+ Dev incentives in Cameroon

Offer unique gateway into the world of DLT, incentivizing Hub attendance and participation by providing above and beyond community support.

Local Team: Skilled bilingual (English/French) software developers and educators (STEM), hospitality, outreach, and marketing specialists

• Physically install programming library (100+ Programming books already acquired) in local Cameroon school (partner)
• Upgrade virtual library (1,000+ courses through Udemy and Virtual Pair Programmer) to business account to allow shared access
• Set up reoccurring after school meet-ups (physical and virtual) for programmers/aspiring programmers and other community members
  Set up accommodations for Hub attendance and participation such as after-school daycare, snacks, and more…

Purpose of Proposal

The overall goal is to make the Hub more accessible to average Cameroonian community members by offering incentives to attract people to the program such as: free childcare, older child tutoring, language courses/support, games, and snacks.

The main focus of education in these meet-ups will be around explaining the potential of Distributed Ledger Technology, and Financial education as a secondary focus. Being at an Anglophone school (located in a Francophone region) we will also offer language services to make the information accessible to all. This will set the ground for then next phase of our Hub which is DAG and Dapp development and integration.

Risk Management

Possible COVID-19 related risks: low turn-out to events. It is worth noting that the COVID-19 situation in Cameroon is being handled very well. The school we are in partnership with is back to full time attendance of students with masks and face shields, and have had no reported cases of COVID-19.

Although we do not see the pandemic situation in Cameroon posing a huge risk to turnout, we are already creating a virtual space for meet-ups as a way of connecting to other WADA network hubs. Therefore many services linked to our hub will be available virtually for those who are not comfortable gathering in person. This virtual space will also create a gateway for access to a much wider community of support, making a truly unique and supportive developer ecosystem.

Budget Breakdown: Total $9K

Personnel motivations (teachers, childcare): $5K
Tech accommodations (reinforce school's internet, zoom business account, upgrade online courses to business acct): $3K
Miscellaneous other (coffee machine, weekly snack purchases, office supplies, etc.): $1K
**Already have: educational materials, highly skilled technical team (specifically in Distributed Ledger Technology), school partnership, physical space

Related Proposal

Registration fees for LCC/Hub to be covered in separate proposal-- WADA Family of LCCs
https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Local-Centers-in-West-Africa/340029-48088

Partners/ Proposing TEAM

• School partnership: DEWEY International School of Applied Sciences http://www.deweycameroon.net/
• West Africa Decentralized Alliance (WADA) wadalliance.org/
• Disruptive IT Cameroon: (local team)

• Megan Hess: former physics teacher at DEWEY, bilingual English/French, competent language, math, and science teacher
• Felicien Fotio Manfo: skilled software developer, teacher, and community activist, multilingual (able to teach high level IT/math concepts in French, English, Italian, Nguembo - native language)
• Didier Nkallah Ehawe: skilled software developer, advanced math teacher, multilingual (can teach high level IT/math concepts in French, and native language)

Project Brief: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WLNVQG4WBxuuOD2ND8Q7ADs_KDs-XIcYWTMEgp_o0_g/edit?usp=sharing