Hurrying up the development of the Cardano Project Catalyst in Ethiopia

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Zera Biruk

[GENERAL] Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

Entity (Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Co-proposers and additional applicants

Kaleab Biruk

Melaku Biruk

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

8

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

No

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

The solution is to market Cardano Project Catalyst in Ethiopia through marketing, workshops, and community events so as to increase awareness, ADA usage, and access to decentralized funding.

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

No

[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?

Yes

[GENERAL] Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

The results of this project shall be in the public domain, this means that all the material and resources produced in this project are within the public domain. This includes:

  

Marketing Materials (Designs): Everything including banners, t-shirts, stickers, and flyers, and other printed items to be planned and created will be made in illustrator format and freely downloadable with options modified for other project

Educational Content: Everything created during the workshops, the presentation and the guides on Cardano and Project Catalyst will be made available to the public domain for anyone who wishes to learn or teach about the platfor

Community Resources: For local Cardano users and developers, any tools, apps or platforms developed during the project will be open source so that the community can build and extend it from where it is lef

Such an approach will enhance public awareness, increase dissemination and buildup on Ethiopia and other regions’ experience.

[METADATA] Horizons

Learn to Earn

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

Proposed Solution:

Like any other problem-solving process, how do you perceive the problem you are trying to solve?

The first major issue that this project seeks to address is the low level of knowledge and understanding of blockchain technology- focusing on Cardano Project Catalyst, and its associated **currency- ADA- among the people of Ethiopia. There is an increasing youthful, technology-accepted population and an increasing start-up culture but there is low awareness and idea of decentralised systems and how they can be adopted for innovation and gain, financial inclusion, and darwinism. Also, many Ethiopian developers and innovators cannot source decentralized funding schemes that can help fund their development projects.

Why did you arrive at such a choice of its realization?

The approach adopted is that of community targeting and promotion** to get a direct hold of the public and get knowledge on the same. Through utilizing such simplistic, apparent means of advertisement as banners, t-shirts, and stickers and through creating workshops and meetings for communities, the project fosters not only awareness and understanding of how people can profit from the use of Cardano. This method is appreciated because it unites branding with the process of familiarization with hands-on experience – people not only get to know Cardano but also learn how to engage with Project Catalyst and the general ecosystem.

Whom will your project touch?

The project will primarily engage the following groups:

- University Students and Developers: These are the future innovators who will benefit from learning what blockchain technology is and how it can be used to solve local issues.

- Entrepreneurs: Those interested in funding and opportunities on how decentralised finance can fund their innovative projects will find useful knowledge in how the Shiba Inu’s Project Catalyst works.

- General Public and Crypto Enthusiasts: By making ADA and blockchain more remarkable to every passer-by, potential users and investors will increase across the concurrent technologies.

How are you going to measure or quantify it?

Impact will be demonstrated through measurable outcomes:

- Event Participation: The popularity of given facilities will be reflected by the number of attendees of the workshops and meetups, while the usefulness of the information, received can be measured by the results of feedback forms.

- Social Media Engagement: The audience reach and engagements of the online campaign will reveal how far the message has gone out there in cyberspace.

-Community Growth: Engagement levels can be defined by the number of users participating in the Cardano ecosystem through a registration to Project Catalyst, submitting proposals or trading ADA.

What Makes This Solution Compelling?

The innovation of this solution is the ability to do both local advertising in addition to educational campaigns focused on Ethiopia which is a country that has a tremendously high inclination towards blockchain technology but has not been explored sufficiently. As a result, the rationale for the funding sources is to stay decentralized and build from the ground up and, with that, Cardano targets to create an innovation ecosystem that will allow people to be an active part of a new digital economy.

Who Will Benefit?

- Developers: Learning about what has been built on Cardano and how to use decentralized funding through Project Catalyst.

- Entrepreneurs: This approach helps the teams learn how to seek funding for their projects as well as participate in decentralization.

- Everyday Citizens: Getting to know a new financial system that has potential of creating investment opportunities through ADA coin usage and trading.

Why This is Important to Cardano

Extending the Cardano ecosystem in Ethiopia is in line with its vision of building a decentralized world economy especially for the needy areas. Promoting Cardano Project Catalyst benefits from this initiative in two ways: increasing the adoption of ADA and incorporating Ethiopia into the geography of blockchain development. Such grassroots movement can create more projects, extending the variety and range of concepts to be applied in the Cardano ecosystem as well as contributing to the expansion of the ecosystem on an international scale.

[IMPACT] Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community

Positive Impact on the Cardano Community:

The value this project will generate for the Cardano Community is the expansion of its presence to other parts of the world including Ethiopia which is projected to have a high uptake for blockchain solutions. Developers and entrepreneurs will learn about Cardano Project Catalyst and ADA, thus bringing more people into the decentralised governance and innovation of Cardano. This is going to open up a new realm of proposals, ideas, and projects from this new demographic which will essentially bring in new ideas to the ecosystem.

