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French West Africa Outreach

Problem

There is no Cardano community in the French West Africa. People lack awareness of the blockchain solutions. Cardano could gain more grounds.

Solution

Host French language events and provide educational workshops to inform the communities about the Cardano blockchain solutions.

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$16,000

Total funds requested

Distributed: $16,000

Remaining: $0

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About this idea

adoption africa developers hubs

[IMPACT]

The Ougadougou and Bobo Dioulasso hubs will hold bi-weekly French language events, including community gatherings and educational workshops. These will be both in-person and online events.

In addition to the existing WhatsApp group we will create Telegram groups to enable members to stay in touch.

We already have a Youtube channel where we share French contents on Cardano and the blockchain technology in general as well as other matters.

We will also provide the communitywith a French monthly summary of Charles Hoskinson's and other important updates on Cardano

The French West Africa Outreach project will be greatly beneficial not only for the local communities but also for the Cardano blockchain as we work at promoting its adoption.

- New users will be introduced to Cardano

- A space will be provided for French speaking Cardano members to interact

- Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso talents will be discovered and connected to Cardano

- Quality educational workshops will be provided

- Adoption of Cardano apps will be promoted

- 24 successful events will be held in 6 months

The risk is to have many people join the community thinking we are promoting investment into crypto currency; most people in Africa think blockchain is only about crypto currency investment. But through our educative workshops, we will make them discover all the opportunities of the Cardano Blockchain and how they can take advantage of the technology.

[FEASIBILITY]

0-3 months

Hold 5 workshops in Ouagadougou, 5 in Bobo Diouolasso, and 2 virtual workshops:

- Introducing Cardano blockchain and how it can be used

- presenting the financial opportunities

- teaching on how to join Catalyst and start contributing.

- Three videos giving French updates on the new developements in the Cardano community

- Ada give-away

3-6 months

Hold 5 workshops in Ouagadougou, 5 in Bobo Diouolasso, and 2 virtual workshops:

- More details on the Cardano blockchain

- presenting the financial opportunities

- teaching on how to join Project Catalyst and start contributing

- Assisting new Catalyst members as they interact with the community on Ideascale

- Produce 3 videos giving updates on new developements in the Cardano community in French

$5000 - Events Logistics, Venue costs, French materials, food etc.

$10 000 - Salary for local event organizers and workshop givers

$1000 - ADA airdrops for the community

Laurentine Fouomene Djatsa

Entrepreneur, founder of ILC(International Language Consult), a language school located in Bobo Dioulasso in West Africa. I have hosted 5 Cardano Project Catalyst workshops in the 2 major cities of Burkina Faso in the French language, recruted new members into the catalyst community, translated documents for Catalyst school, assisted and still assist WADA with simultaneous interpretation during Cardano online workshops

Kodjo Agzezoutsi

Entrepreuneur; network and security engineer; lecturer at the Nazi Boni University in Bobo Dioulasso; Author of an article titled Mobile Money Traceability And Federation Using Blockchain Services

[AUDITABILITY]

Producing a minimum average of 20 active Cardano users every month

Host a total of 24 workshops(20 in-person and 4 online)

0-3 months - growing to 50 people per event(especially developers and entrepreneurs)

3-6 months - growing to 100 people per event(especially developers and entrepreneurs)

This is an entirely new proposal.

Monthly report

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February 15, 2023 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

December 23, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1__J_nUIp2RWZdR5eCfm1XTd78RidSneb https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GIrezR_zftgRaAtrqW3d0LstCMBm9-yM https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vjJ_fGg3N9TO9CF3hLKiuE2TcPfEgLDC https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dTCr9eseAzsA401mVY2ymVDBemKd-3LF https://drive.google.com/open?id=1YQXna8_VyzqFd-2kEvsuSwNPL8lkeigc

Summary

This month we strenghtened our partnership with student associations and held a couple of workshops during their gathering.

November 23, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1twB7lymQH_0spICwQhJ5180dHzdDjb-c https://drive.google.com/open?id=13dSJCkEOxejULgefiPQ_YaMRmEx5Yuyh https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZBw3tpIWTQyGEoOKsjXi3srbqWqMRVpt https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Yw8lichg-vV6I5kbR88VU_xRkHGZ9V2p

Summary

As I mentioned in the last report, we were able to enroll ten developers who are learning Haskell and Plutus. The training was scheduled to last for 10 weeks but due to some technical issues there was a delay. They meet every Saturday online with the instructor for follow-up We also did host a workshop still in the framework of our French West Africa Outreach.

