Please describe your proposed solution.
Due to the fact that Ghana is surrounded by francophone countries - (To the west -Cote d'Ivoire, to the east -Togo, to the north - Burkina Faso) there is a significant francophone population in the country engaged in various activites including schooling, business and corporate work. Most of these francophones, particularly those engaged in school and business activities are still in the process of learning the english language and are therefore not able to fully take advantage of opportunities presented in english such as Catalyst and Cardano.
This project particularly targets francophone students in the various educational institutions, particularly those in Ghana for English immersion purposes and language learning. The idea is to educate them on blockchain and opportunities in Catalyst that will shape their learning journey and enable them gain practical knowledge and real world experience in the area of blockchain in order to shape their future career and academic pursuits. The focus on francophone students in particular is because many young people are interested in technology however because of low exposure to opportunities to learn about new technology, most of them end up in careers that are not necessarily what they love or enjoy to do. Some may have great tech minds but they are not exposed to such education. This project seeks to provide them with the relevant exposure to enable to decide on their career paths, or provide them with enough information to actively participate in the growth of Cardano without necessarily taking on a career in blockchain.
The medium for the roll out of the project will be events. Thus we intend to organize three main educational events or workshops, where participants will be introduced to the Cardano Blockchain; Project Catalyst and opportunities that are available in the ecosystem. The events will be mainly in the French language to enable participants clearly understand and fully participate.
Topics that will be taught include the Cardano Blockchain, Project Catalyst and Wallet (Yoroi) opening for all interested participants. As part of the project, the participants will register on Ideascale and begin to explore ways in which they can participate as active members of the Cardano Community. We will encourage participants to become proposers, Community Reviewers and take up other roles in Catalyst as well.
The project is targeting to impact about 200 francophone students through three educational events/workshops in three different venues within the 3 month period of the project.
How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?
The following are the expected impact of the project:
- A target of 200 francophone students will be added to the ecosystem through their registration on Ideascale.
- At least 20% or more may be interested in becoming Community Reviewers to enable them participate more actively while earning some rewards
- At least 150 + Yoroi Wallets will be opened for those interested with token ADA given to each to get them motivated. This will increase ADA holders in the Cardano ecosystem.
- Africa Town Hall participation will increase with a subsequent increase in the main Town Hall participation.
- Cardano Communities in Ghana will grow and eventually impact the total Cardano population in Africa
How do you intend to measure the success of your project?
The success of the project will be measured through:
- Number of participants with the clear benefit to Cardano being a high number of participation leading to expansion in the ecosystem.
- Number of registrations on Ideascale and Yoroi wallets opened which is a direct impact on Cardano because it means the ecosystem is becoming popular in Africa.
- Cardano will grow in the short term due to increase in participation in Africa Town Hall and the main Town Hall;
- In the long term, some of the new members will become very active members who can develop business models for real economic impact in the country and for Cardano.
- In both short and long term, some will become Community Reviewers, Proposers and Voters.
- In the short term, those who join the Town Halls, the telegram chats and Discord will contribute to discussions and may give very good ideas which can eventually help in more innovations in Catalyst operations.
Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?
Project outputs will be shared through:
- Monthly reports to the community which will be made public on YouTube. After each event, a report will be prepared to provide information on the number of participants, those registered on Ideascale, number of wallets opened etc. Videos will be embedded in the reports to give a visual impression of the programs.
- Catalyst will also publish these reports in all their media for the community and the public.