Measuring Impact:

-Quantitative: 

-Number of times the team attends a particular workshop or a meetup.

  Project Catalyst registration by number of people.

  Facebook likes/share, comments of the post, number of reposts.

  This would be done by capturing an uptick in engagement with the ADA token either in terms of Exchange volume or localized usage.

  

-Qualitative:

-Surveys collected from participants immediately after an event – how much they know about Cardano, and how interested they are in investing in it.

  Presentation of specific laureate or a developer, who proposed concepts or received financing through Project Catalyst.

Sharing Outputs and Opportunities:

-Open Source: All the content created for the project (designs, presentations, guides) will be published online under open license to enable people also to reuse and further develop the project.

-Global Reach: The results of the project will be posted to Cardano forums, Catalyst IdeaScale, and social media platforms where a wide range of users within the Cardano setting will visit.

-Collaborations: Other synergistic collaborations with other African blockchain implementation sectors will be developed, which brings interconnectivity within the Cardano sphere.

It also allows the project’s success to be experienced in Ethiopia and beyond by the greater Cardano community.

[CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

capability & Feasibility:

I have all the abilities to execute this project due to my insight into the African market particularly Ethiopia and due to my support for blockchain technology. I have built very many connections especially with universities, hubs that support technology innovation and entrepreneurship. To me, the required skills of an applicant are my strengths due to the community events organization, and work with decentralized platforms.

To ensure trust and accountability, I will:

Maintaining transparency is also a best practice, involved in presenting reports and using social media to describe the accomplishment.

When handling the finances allocate and spend all funds according to the set budget and forward detailed expenditure accounts and receipts to the funding authority.

Partner with local players*in order to develop a decentralized promotion system that has the trust of everyone it involves.

Thus, to assess feasibility, pilot events will be conducted I will observe the effects they produce, modify where necessary and expand if possible. Active participation of the community will inform the various decisions needed as the project progresses.

[PROJECT MILESTONES] What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Project Milestones

Milestone 1: Launch Marketing Campaign and Community Engagement, as part of Month 1 activities.

-A: Milestone Outputs

  Copy and create banners and t-shirts and stickers.

  Design and set a calendar for the first sequence of the community engagement events and workshops in important cities starting with Addis Ababa.

  It requires that you take targeted social media campaigns to advertise the events as well as increase the awareness of Cardano.

-B: Acceptance Criteria

  Marketing material are produced and displayed in strategic areas.

  As a result, at least 1,000 people will be targeted by the social media posts.

  Events are set down and even advertised with the expected venue and time being stated.

-C: Milestones are critical success factors to note the accomplishment of project and each of them is characterized by the Proof of Completion.  

  Written and published content – photo images of printed and distributed products like banners, t-shirts and stickers.

  – Screenshots of social media campaign dashboard which include the number of reaches done and the engagement level.

  Adverts which are in form of flyers or announcements bearing fairly accurate detail such as dates and place.

Milestone 2: To accomplish these activities, we will host the first series of the work-shops and community events in months 2-3 as follows:

A: Milestone Outputs

  Withdrawing, Holding the first series of the required workshops and meetup in areas like Addis Ababa.

  Convey educational sessions on Cardano, Project, and ADA.

  Hand out t-shirts and or stickers after the event.

  

B: Acceptance Criteria

  There are at least 100 attendees in the events and the workshops.

-Participants are showed comprehension about how the Carano and Project Catalyst can be interacted with.

  Feedback is usually in the affirmative response following questionnaires circulated among participants after the event.

C: Such as-indications of Further on Maturation of Construct Summary/Zusatzinfoam on Likewise on Additional Confirmations on the further on Assistance with the Documentation of Knowledge About the Termination of Milestones

-Audio clips, videos and images capturing participants in workshops as well as at event sessions.

-Handouts of presentation used in the course of conducting the events and other related teaching aids.

-Evaluation based on post event survey which demonstrate the amount of knowledge gained by participants.

  Sign-in sheets to control the attendance or attendee lists as the records of meeting participants.

This milestone guarantees much engagement of the community and an effective awareness creation for the project. Please do let me know if you’d like to add more milestones into the construction.

Milestone 3: 

Incorporate Secondary Cities to Target and Monitor Community Development (Month 4-6).

A: Milestone Outputs

  – There should be an increase in hosting of workshops and meetups in other secondary cities across the country apart from Addis Ababan.

  The following Strategies should be implemented as follows;

Understand and determine the community engagement and ADA adoption behaviour of these areas.