November 23, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TVWjKwQpb31Wee2bXsGbmbZSvdtHrDDx https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LHbph-a40ceTJmtO0CK0JRhBhktx-vEL https://drive.google.com/open?id=13ZQYw6KOb_YygFolTSZxonTbg56Vq1kc https://drive.google.com/open?id=1k5_FSZrUgz0DS5Sc6UGRQnxc_-ctbCkH

Summary

As mentioned in our last report, 10 developers enrolled for Haskell and Plutus training in French. The training was supposed to take 10 weeks but due to some technical challenges with the platform there has been a delay. Nevertheless they meet the instructor every Saturday for a live follow-up. Hopefully they will soon be through. We also organized a workshop in the framework of our French West Africa Outreach mission.

September 23, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

We had a French question-answer session on Twitter Space with a guest called Mr. Nyagatare Valens, a crypto investor and member of the Cardano community. He answered the participants' questions related to the blockchain in general and its opportunities for the people in Africa. He spoke about some of the wonderful projects built on the Cardano blockchain namely World Mobile and the attendees were very excited about it. In collaboration with the Goma hub, we enrolled a total of 7 developers all based in West Africa who will start the Haskell and Plutus training in French next Monday

Evidence

https://twitter.com/InkubaA/status/1564664155155619847?t=a-yGLeMFtHxb2jtiiMqTZg&s=08

Explanation

Here is the link to our question-answer session. During the session, members of our community got to know more about the Cardano Blockchain as the moderator share with us some of the amazing projects going on on the blockchain.

August 25, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Summary

Evidence

https://www.facebook.com/109809618438573/posts/pfbid0Tx22sBcosVxTW4MDgW6Uw8m8cHpcMrRtfJA7mDYaw6Md75eEgFuNkr9fcmDWjHuMl/

Explanation

We recently hosted a conference on Blockchain and its opportunities in Africa. The attendees were mostly developers, entrepreneurs and students. Many signed up on Ideascale and a group of developers was created and they will soon start the training on Plutus in French.

August 23, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fWFdfprW9Vl3nSgUypQ1cisgfuRM0j6d https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OV4WbMjAG1mSFam0zsAmg6fH5CSR4OxX https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qJw6GQf6c3dS-mcBlWQT--ilTgkBXDbf https://drive.google.com/open?id=1l8jHoC5LRpMxCh7ryzHHn_MsNaJs94Ka https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ORxsfWD5STp1AzxOkv3ZQ1hbITnBApRO

Summary

The project is on track. A group of developers has been put in place and will soon start the Plutus and Haskell training.

Evidence

https://www.facebook.com/inkuba.afrik

Explanation

We hosted a major conference in Burkina Faso and over 200 people were in attendance. Attendees were mostly developers, entrepreneurs, and students. Most of them join our community and we were able to create a group of developers who are ready to start the Plutus training next month. Many are also ready to submit proposals in fund 10

July 24, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: -

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fhEHPHZCQDuTDEJOYceOSTCwU7IFTP1Y https://drive.google.com/open?id=1f-afcNeumo5qUikSolWu_AAHWQIX8i5Y https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZI6kEhupJtSXss2oV7TVCCnngSSpOcI4 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XyfmusRU5LFNQJQrU_zKMw7gXj70LW7W https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ueaTQHc_9lTg43cIMxuP5-DM_poKMQVl

Summary

We have launched and are currently running two hubs in Burkina Faso(Bobo Dioulasso & Ouagadougou). Meet-ups are held twice a month in either hub. We are organising a major conference next week with developpers and entrepreneurs as our main target to present the Cardano Blockchain and its solutions to them. https://youtu.be/ka-rfsHs_wM

June 23, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: 11/30/2022

Evidence

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1vQZJ1WZq14EzhnaDl8ktK_fFPhETSa07 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PcH2NtTno_clOyh1sqhexoAoCB-yh8KB https://drive.google.com/open?id=1D9gdt59x8rJyLIumKTq0CQpS-E9wyQox https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AATS5vdDLubg9TCWkJ_VjMTvOH-j46Zy https://drive.google.com/open?id=1U96q1HLsoCu4yA_unxkvUggIKHYqg3q9

Summary

After the Senegal Meetup, we had a workshop on Zoom on the 14th May on how to submit a proposal on Ideascale and another one on 20th June for insights sharing. On 22nd June 2022 we officially launched a hub in Bobo Dioulasso(Burkina Faso).

May 23, 2022 Progress report

Status:

On track: No

Estimated completion date: 11/30/2022

Team

hosting multiple in-person and online Cardano Project Catalyst workshops with French audiences

Assisting new members in joining the catalyst community

Translating documents for Catalyst School

Assisting WADA with simultaneous interpretation during Cardano online workshops

Laurentine Djatsa

Website:https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/400521

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French West Africa Outreach

Problem

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About this idea

[IMPACT]

[FEASIBILITY]

[AUDITABILITY]

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