The impression from the team is very good with very relevant expertise: local team, business-oriented, blockchain focus, social entrepreneurs, and technology. The team profile is well detailed, but external links (i.e. Linkedin) would have provided more info.

The plan vs. the idea is well aligned with clear next steps. Great that you start the pilot in one location and clear idea for the next locations.

The budget seems reasonable for the first 12 months but more details about each line would have been helpful to see how you got each amount. For example, detail employee cost: people/months/salary. It could have been good to add what will be the funding post 12 months: revenue, investors…

It could have been good to add when you started working on it and current status/achievements

As someone who mentored early-stage startups (i.e. seedstars, givginway.com) I find the proposal clear and focused.

A team of 4 is small. Linkedin profiles would help voters verify whether they are capable of developing and implementing this solution. I'd personally have liked to see a team member who currently is a citizen living in Burkina. Four outsiders may lack perspective. The type and number of team members required to implement the proposal is unclear. Are the 3 externally located members going to move to Burkina Faso? If not who is going to implement the plan? I personally feel that the context part of the proposal feels judgmental. I'd have appreciated more information in the form of source links about the situation. Use of words like tension, insurrections, illegal, unauthorized, anarchic, and simmering social bomb certainly create a picture. Evidence is not provided to back the picture. The budget breakdown is clear. I think the timeline is unlikely to work out. If the current government of Burkina Faso is as chaotic as stated, getting it to adapt/adjust/accommodate to a new idea in 3 months seems optimistic. As stated, land ownership is very important, closely guarded by the people of Burkina Faso. A plan for education / shifting mindsets and convincing them of the power of new technology is not given. It may come across as Berlin Conference-esq.

This is one place the proposal fall short by providing verifiable links to show given experience in implementing the solution. It will be necessary to show experience and expertise in the Land Registry space as this space is populated by self acclaimed experts which further adds to the problem of land dispute resolution (This is speaking as a Nigerian and it should be noted that the specific solution relates to Burkina-Faso). The proposal did a great job of outlining the implementation plan (Shows some research has been done on the subject and implementation challenges). One issue with the implementation plan is bloat, there seem to have a very long implementation timeline (24 Months) which i think wouldn't be ideal for such a funding process as its progress will audited at various Milestones and requested funding might need to be updated to reflect current prices of services rendered especially in Africa where Inflation is a joke.It will be more helpful if the proposal implementation is broken down into smaller manageable chunks and spread across different funding rounds as milestones are achieved . Considering the above , i agree that this proposal can be implemented successfully.

The project team consists of four people that are partially already engaged in Project Catalyst. By looking at their resumes, they seem to provide the right knowledge to implement such a registration system. They are already engaged with governmental authorities in Burkina Faso, work with Blockchain and digital infrastructure and have (partially) management experience in bigger companies. However, it is not entirely clear how far the conversations have come already with the 3 municipalities that the team is planning to work together with. Based upon the resume of the team, I think it is likely for the team to build something with the local authorities successfully. But depending on the work of the local governance structures and the willingness to implement something new, there might be some delays. (As I heard it from other projects in different parts of Africa). A bit more clarity in the proposal regarding the collaboration with the authorities and the status quo would be therefore helpful for future assessments.

There enough information about the team on this project but the linkedin profile links are missing. It,s a room for improvement for the proposer. The team needed for this project to work, is clearly stated in this proposal. The budget has been broken down into comprehensible items and reasonable to achieve the goal (I have to trust the proposer on this). There is also a clear roadmap provided in this proposal. The plan to achieve success on this project is detail and seems deeply thought. All the informaiton about ressources needed and technical aspects, are provided in this proposal.