Crypto and blockchain adoption

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem.

We have built an exchange that accepts payment by mobile money, a blockchain-based e-learning platform, an investment tracking tool and other ongoing development according to our roadmap.

[GENERAL] Summarize your relevant experience.

We are a fintech specialized in software development, digital solutions, blockchain and financial technologies with +2 years of experience. The current level of development of our project without outside help is proof of our qualifications.

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

The solutions of our ecosystem are primarily aimed at French-speaking African markets and then expand to the English-speaking African market and on other continents.

CARDANO having holders in these areas of Africa, our solutions will therefore be very beneficial for them.

Our solutions solve specific and real problems, namely:

BRYO Xchange v1

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• Link : https://xchange.bryocorp.com/client/

a crypto - fiat exchange that solves the problem of buying, selling and exchanging cryptos faced by +90% of people interested in crypto in Africa. Currently on our platform users can pay or be paid by mobile money from 6 Africans countries. These people approached p2p sellers via social networks for these operations; we have therefore set up a partnership system

to allow p2p sellers to deposit their crypto stocks on our platform to sell securely and automatically.

The partnership plan can also be used by individuals to provide liquidity to the platform, they receive interest each month depending on the deposit option. The ADA crypto will soon be listed on this platform.

Our goal is to cover all French-speaking African countries by 2024 and to reach +1,000,000 users; to make the purchase, sale and exchange of cryptos accessible to everyone and in complete safety.

*Mobile money is the most used means of payment in French-speaking Africa because it is easy to access and is managed by GSM networks.

Blearn

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• Link : https://xchange.bryocorp.com/learn/

An e-learning platform built on the BSC that solves the learning problem in the field of blockchain and revolutionizes knowledge exchange in Africa.

It has a learn to earn protocol which remunerates learners each time they complete a course; a way to encourage learning and training.

It allows trainers to create and publish training in 3 steps and it's free.

Fees will be taken from him when someone buys his training not before.

It has an integrated chat for private discussions between trainer and learner.

It also has a staking protocol and other ways to earn passive income.

It represents a way for anyone with knowledge that can be taught online to be able to monetize their know-how.

Belta

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• Link : https://xchange.bryocorp.com/Belta/

An investment tracker that respects user privacy and is free of unnecessary information.

It allows you to see the real gains and the real losses of your investment.

*Real gains to say it does not take into account the ATH of the asset but the current price with the purchase capital.

It is not directly linked to the CEX accounts of the user, it is the user himself who provides the data of his investment.

It supports 3 currencies: dollars ($), euros (€) and CFA francs (XOF).

It currently supports 25 active cryptos including $ADA #CARDANA

The user adds an investment in less than a minute.

*See our attached white paper to see the rest of the ecosystem tools/products

We are continuing to develop other tools in the ecosystem according to our roadmap.

Building our tools on the CARDANO network will bring a lot to the CARDANO ecosystem and community, it will be the perfect way to reach the French-speaking market in Africa.

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

Our proposal is in line with the challenge because it aims to facilitate the purchase, sale and exchange of cryptos via mobile money, which is the most used means of payment in this area of Africa. Our proposal also aims to facilitate, encourage learning and interaction with blockchain derivatives. In addition, we are no longer at the idea stage, we already have functional tools and with this funding we will be able to move to a higher level. We are therefore the best alternative for this challenge and to positively impact Africa.

[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 biggest problems we are going to encounter and those we are already encountering are:

• Lack of adequate staff : here we have started to train the current team and we will hire more talents in the future.
• Competition from international platforms : they have more resources than us, more skilled labor, more relationships than us; but being from here we know better the reality on the ground. We are therefore going to use the means at our disposal cunningly to be the leader on the local market.
• Government restrictions : for the moment, our target countries have not yet issued restrictions with regard to cryptos but we are preparing for this by starting discussions with different political and administrative personalities. We plan to intensify these actions in the future. We have also implemented a well-stocked KYC that will allow us to justify ourselves if necessary.

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

In the next few days we will:

• Increase liquidity on BRYO Xchange v1
• List other cryptos/tokens
• Add usdt and fiat deposit on blearn

• In the short term our goal is to:
• Improve communication, more advertising, marketing, giveaway, free online and face-to-face training
• Reach 15,000 active users in January 2023
• Achieve a minimum of 8,000 weekly transactions from January 2023
• Pay trainings to the current team
• Continue the development of the ecosystem on the CARDANO blockchain
• Launch the beta version of BTerminal in November 2023
• Launch the beta version of BFinance in October 2023

For the medium term :

• Recruit new talent
• Make strategic partnerships in Burkina-faso, Togo and the Ivory Coast
• Increase physical communication
• BFINANCE final version in February 2023
• BTerminal final version in March 2023

We are still continuing to work on our roadmap and our long-term objectives, taking into account financial, technical, etc. difficulties.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Increase liquidity on BRYO Xchange v1 -> $8500