  

B: Acceptance Criteria

-Inclusive of three workshops implemented in secon

  –The student shall engage or develop acquaintances with at least two local organizations/educational intitutions.

  Response of community engagement (likes increase, new followers, new people participating at the events, new sign-ups to the Catalyst program, etc).

C: Signs that the process is heading somewhere, is in progress and has produced results The discrete milestones identified are as follows: Milestone Completion Evidence

Photographic and video records as well as attendance of participants from secondary city workshops.

Collaboration with local organisations signed in through partnership agreements or letters.

Analytics featuring trends toward growth in social activity and participation (Catalyst registration, new developers, etc.).

This metric guarantees that the project scales up from capital and captures the increasing effect of the intervention on Cardano usage in Ethiopia. Please, give me your feedbacks, if you would like to have more refined charts!

Milestone 4

Another activity under this process is to Measure Project Impact and Share Final Results at the end of Master Business Plan Development , which falls between month 7 to 8.

A: Milestone Outputs

Track and evaluate the percentage of people’s participation on the project, ADA uptake and their interaction with Project Catalyst.

  Prepare the final report which includes the result of the project, best practices learned and plan for future expansion of the project.

-Disseminate research outcome to other Cardano stakeholders using forums, reports and presentations at various forums.

B: Acceptance Criteria

  Fuller view of the participant responses, event turnup and the adoption of the ADA.

-Final report delivered to clients within the Cardano community and the funding parties as well.

  Webinar where results of the project can be shown together with social media platforms and Cardano community forums.

C: Indications of having Achieved a Milestone

  Rich assessment of the impact of each project planned and executed together with the numerical and non-numerical results (attractiveness of the events, number of people who attended the Catalyst sessions, results of the surveys).

  Posted on the web and delivered with an ability to receive live response from those viewing a presentation.

  Snapshots of the report that were shared in the Cardano forums, media, and other community channels.

This will show how the project has been overall successful and will give trends and ways that the project can expand in the future. Feel free to let me know if you’d prefer any alterations!

Milesttone 5:

Organise development and programme support plans to foster community participation on an ongoing basis (Month 9-12)

A: Milestone Outputs

  Design a large-scale continuing education and continuous project creation community support system for Cardano and Project Catalyst.

  – Co-ordinate subsequent bying event or Hackatons to foster the Proposals and projects in Cardano Ecosystem.

-Create an online social media or forum that can be used long after the project as a way of bringing the members of the ‘community’ together and share resources etc.

B: Acceptance Criteria

  It also means that at least one current community support (for example mentorship or a weekly meeting) is created and running.

  Conduct at least one hackathon or project development event which sees the public participating in the process.

Execution of an initial online platform with traffic and interaction pattern supported by such data.

C: Signing of the papers work within twenty-four hours Partially Complete

  participation Logs: Documents showing how community participants have been attending and interacting with the programmes initiated.

-Any photo, video, or report taken at the hackathon or at project development events as well as the outcomes and proposed of such events.

-Copied from the online platform with proofs for the active users, discussions, and resources shared in the community; success stories shared by the members of the site.

The goals of this final mile-stone are to consolidate the Cardano community in Ethiopia in order to advance and continue learning as well as innovating after the first phase of the project. If you have any changes or require more information, then please inform me.

Final Milestone

Project Sustainability and Future Growth Strategies Outlook (Classes 13-14).

A: Milestone Outputs

  Ensure an extensive assessment of viability of sustainability of the project as well as the benefits the Cardano ecosystem in Ethiopia.

  – Take the perspective of an advisor and create a development plan with the recommendations for the next steps and the further policy in relation to the population.

  Prepare a power point in the form of a summary of the work accomplished, main problem encountered in the process of the project, and plan on the further development of the project to be presented to the interested parties and possible future financiers.

B: Acceptance Criteria

  The results of an evaluation summarized in an evaluation report, coupled with suggestions from the community, data collected for the project, and impact analysis.

  A practical blueprint, containing specific and realistic suggestions for the continuation and development of Cardano endeavours in Ethiopia.

  A system with at least 50 stakeholders shared successfully for presentation with locals, Cardano, and investors.

C: Where there is Milestone Completion Evidence

  They outlined a minute package of constituents of the final evaluation report ranging from extensive qualitative and quantitative data, and the feedback from the participants which include case studies of orally successful projects.

  The strategic plan document which was produced and given to the community heads and players.

  This could be in form of a recording of the presentation made and records of attendance or any participation rate from the audience who attended.

This last deliverable will make sure that the end of the project is done in a sustainable and expandable manner, making sure there will be more Cardano community projects in Ethiopia in the future. Feel free to contact me if you have any additional orders or edits!

