Reaching the Francophone Community in Ghana

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

Additional applicants

Emelia Sarfo

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.”

No dependencies

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

[GENERAL] If NO, please describe which outputs are not going to be open source. If YES, please write “Project will be fully open source.”

Project will be fully open source

[METADATA] Category of proposal

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

Due to the fact that Ghana is surrounded by francophone countries - (To the west -Cote d'Ivoire, to the east -Togo, to the north - Burkina Faso) there is a significant francophone population in the country engaged in various activites including schooling, business and corporate work. Most of these francophones, particularly those engaged in school and business activities are still in the process of learning the english language and are therefore not able to fully take advantage of opportunities presented in english such as Catalyst and Cardano.

This project particularly targets francophone students in the various educational institutions, particularly those in Ghana for English immersion purposes and language learning. The idea is to educate them on blockchain and opportunities in Catalyst that will shape their learning journey and enable them gain practical knowledge and real world experience in the area of blockchain in order to shape their future career and academic pursuits. The focus on francophone students in particular is because many young people are interested in technology however because of low exposure to opportunities to learn about new technology, most of them end up in careers that are not necessarily what they love or enjoy to do. Some may have great tech minds but they are not exposed to such education. This project seeks to provide them with the relevant exposure to enable to decide on their career paths, or provide them with enough information to actively participate in the growth of Cardano without necessarily taking on a career in blockchain.

The medium for the roll out of the project will be events. Thus we intend to organize three main educational events or workshops, where participants will be introduced to the Cardano Blockchain; Project Catalyst and opportunities that are available in the ecosystem. The events will be mainly in the French language to enable participants clearly understand and fully participate.

Topics that will be taught include the Cardano Blockchain, Project Catalyst and Wallet (Yoroi) opening for all interested participants. As part of the project, the participants will register on Ideascale and begin to explore ways in which they can participate as active members of the Cardano Community. We will encourage participants to become proposers, Community Reviewers and take up other roles in Catalyst as well.

The project is targeting to impact about 200 francophone students through three educational events/workshops in three different venues within the 3 month period of the project.

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

The following are the expected impact of the project:

•  A target of 200 francophone students will be added to the ecosystem through their registration on Ideascale.
• At least 20% or more may be interested in becoming Community Reviewers to enable them participate more actively while earning some rewards
• At least 150 + Yoroi Wallets will be opened for those interested with token ADA given to each to get them motivated. This will increase ADA holders in the Cardano ecosystem.
• Africa Town Hall participation will increase with a subsequent increase in the main Town Hall participation.
• Cardano Communities in Ghana will grow and eventually impact the total Cardano population in Africa

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

The success of the project will be measured through:

• Number of participants with the clear benefit to Cardano being a high number of participation leading to expansion in the ecosystem.
• Number of registrations on Ideascale and Yoroi wallets opened which is a direct impact on Cardano because it means the ecosystem is becoming popular in Africa.
• Cardano will grow in the short term due to increase in participation in Africa Town Hall and the main Town Hall;
• In the long term, some of the new members will become very active members who can develop business models for real economic impact in the country and for Cardano.
• In both short and long term, some will become Community Reviewers, Proposers and Voters.
• In the short term, those who join the Town Halls, the telegram chats and Discord will contribute to discussions and may give very good ideas which can eventually help in more innovations in Catalyst operations.

[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

Project outputs will be shared through:

• Monthly reports to the community which will be made public on YouTube. After each event, a report will be prepared to provide information on the number of participants, those registered on Ideascale, number of wallets opened etc. Videos will be embedded in the reports to give a visual impression of the programs.
• Catalyst will also publish these reports in all their media for the community and the public.

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

The proposers of this project are very active members of the Cardano community and the Wada community as well.

Faakor has been part of the Cardano community since Fund 8 during which she was a Community Assessor (CA). She was also a challenge team member for the Grow Africa, Grow Cardano challenge in Fund 8 and a CA in Fund 9 as well. She is also an experienced workshop facilitator, having provided training and capacity development interventions in her capacity as a Human Resource Management Practitioner to staff of various institutions.

Emelia is a very active member of Cardano Community. She first joined the Wada Community in Ghana in Fund 6 during which she was a CA. She was also a CA for Fund 7 and 8 and PA for Fund 9 with high integrity. She was a veteran CA for Fund 7 and VPA for Fund 9. She has been actively attending Town Hall meetings on regular basis.

Her closed out projects in Fund 8 and Fund 9 are Ghana Youth Onboarding Outreach and Ghana Youth Onboarding Outreach 2 and they were successfully implemented and closed out on time and within the stipulated period. These two projects have had very significant impact on the youth in Ghana

This joint team of implementers have the relevant experience and goodwill within the Cardano community and will endeavour to do an excellent job if funded.

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

The project is about educating the francophone community, particularly students, to become aware of Cardano ecosystem, and become members, and in the long run become very active members who contribute meaningfully to the ecosystem. Given the low level of exposure to, and understanding of blockchain in Africa, education is key to spreading the knowledge as well as adoption.

The goals of the project are therefore:

• To educate the francophone community, particularly students about Cardano
• To help the students obtain relevant information to inform their career choices
• To help the students unlock their entrepreneurial mindset and learn how to turn ideas into thriving business ventures
• To get about 200 young francophones to participate in the ecosystem
• To expand the Cardano ecosystem by getting the participants to register on Ideascale and become active members in the near future.
• To get about 150 getting Yoroi wallets opened as potential ADA holders.

[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.

Within the first two weeks of month 1, the project team will contact a number of educational institutions in Accra wiith high number of francophones, with the objective of making people aware of the project and getting a critical mass of people interested in participating in the workshop events. These institutions will include Alliance Francaise, Ghana Institute of Languages, University of Ghana language centre, La Pedagogue Language Support Center, Dzorwulu among others.

By the end of month 1, the first workshop session will be organized. The target is to obtain between 70 to 80 participants per session, per month. Therefore repeat workshops will be organized in month 2 and 3 as well. The workshops will have an agenda detailing the events of the day and a short handout providing a summary of information on the issues discussed during each workshop. These will be provided to participants to enable them follow up on their own, on things they have learnt. The workshops will focus on Cardano Blockchain, project catalyst opportunities and Yoroi wallet. Participants will be introduced to the Africa Town Hall meetings and be encouraged to contribute ideas to the ecosystem.

The Catalyst community will receive reports after each workshop to update the community about proof of achievement. These reports will include videos of each workshop.

The three key milestones are as follows:

Milestone 1: Workshop session at Alliance Francaise

Milestone 2: Workshop session at Ghana Institute of Languages

Milestone 3: Workshop session for francophone students from various other institutions which will be contacted. This session will be held in a neutral venue to give students from other institutions the opportunity to also participate.

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

Key deliverables of this project which will be proof of the success of the project include the following:

• The number of participants attending on the stipulated date.
• The pictures taken at the event and video recorded to provide evidence of progress
• Report submitted immediately to Catalyst and also loaded onto You Tube for public view. The number of public views and community comments can be used as a measure of progress.

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

Total Budget requested: 25,800 ADA

Breakdown:

Venue hire for 2 sessions: 2000

Venue hire for last session: 1500

Workshop materials (including stationery): 2000

Equipment hire (Projector, screen, etc): 2500

Main Speaker for 3 sessions: 3000

Remuneration for project support & logistics: 2000

Remuneration for 2 volunteers from Wada: 2000

Transport to 3 venues: 800

Media (banners, flyers, video) 1500

Refreshments for 200 participants: 5000

ADA (for 200 participants to open wallets @ 5 ADA each) 1000

Administrative work (power bank, wifi, etc) 2500

The budget for each of the 3 Milestones is as follows:

• Milestone 1 - In person worshop session at Alliance Francaise in Accra. Total budget covering venue hire, course materials, labor, etc will cost 8000 ADA.

• Milestone 2 - In person worshop session at Ghana Institute of Languages in Accra - total budget covering all the above is 8000 ADA

• Milestone 3 - In person worshop session at a neutral location in Accra for students from various educational institutions - total budget is 8600 ADA.

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

The project has a low cost budget with a focus on reaching as many people as possible. We have ensured that two events are held on the campuses of an educational institution to reduce the cost of hiring a commercial venue with its attendant logistics.

The project provides value for money for Cardano in terms of the anticipated number of participants to be impacted by the project and their expected contributions to the ecosystem.

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agreed to Fund10 rules and also that data in the Submission Form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.