List other cryptos/token -> $1000

Continue the development of the ecosystem on the CARDANO blockchain -> $2500

Recruit new talent $5000

Launch the Beta version of BTerminal in November 2023 -> $4700

Launch the Beta version of BFinance in October 2023 -> $3000

Pay formations to the current team -> $2000

Make strategic partnerships in Burkina_faso, Togo and the Ivory Coast -> $3000

Increase physical communication -> $4000

BFINANCE final version in February 2023 -> $2000

BTerminal final version in March 2023 -> $3000

Add usdt and fiat deposit on blearn -> $700

Improve communication, more advertising, marketing, giveaway, free online and face-to-face training, -> $5000

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

The current team consists of:

Full Name : Oswald HOUNKPATIN

Role: CEO, developer

Background: Entrepreneur, Banck-end developer (PHP, JS), Dev blockchain (Solidity, Node)

LinkedIn profile link: https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/oswald-lenaic-hounkpatin-a0a36921a

Twitter handle: @lenaic94

Full Name : Jean-Eudes DJOTAN

Role: Lead Developer, Co-Founder

Background: Full Stack Developer (JavaScript, PHP, RestAPI designer integrator specialist)

LinkedIn profile link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-eudes-djotan-0075bb1b2/

Full Name : Cedrick AHOUANGANSI

Role: Developer

Background: Full Stack Developer, blockchain engineer (Node, Php, Js, C/C++, Solidity)

LinkedIn profile link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedrick-ahouangansi-0049901b9

Full Name : Kentin HOGBONOUTO

Role: Developer , Co-Founder

Background: Software engineer (c, python, javascript: nodejs, reactjs, nestjs, nextjs, d3js)

GitHub profile link: http://github.com/kentinHogbonouto

LinkedIn profile link: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kentin-hogbonouto-238819198

Full Name: Kabrel AKODODJA

Role: CFO, Co-Founder

Background: Financier, accountant by profession and in activity activity

LinkedIn profile link: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kabrel-akododja-22383018b

We need the following talents:

Full-Stack blockchain engineer :

• Smart contract development - you will design, develop, test, and ship backend features.
• Dapp development - you will design, develop, test, and ship new frontend features.
• Experience with building a DeFi protocol in production
• Good understanding of finance, especially the payment industry
• Good understanding of DeFi protocols

Web developer :

• Reactjs
• Javascript
• laravel
• nodejs

UI designer :

• Plan and implement new designs
• Optimize existing user interface designs
• Test for intuitivity and experience
• Communicate with clients to understand their business goals and objectives
• Develop technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver intuitive and user-centered solutions
• Combine creativity with an awareness of the design elements
• Create prototypes for new product ideas
• Test new ideas before implementing
• Conduct an ongoing user research

Web Editor :

• Writing blog posts
• Writing presentations
• Writing FAQs

Motion designer :

• Designing, editing, and animating videos from start to finish
• Take existing style frames and storyboards and bring them to life with animation
• Research, asset collection, primary designs, music sourcing, etc.
• Preparing and organizing assets and projects for animation and postproduction maintenance
• Contribute to brainstorming and concepting phases of projects for both video and motion graphics pieces
• Creating style frames, storyboards, and other conceptual work that communicates the project vision to clients and partners
• Working with our team to create visual approaches for videos
• A keen sense of how pacing, flow and movement help tell a story or communicate an idea

Social Media Manager :

• Build and execute social media strategy through competitive research, platform determination, benchmarking, messaging, and audience identification
• Generate, edit, publish and share daily content (original text, images, video) that builds meaningful connections and encourages community members to take action
• Grow our client base and earn prospective clients

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

No, if we receive the funds for this phase, the rest will be managed by our entries (transaction fees, etc.) to allow other projects to see the light of day thanks to Catalyst and to continue to grow the ecosystem. We are still at the very beginning of blockchain technology and we need more innovation to conquer the whole world and be present everywhere, in all sectors.

[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?

The following keys will allow us to measure our level of progress:

Number of active users on each product/tool

Number of transactions on all and on each of our tools

Number of training courses created, sold, followed on blearn

Number of projects launched via Bfinance

Number of smart contracts deployed on BTerminal

Number of cumulative partnerships...

To quote only those

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

A French-speaking Africa that understands, adopts and uses cryptos and other blockchain derivatives in several fields of activity, in payment and with ease.

[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 a new proposal and is not connected to an old proposal. We had made a proposal during phase 7 and we were not funded; we therefore took the time to move the work forward and come and make another proposal in phase 9.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Rating

Ensure significant mobilization of resources from a variety of sources, including through enhanced development cooperation, in order to provide adequate and predictable means for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, to implement programmes and policies to end poverty in all its dimensions

By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development

Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors

Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10‑Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead

Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed