Please describe your proposed solution.

Monthly events would be hosted in Accra, Ghana. These events would be composed of three primary blocks. First an update from local IO regarding Crypto news and opportunities, followed by a relevant keynote speaker. Finally, time for networking and discussion among attendees with refreshments and entertainment.

IOHK launched a Haskell programming course in Ghana last year for about eighty students. This is a new well of talent and Crypto enthusiasts just sprouting. It is imperative that we set them up with the right networks to get them more involved in our community and ensure their commitment to DeFi.

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

By bringing networking events to Accra, we create a focal point for similarly minded Cardano/Crypto enthusiasts to engage with one another as well as the greater international community we have been establishing here with Project Catalyst. As mentioned previously, IOHK implemented a course last year in Accra to teach 80 students Haskel. As this course takes off and its students with it, there is the perfect opportunity for synergy with networking events that have already proven to be successful in Ethiopia.

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

General challenges we will face in this endeavor are:

• Finding the right keynote speakers.

• Securing the right venue.

• Ensuring security at each event.

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

Once funded, we will organize the events and start creating a schedule of speakers for the events to be held. Thereafter we would host said events on a monthly basis for one year.

Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Keynote speaker: $600

Venue Rent : $600

Catering : $300

Documentation & Videography: $150

Payment to Organizers: $150

Marketing : $500

Translation Services = $300

Total per event x 12 events = $24,000

Total budget for 1 year = $27,600

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

Jose Velazquez: CEO Defi Discussions LLC, Project Manager, Asset Acquisition Manager, F7 Fund Recipient

Will Shelton: Film Director & Media Coordinator, F8 Fund Recipient

Nathan Samson: Latte Swap Co-Founder & F5, F6, and F7 Project Manager

Moto Oba: Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Merchify co-Founder, Cardano Community Ambassador

Techademia team members (Ayllu) - Educators

• Jaime Martinez
• David Tacuri

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

Our team is currently proactively onboarding new cardano members in Ecuador, Paraguay and Ethiopia. We would like to continue this effort and thus our team does plan on returning to Catalyst in a later round or until our team creates self-sustainable community hubs.

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

• Number of attendees for events

• Number of attendees that become connected with other members of project catalyst or the greater cardano community via social media sites.

• Views on youtube for uploaded content from events.

• Interest garnered in the newly launched Haskel course in Accra.

What does success for this project look like?

Expanding the network of Cardano/Crypto enthusiasts in Accra, by better connecting them on a local level as well as an international level, that would be a success.

Getting more students to sign up for the Haskell course established in the area would be another indicator of project success.

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

This project is a continuation of F5 "Networking Events" in Ethiopia as well as F7 "Networking/Education LATAM".

Links:

<https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/384439>

<https://cardano.ideascale.com/c/idea/351854>