Please describe your proposed solution.
Context:
PROMOTE is a multi-sector exhibition organized in Cameroon every tow years, at the confluence of Central and West Africa, on a non-commercial basis and for the general interest of the economy by mandate of the highest Cameroonian authorities, and by the International Foundation INTER-PROGRESS.
It offers 9 days of multisectoral exhibitions, promotion, contacts exchanges, debates, meetings, advertisement opportunities and conferences to both entrepreneurs and software developers. Media exposure is very important. The event also offers stand holders the opportunity to initiate and develop multifaceted partnerships.
PROMOTE brings together companies of all sizes, administrations, regulatory agencies, institutions and various organizations. it welcomes more than 1000 exhibitors from 30 countries, in sectors such as: agriculture and agribusiness, energy industry, construction, mining, infrastructure, Information and Communication Technologies, health, banking and finance, insurance, tourism, crafts, communication, etc.
A stand can be obtained by registering at PROMOTE Headquarters in Yaoundé, or Douala, or on their website. It is recommended to book a Stand or a conference spot as early as possible as they fill up quickly and tend to be more expensive or overbooked as we get closer to the event.
PROMOTE is probably the most strategic event for Cardano to introduce its ecosystem not only to the developer community, but also to a myriad of enterprises from all across West and Central Africa seeking innovative solutions.
Solution:
Our solution at its core will consist of several actions and activities leading to the PROMOTE event.
Our first task will consist of renting a stand at the PROMOTE through which we will run several live workshops targeting specific audiences with specific content of their interest. Our wrap up activity will consist of a prized Hackathon for Devs with the intention to trigger deep interest in Cardano specifically and Blockchain technologies in General.
Our second task will consist of securing a spot at the general conference within the PROMOTE. The general conference is a space where all stakeholder participating in the events tend to meet to discuss general themes such as: Finance, Banking ..etc. We intend to introduce Cardano and would be honored to work with a Cardano Foundation representative to put together the most impactful and comprehensive agenda / content for the event.
For our entrepreneur audience: We have identified four workshops to address their concerns. The main goal will be to expose them Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLTs), and specifically to the opportunities offered by Cardano through the Project Catalyst platform.
- Introduction to Blockchain: (Blockchains: Introduction, opportunities, applications, use cases)
- Cardano Ecosystem: (Why choose Cardano?, Ada, Plutus, Smart-contracts)
- Project Catalyst Platform: (Proposal submission and management workflow)
For our developer audience: We will not only introduce them to available tools for onboarding the Cardano Ecosystem, but we will also run three additional workshops that are geared towards technical topic.
- Introduction to the functional programming paradigm
- Introduction to Haskell, Plutus and Smart Contracts
- Conclusive Prized Hackathon (Cardano, Haskell, Plutus, Smart Contract)
For enterprises seeking solutions, we intend to focus on use cases that are already operational in the blockchain space and the value they bring to enterprises: We will present cases and applications in the following industries:
- Banking industries: Decentralized Identities (DID), peer to peer transactions, DeFi …etc
- Health care industries: Decentralized health information exchange platform opportunities
- Education & Civics: SSI and AtalaPrism as solutions for (Identity and Access Management)
For all stake holders, we will run an several additional innovative workshops in a form of theaters/comedies scenes not only to reach out to a wider community, but also make sure that we are addressing fears and reluctance to blockchain technologies brought about by scams in cryptocurrencies in Cameroon .
Lastly, we will elaborate a content to introduce Cardano at the general conference making sure we highlight the immense opportunities offered by the Cardano ecosystem. As part of this proposal, The DITC, Wada Cameroon Hub is planning on reaching out to the Cardano foundation to work together so that we can co-create a more impactful content for the conference. We anticipate a physical presence of a Cardano foundation representative at the conference. If the physical presence is not possible (which we do not hope), we will still work on the content to present together.
DITC, Wada Cameroon Hub has already launched its training program in Haskell and Plutus and being present at this event will serve the purpose of growing its Haskell and Plutus Dev community. This will allow us not only to target, but also to funnel additional interns into our Haskell and Plutus education initiative.
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Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.
We are offering through this proposal a strategic approach to not only provide visibility and exposure of Cardano and its ecosystem to both developers and entrepreneurs, but also as a vehicle to expand our Haskell and Plutus Dev Community here in Cameroon.
We intend to attend this event in a reoccurring fashion.
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 for our project is not securing both the stand and a conference spot at the PROMOTE event. As mentioned before, they tend to run out even a year before the event. Our solution to this is to anticipate early enough which is why we are submitting this proposal in this funding round.