[RESOURCES] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

Project Team

1. Zera Biruk – STR for the leader and main proposer of the account

-Role: Project lead and community Engagement Coordinator

-Responsibilities: Coordinate project and supervise the general project management, that will include coordinating with the various member groups and oversee the community project management aspects and marketing the project locally and nationally through designing promotional materials.

2.Kaleab Biruk (Co-Proposer)

• Role: Educational Content Developer and Work Shop Facilitator
• Responsibilities: Develop lesson plans, conduct training and present and schedule information to support the flow of business.

1. Melaku Biruk (Co-Proposer)

• Role: Data Analyst and Community Support.worker

-Responsibilities: Monitor the Project’s social impact and evaluate Project Catalyst grantees, establish an online presence for the community.

Staff addition

If needed, we will seek individuals with:

-Digital Marketing Skills: To improve accessibility in encouraging the public to use our services.

-Blockchain Development Expertise: In order to help the developers to learn more about Cardano, a comparison was made.

-Event Coordination Experience: To use in rallies and related activities so that it will be easier in organizing community activities.

Sharing with Relevant Members

We have communicated with the community via Telegram, interacting with local technology startup centers and schools. Such proactive involvement ensures champions’ availability of the requisite backing and commitment to the appropriate project implementation.

Roles confirmation and consent

The proposal contain informed consent of all the project participants in disclosure of their roles and responsibilities in the project.

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

Budget & Costs Breakdown

We are seeking 5,400 ADA to fund a project that seeks to create awareness of the Cardano ecosystem in Ethiopia. Below is a detailed cost breakdown for the proposed work and resources:

Marketing Materials: This entails; Banners, t-shirts, stickers and fliers at a total cost of 5,000 ADA.

Workshop Expenses: This encompasses hiring of premises, materials and snacks during the community based trainings to a tune of 4,000 ADA.

Travel Costs: We anticipate 2,000 ADA for transportation to second tier cities for awareness creation.

Event Promotion: Thousands of Car Dogs are anticipated to be created this year through $3,000 ADA worth of social media advertising and local promotions for improved brand recognition.

Educational Content Development: The creation of educational materials will be done with the help of third-party software, which will cost 1,500 ADA.

Data Analysis Tools: Cost for subscriptions in data collection software will be 1,500 ADA.

Community Engagement: For online engagement we will budget 1,000 ADA to be used to purchase tools and online platforms.

Project Management: It is proposed that 1,000 ADA be dedicated to other costs emanating from coordination and reportage.

Contingency Fund: For emergency purposes, we will hold back 1,000 ADA.

Adding all above points this makes our total requested budget as 20,000 ADA.

Accoount of Third Party Products/Services Offered

-Educational Content Development Software: For creating clarity and concisely educational materials, we are to use Canva and Adobe Creatives tools or any other similar tools.

-Data Collection Software: For community feedback as well as impact analysis, we will subscribe to Google Forms or SurveyMonkey.

Funding Sources

This project will solely depend on the funding request of 20, 000 ADA’s as indicated on the funding request of 20, 000 ADA’s At this time we do not have any other funding sources to rely on but we are looking at ways of partnering and sponsoring with local businesses for more resources.

Portffolio Management

The project team will have a proper handling of the money given to it, according to the Fund Rules on who to disburse and how the money is spent. In terms of the budget, we will continue to report usage and project status to the community.

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

Value for Money

The 20,000 ADA budget proposed offers real value to the Cardano ecosystem through strategic outreach and community engagement in Ethiopia. Resources have been allocated after careful consideration of every cost element so that funds generate real value and achieve maximum impact:

1. Marketing Materials-5,000 ADA: This is to cater for the printing of banners, t-shirts, and stickers to create awareness about Cardano

1. Worksho Costs (4,000 ADA): This will go toward the hiring of venues and materials needed to train potential developers and entrepreneurs through workshop

2. Travel Costs (2,000 ADA): The travel cost will avail the opportunity to reach those underrepresented areas outside the major cities of the country, taking average means of transportation in Ethiopia to ensure outreach efforts inclusivel

3. Event Promotion (3,000 ADA): This is for social media advertisement and local promotions in order to attract a wide range of audience

4. Educational and Data Tools (1,500 ADA each): This third-party software subscription cost is at industry-standard levels and is crucial in the development of high-quality educational materials and to effectively analyze feedback from such activity

Supporting Evidence

This is reasonable considering the average monthly wage in Ethiopia is about 15,000 Ethiopian Birr, or some 267 ADA - a reasonably decent salary for using local resources. The budget is also in line with that of similar blockchain-related proposals where much emphasis on education and outreach is done to spark innovation.

Conclusion

This will be a strategic investment in outreach, education, and engagement in Cardano's panorama in Ethiopia. It shall ensure value delivery to the Cardano community with the prime agenda of transparency and effective management of funds.