West Africa: Dev Tools & Events

Educating developers on Cardano by developing Haskell & Plutus educational material and high-impact virtual workshops, events and hackathons

Haskell Devs, Software Devs, Math/Physics Teachers, eLearning Platform. A unique position of having "boots on the ground" local expertise.

Overview:
Content creation: Training 1000s of developers across West Africa using the resources we already have.
Math/Physics teachers in our network are now software developers.
Francophone connection to create resources in both French and English.
Mastering the training for our own teachers and then spreading that teaching throughout the region.
Awareness campaigns that feed into the virtual events and courses
Example Dev Tools & Courses:

• Learning Haskell for Beginners
• Learning Plutus for Beginners
• Introduction to Cardano for Developers
• Creating your first dApp with Cardano
• Developing with Cardano for French Speakers

Example Events:

• WADA Project Catalyst Hackathon (Aug 2021)
• Cardano dApp Workshop
• Project Catalyst for Devs Workshop

What Success Looks Like:
Onboarding traditional software developers, and firms from within West Africa and the wider Diaspora. Teaching them about Haskell, Plutus, Marlowe and the wider Cardano ecosystem. Assisting them in the process of building with Cardano and eventually submitting high-impact Catalyst Proposals.
Key metrics to measure:

• No. Educational materials created
• No. Devs signed up for 'H/P/M Course'
• No. Devs completed course
• No. of Devs into Proposers
• No. of Devs into Submitted Proposals
• No. of Devs into Successful Proposals
• No. of Social Media Posts

Key Team Members:
Josh F - Global Lead
MercyA1 - Comms Lead
Felicien F- Technical Lead, Software Architect (French & English)
Megan H - Math/Physics Teacher (French & English)
Didier - Educator and Software Developer (French & English)
Chuma C - IT Recruitment Expert, Xceed365 CEO
Vincent K - Education and Business Training Consultant (French & English)
Affiliated Proposals:
West Africa Proposer Outreach: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/West-Africa-Proposer-Outreach/340017-48088#idea-tab-comments
Xceed Decentralized eLearning: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Xceed-Decentralized-eLearning/340199-48088
Local Centers in West Africa: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Local-Centers-in-West-Africa/340029-48088
West Africa Decentralized Alliance: https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/West-Africa-Decentralized-Alliance/333074-48088

Project Brief: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13cH0z6pzMI5opxNb4Au4M1448oaHzPe4sJujCFokwoY/edit?usp=sharing