Cardano Amharic localisation

Rational

We have two proposals to build tools to upgrade a traditional community risk sharing organization called Iddirs in Ethiopia and a project for lobbying lawmakers and authorities to legislate and a blockchain enabling legal framework.

The Cardano localization project for Ethiopia will be a complementary proposal for the success of this two and future Cardano based projects in Ethiopia.

Decentralized Autonomous Iddir https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Decentralized-Autonomous-Iddir/381135-48088

Lobby Cardano Ethiopia https://cardano.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Lobby-Cardano-Ethiopia/381157-48088

Goal

The funds under this proposal will be used to setup a Cardano localisation hub in one of the universities in collaboration with the faculties of computer science, language and law. 

Road map and tasks

Setup organizational structure with responsibilities 1-4 months

Production of localized material   4-8 months

demonstration and testing 8-12 months

maintenance 12+ months

Estimated Budget

Administrative overhead US$2000

Production of initialmaterial, demonstration  computers and mobile phones US$10000

Team

Tegegne Tefera linkedin.com/in/tegegne-tefera-65486a128

Have run ITN but discontinued on main network launch due to time constraints. Member of catalyst since fund 1, CA, VCA.

Coordinator of multiple opensource projects localization & translation in to Amharic, Ethiopian national language, for over 15 years. Including Debian, Ubuntu, XFCE, Moodle. Initiated the Amharic Wikipedia and Wiktionary. Community organizer both online and offline in diaspora. Well connected in Ethiopia to media and authorities at local levels in his own birth place and national level.

Shimelis Kassa linkedin.com/in/shimelis-kassa-6337921b

Computer science lecturer at Mekdela university, and previously in Arbaminch university. Well connected with universities mentioned.

We have also other interested individuals including vice chair of computer science department in a major university in the country. Our focus on universities is because they could be learning, research and implementation hubs of such a large undertaking. We will continue to solicit individuals in other universities.