to bring his experience in project management in NGOs and private sector in Africa, Asia and EU to help developing relevant Cardano and blockchain related applications on the ground.
French native speaker, he will also help to deploy ABCD in french speaking countries (Senegal, Ivory Coast, etc.).

社区顾问评论 (3)

Addresses Challenge

3.7 / 5

3 评论

拓展崩溃

Does the proposal effectively addresses the challenge?

I am always surprised by the impact that Cardano has on so many people whenever I read these types of proposals. This time around, the proposal team brings up the issue of a shortage of skilled developers to develop for Cardano. In addition, other aspects of the African context are presented, which reinforce the need to resolve this problem. ABCD's mission is to become the leading blockchain solution provider in Africa, as explained in detail in its five year strategic plan. They request funding in particular for this Catalyst cycle so that they can launch the first cohort so that format, content, attendance level, etc, can be tested. Which is completely aligned with the challenge settings. Regarding the success metrics, they are very well defined. However, it would be interesting to define the objectives for each metric to be able to make an estimate of the impact.

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessment Quality Assurance is an offered role to veteran in the Cardano Project Catalyst Community. The purpose is to review PA assessments of proposals, providing a second layer of Quality Assurance.

Assessor ID: z_assessor_130
Total QA Ratings: 19
QA Rating Outcome

Developing developers in Africa is a great idea to develop blockchain and Cardano in Africa to solve current problems there. But I really haven't seen the proposal's difference in developing developers in Africa since developers in Africa can totally take Cardano courses for free. I'm a native of Southeast Asia but I can still learn Haskell and Plutus through Cardano's free courses. Meanwhile, the proposal needs funding for developers to learn. I still don't know if the purpose of developer funding is incentive money or course money.

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessor ID: z_assessor_645
Total QA Ratings: 17
QA Rating Outcome

One of the key objectives of this challenge is to bring new developers into the Cardano ecosystem. This proposal meets this perfectly by training and supporting devs in Africa. The initial cohort is visible on their website with bio's (https://www.abcdevs.com/hire-blockchain-developers). This should provide the voter with confidence that the proposer has proven capability. This proposal is to put another 24 devs through the programme.

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessor ID: z_assessor_45
Total QA Ratings: 20
QA Rating Outcome

Feasibility

3.3 / 5

3 评论

拓展崩溃

Given experience and plan presented is likely that this proposal will be implemented successfully

"The experience of the team behind this proposal goes well with organizing events, building community, and making a website well suited to creating programs and courses. But this is a program and course for developers so I think they need someone with IT and blockchain skills.

Chắc sẽ thêm phần detailed plan sau"

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessor ID: z_assessor_645
Total QA Ratings: 17
QA Rating Outcome

Joshua and Gwendal are the founders of ABCD, which was born with Cardano and Catalyst, and therefore shares many of the same values and visions. From what I understand from reading the proposal, they have already released the first cohort of 14 blockchain developers, so it is expected that they will be able to do it again. There is a much more robust proposal this time, with a vision for the short, medium, and long term, and for that I applaud them. The team identifies in an excellent manner its main objectives, scope, stakeholders, barriers, and expected results. By doing so, the community can make an informed decision regarding feasibility. As a point for improvement, if I may, it would be the way that the budget is defined. Although there is a justification of the elements contemplated to reach the final number, I believe that more effort should be put into this process. As an example, it is stated that the cost to train one developer would be approximately $1500, however, it is stated that it is planned to train 25 developers for a total of $37500. Therefore, I would like to ask you, where will the remaining funds come from? The cost of administrative issues such as follow-ups, meetings, and licenses are also unclear.

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessor ID: z_assessor_130
Total QA Ratings: 19
QA Rating Outcome

The people running ABCD and their role in delivering this proposal is made clear as is the role of their training parter, EMURGO. Although LinkedIn profiles are not provided they are relatively simple to find so the claims in the proposal can be verified. The costs involved are clearly set out and the course costs can be validated on the emurgo website (https://emurgo.io/education). A small overhead (c$5k) is retained for supporting devs over 5 months of training. A clear (multi-year) roadmap has been provided showing the ambition of this organisation. Overall a very transparent and honest proposal.

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessor ID: z_assessor_45
Total QA Ratings: 20
QA Rating Outcome

Auditability

3.3 / 5

3 评论

拓展崩溃

Does the proposal provides sufficient information to assess and audit progress and completion?

"Proposal still doesn't have a specific plan for how to attract developers to take courses, I only see the proposalr mentioning using money to teach developer courses. In my opinion, what attracts developers to develop careers with blockchain and Cardano is their own career opportunities and financial development. If the proposal focuses on telling them about these things, it would be better than just creating courses without giving them a reason why they have to become blockchain developers.

Besides, the proposal also does not set a target of the number of developers who complete the course and are tested enough to be able to execute projects, it will be difficult to know if the project will be successfully implemented after being funded."

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessor ID: z_assessor_645
Total QA Ratings: 17
QA Rating Outcome

The metrics have been well thought through. Not only does the proposer look at the short term metrics , ie how many developers have been training but they are also delivering additional value to the community by tracking post training activities ie employment of the devs, salaries, projects and partnerships initiated. This will allow the community to track the growth of ABCD aswell as the devs they are helping.

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessor ID: z_assessor_45
Total QA Ratings: 20
QA Rating Outcome

Though I commend you for having a long-term vision with annual plans, there is a lack of information regarding the auditability aspects of this proposal. Particularly in light of the fact that according to the budget section, the training cycle generally lasts between four and five months. What will happen during the remaining months of your annual plan? For the deliverables, the key metric is the inclusion of 25 individuals in this cohort. Upon closer examination of the metrics, although very clearly defined, no objectives are provided for each, making it impossible to evaluate the proposal from the perspective of auditability.

Assessment Quality Assurance

Assessor ID: z_assessor_130
Total QA Ratings: 19
QA Rating Outcome

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