{"title": "Web3 Open Lab", "logoImg": "bafkreih6v3qa7la2maz7wayjiiv3mb45nqybzk6fkecwn554qv77qdc25e", "website": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F-F124rlSG2vFGAfx2bHCAxtAV7fFmz_/view?usp=sharing", "bannerImg": "bafkreie4da3jmcg7dhuilxo6cgpx6gxgd56f3nep736wifqacxfebu6gga", "createdAt": 1742867962198, "userGithub": "ogasky", "credentials": {}, "description": "Overview:\nWe are launching a Blockchain Academy & Web3 Hub—a space dedicated to blockchain education, developer training, and Web3 innovation. This academy will be open to all Web3 protocols, allowing them to host events, run developer programs, and engage with Africa’s fast-growing blockchain community. This will be happening in our new permanent building located in Agbarho, Delta state of Nigeria, which close to the federal university.\n\nMy Background Story:\nA) Tech Evangelist: I started my tech journey as tech event organizer and community manager with Django Girls (https://djangogirls.org/en/delta1/) and this moved me to organized several other tech events with supports in funding and swags from tech brands like GitLab, GitHub, Elastic, Linode, Mozilla, Wordpress, and many more. However, it is very key to note that I started the GitLab Nigeria Community in 2019 before the COVID 2020 and despite the COVID challenge globally, GitLab became popular in Nigeria & GitLab made me one of the GitLab Heroes.\n\nB) Founder WittyHub: By being a tech community manager, I noticed that having a co-working space was a big challenge for developers and thus the WittyHub project was conceived towards addressing this gap by providing an easy access co-working for developers with venue for tech events and meetups in Effurun, Nigeria and we had our very first event at WittyHub on March 2, 2019. The hub was later officially commissioned on May 28, 2020 and since that time WittyHub has hosted series of meetups, bootcamps, training, hackathon for different brands, and also it has provided co-working spaces for developers in Effurun and environs.\n\nC) Transitioning to Web3: Then we started hosting annual tech conference with the event name as, “CodeUp Festival 2020” on October 1st, 2020 with Linode as the major corporate sponsorship of that event. However, web3 started gaining more popularity in Nigeria in that same 2020. Thus in the year 2021 we changed the annual title to “CodeUp Blockchain Festival 2021” which was held on October 1st 2021 with Polygon being the major sponsor and supported by Ethereum and other brands. Below are some of the web3 events I have organized or co-hosted.\n\n1. As the convener of CodeUp Blockchain Festivals, I have been privileged to host Blockchain events in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda & Zimbabwe. Below are links to some of the photos taken.\nhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1V7KU9aI6jruklHnAREDdfT0syLHH4J35?usp=drive_link\nhttps://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1OPGYCu7IeVTO25OywITq2QLOmrRuCkoi?usp=drive_link\n\n2. I have organized Blockchain event for Zcash with links below \nhttps://oga4sky.medium.com/taking-zcash-to-schools-maiden-event-930a390f81bf\nhttps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OPGYCu7IeVTO25OywITq2QLOmrRuCkoi?usp=drive_link\n\n3. I have organized Blockchain event for Stacks with link below\nhttps://twitter.com/OGA4SKY/status/1778946772452143330?t=ID6JvfwOgTEq6tJYAjrZPA&s=19\n\n4. As a Polygon Community Advocate, I also introduced Polygon to Nigerian Youth Corps Members in Otuoke, of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. See link below\nhttps://x.com/OGA4SKY/status/1516534245090545669?t=OvCKQUvh4bK7AdT9HF7KKA&s=08\nhttps://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1YdcO0mtyToTmQbQxdvynjf5X5lr40FRl?usp=drive_link\n\n5. Just recently I co-hosted a Stellar event in the city of Enugu, Nigeria. See the link here below.\nhttps://medium.com/@oga4sky/myself-as-cohost-for-stellar-dev-game-fest-event-in-enugu-nigeria-c54d9fa52414\n\n6. Also recently, I hosted a Valentine PizzaDAO Meetup & Night Party at WittyHub and the link is below\nhttps://medium.com/@oga4sky/how-i-hosted-the-valentine-pizzadao-meetup-night-party-ae76cbb7cfb6\n\n7. Finally, I was privilege to attend an Artificial Intelligence training in China at the Nanjing University of Information Science Technology (NUIST) in the province of Nanjing, China. See the link below for more details\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/posts/onose-ogaga_i-bring-you-greetings-from-the-peoples-republic-activity-7261393232230539264-1njy?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAKj_YkBvFwcSh5Au2SJy7bvaiiHQLrF23I\n\nFrom 2017 till date, I have been able to impact over 5000 youths with relevant tech skills. Thus my background and experience, with the support from WittyHub team tells more of my capacity in piloting this project for the advancement of prospective web3 protocol partners with this “Blockchain Academy & Web3 Hub” project in our new building at our permanent site.\n\nProject Team:\n1. Onose Oghenevwogaga: He is a hub manager, a seasoned advocate of blockchain community development and a web3 ecosystem builder. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/onose-ogaga/) \n2. WittyHub: It is a place where developers code, create and collaborate. It is located at #28 Jakpa road, Effurun, Nigeria. (https://www.facebook.com/share/1HFYAG1UcA/)\n\nUse of Funds from Donation:\nFunds from donations will be used to kickstart the blockchain academy and web3 hub program activities and also to ensure that the web3 hub space is fully put to use for the advancement of blockchain technology & also for the empowerment of youths with blockchain technological skills. Also we will ensure that there is a fully functional internet aided computer lab in the hub.\nThe training spaces will be made conducive for learning and training as well as the co-working spaces for web3 developers to maximize. Periodic web3 community and relevant events will be held to foster ecosystem building and networking. Our goal is to ensure that this new facility meets the standard of a web3 hub and also be well fit to host various blockchain protocols training.\n\nThe Web3 Building Facility:\nThis building has 4 event spaces for meetups, hackathon with an average sitting capacity of 40 persons in each space, also with other 6 co-working spaces that can take an average of 10 persons each. In future, we intend to work on the outside space in front of the building for major events and it can take up to 100 persons comfortably in one space. This is why we call on your protocol to partner with this project and let us build together.", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "OGA4SKY"}