Tanzania Cardano Think Tank

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

To establish a center in Tanzania to help aid the mainstream engagement within the public policy space by shaping legislation and providing innovative policy alternatives for adoption of Cardano and blockchain at large.

This center will also serve as a hub for facilitation of Cardano Ecosystem awareness campaigns and bridge for collaboration between local entities and the Cardano Ecosystem.

It will also to help provide the general public, mainstream media and engage stakeholders directly to build support and momentum for policy solutions for favorable legislation, reduce tax, and free-market environment that advances individuals' creativity and innovation in building on the Cardano Ecosystem.

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

The NGO by an amicable way to intertwine with the challenge is innovative because it not only provides help to individually but also to all business entities through the right channels BRELA ( https://www.brela.go.tz/ ), Capital Markets ( https://www.cmsa.go.tz/ ), TRA ( https://www.tra.go.tz/ ), which are the entities where companies in Tanzania are legally registered and constituted.

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

The main risk would be the educational aspect, there has to be a way of convincing the legal and financial professionals that the projects are not just “scam” rather that they are real, in a way that motivates them to comply with said management and day to day activities concerned.

The best way to achieve such a risk is for there to be an educational outreach through 1 to 1 meetings or seminars, website, media outlets like social media platform, videos and audios.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

The Project will be of the duration of 1 year whereas:

·        It will be conducted by the main proponent of said project

·        The first 3 months, an extensive legal and financial study will be made to the project

·        The second 3 months an extensive research on acquiring the necessary documentation and necessities of an establishment of project

·        The other 3 months undertaken, legal studies concerning regulation, protections and encouragement for innovation concerning crypto currencies.

·        The last 3 months will be to initiate open Forum with Media, Policy Makers, and Regulatory Institutions press Release and Media Engagement

·        Throughout the year the center will serve as a Cardano hub that facilitate other ecosystem sustainable goals.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

The Budget breakdown is as follows:

• Rent 500 USD @ 12 MONTHS = 6000 USD

• Registration fees for NGO = 1000 USD

• Incentive for the team of 5 (1 Project Manage, 2 lawyers, 1 Accountant, 1 Secretary)FOR 12 months= 15000 USD

• Marketing and Communication the whole year = 5000 USD

a) marketing materials like brochures, printouts, flyers, posters ads

• Educational outreach and Awareness for 12 months = 5000 USD

1)The target is to get as much professionals to join the Cardano ecosystem estimated 30 lawyers and 20 accountants

a) Appreciation and participation certificates for members that participated in the outreach

@ month 200 USD

b)catering estimated 50+ members @ 217USD

• Miscellaneous fee whole year =3000 USD

a) Transportation, Contingencies

Total budget = 35000 USD

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

EVANS KISANGA

• From Tanzania,
• Bsc (Hon) in Social protection from the Institute of Finance Management from Dar es salaam,Tanzania.
• IdeaScale: @babaelliot
• Discord: NYS#7565
• Linked in : https://www.linkedin.com/in/evans-kisanga-3b4316181
• Fullstack Web and App developer ( rffxtz-a57bb.web.app/#/ , https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lordkisanga.rffxtz )
• Member and active contributor in Catalyst communities ( GTH, C4C, CATH, CETH), Catalyst Proposal Assessors

LUBETO MTAMBALIKE

• From Tanzania
• IdeaScale@ jamaafulan
• Masters in Information Communication Technology (Ms- ICT Law) from Iringa, Tanzania
• Bachelors (Hon) in Law from the University of Iringa based in Tanzania
• He has an interest in the law and Information Technology (IT) especially as regards the internet, privacy, and the law, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence, entertainment, and Intellectual Property on the internet. He serves as the legal advisor and an associate Research Fellow.

LUCY MUSHI

• Advocate of the High Court of Tanzania based in Dar es salaam.
• Bachelors (Hon) in Law from the Tumaini University of Dar se salaam based in Tanzania.
• Currently working for a tech company known as MATHEOS TECHS which is a Tanzanian company based in Dar es salaam INITIATED on the late 2014. The company is dealing with providing ICT Services and products to corporate and individual clients.

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

Yes, If funded I will return to catalyst not necessarily on the same issue, it could be continuation of the project after it has been delivered in a year with great impact in order tackle some other issues that arise to continue building the Cardano ecosystem

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or any member of your team working on any other proposals in this Fund9?

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or your team working on any other proposals from previous Funds?

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

In this project, the progress will be evaluated each month according to the fulfillment of the schedule and the legal studies that will be done each month according to the work plan and the metrics to measure them will be:

a) make a document (legal study),

b) the document or legal study was done in a maximum of 30 days?

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

We define success as our ability to build a strong advocacy center that is able to mobilize public support and influence policies and legislations for adoption, a world or workspace in which projects can easily ensure they are setting out on a safe endeavor legally and financially speaking. Where the stress of compliance doesn't stop the growth potential Cardano Ecosystem has.

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

This is an entirely new proposal.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Rating

1.No poverty. As the project will provide employment opportunities

4.Quality education enhanced by the legal study conducted through the project

5.Gender equality

8.Decent work and economic growth through the impact of the project implimentation.

9.Industry, innovation and infrastructure

10.Reduce inquality through the ecosystem Cardano offer when the project put a solid legal foundation