Celo Canada - regional hub
{"type": "project", "title": "Celo Canada - regional hub", "logoImg": "bafkreih76sakim4m7jovhmjbuj5llh3chryndauepzfw4dzc3625qzymke", "website": "https://forum.celo.org/t/draft-celo-canada-h2-2024-regional-dao/8535", "createdAt": 1723497407939, "credentials": {}, "description": "Web3 adoption is currently very low in Canada, leaving significant untapped potential in the Canadian market that can benefit from Celo’s web3 solutions. \n\nCelo is a leading platform in the new digital economy, and it has potential to address various environmental and economic challenges in Canada thereby promoting financial inclusion and blockchain adoption.\n\nThe establishment of Celo Canada hub will provide visibility and foster innovation and growth of the Celo blockchain.\n\nObjectives:\n\nCommunity Engagement:\n\nWe want to create a vibrant community of developers, entrepreneurs, and users within Canada who are actively involved in Celo’s blockchain ecosystem. This will grow to become a perpetual group of blockchain enthusiasts that kickstarted their journey with the Celo network.\n\nSpark Local Innovation:\n\nOur mission is to encourage the creation of decentralized applications with the use Celo stacks that are specifically designed to meet the unique needs of people living in Canada, solve problems attributed to specific Provinces and needs of local businesses.\n\nEnhance Financial Accessibility\n\nUse Celo’s innovative mobile-first blockchain platform to make financial services more accessible to underserved communities across Canada, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to participate in the digital economy.\n\nEnvironmental Sustainability\n\nPromote the use of Celo’s carbon-neutral blockchain technology to develop solutions that are not only effective but also environmentally sustainable, aligning with Canada’s green initiatives and goals.\n\nMotivation:\n\nLack of visibility: Celo has no presence in the Canada crypto/web3 ecosystem\n\nLow blockchain adoption: The user base of web3 and blockchain technology in Canada is very low. Showcasing Celo to the large population in Canada will not only enhance Celo’s visibility but make Celo dominate the market as Canada’s native blockchain infrastructural provider.\n\nHigh Cost of Remittances: Canadians and Immigrants finds it difficult and costly to make international financial transactions. Celo being a mobile-first web3 platform solves this problem with different defi applications built on Celo.\n\nOverall, Canada is a developed country that has great potential and gaps that needs the solution of web3 service which Celo blockchain is capable of providing.\n\nWe propose to tackle the above identified problem by kickstarting with the following but not limited to:\n\nWorkshop and Seminars: \n\nOrganize workshops in 10 cities in Canada training them about web3 in relation to Celo and also training participants on how to build using Celo blockchain infrastructure.\nTentative Canada Focus Area: Toronto, Saskatchewan, Calgary.\n\nKPI & Deliverables:\n\nAchieve an average of 70 - 110 participants per city.\n\nEducate over 1,000 participants about web 3 and blockchain in relation to Celo.\n\nTrain over 1,000 participants on how to use DeFi applications builts on Celo\n\nBuild a vibrant community in each City\n\nOnboard 200 - 400 traditional developers to Celo\n\nTrain 50 - 100 developers on how to build using Celo\n\nOrganize 3 regional hackathon\n\nLaunch 10 new and existing projects to Celo mainnet.\n\nHackathon programs: \n\nWe will organize multiple hybrid hackathon programs focusing on climate neutral initiatives, DeFi, and developing products that address real-world problems using the Celo blockchain. These hackathons will provide developers with hands-on experience building with Celo through our workshop programs and offer existing projects the opportunity to integrate Celo stacks.\n\nKPI & Deliverables:\n\nMandatory use of Celo sdk, Minipay SDK, and other Celo tools in the hackathon\n\nRegular dev support & guidance for participants\n\nAchieve a minimum of 50 participants per hackathon\n\nDeploy 10 - 15 projects on Celo mainnet.\n\nProvide continuous development support to participants post-hackathon\n\nInteraction with Celo blockchain and developer toolkits\n\nEvents partnership & sponsorship: \n\nRepresent Celo at major events happening in Canada and boast brand visibility by communicating Celo’s core values.\n\nKPIs & Deliverables\n\nRepresent Celo at 5 major conferences across Canada\n\nEstablish strategic partnership with 10 organizations including, protocols, \ninstitutions and like-minded communities\n\nSponsor and participate in 3 seminars or events per quarter\n\nOnboard a minimum of 100 attendees from these events to Celo’s ecosystem.\n\nCurriculum & educational materials: \n\nCreate curriculum on essential web3 concepts and guide about Celo, how to build Dapps, interaction with Celo apps, etc.\n\nKPIs & Deliverables:\n\nCreate a comprehensive curriculum on web3 and Celo.\n\nEngage at least 500 users with educational content within the first 6 months.\n\nDevelop a guide on how to use apps on Celo.\n\nEducational material on potential impact of blockchain in Canada’s industries like Finance, supply chain, Agric, healthcare, etc\n\nCurriculum on how to get started with Celo\nEducational material on how to build on the blockchain in relation to Celo\n\nContent creation Website & Socials: \n\nLaunch an official website, social channel for Celo Canada and also create compelling video and articles.\n\nKPIs & Deliverables\n\nAchieve a minimum of 2 million engagements across social media channels.\nProduce and share 5-10 video content \npieces about Celo per quarter.\nHost weekly twitter spaces and AMAs\nLaunch an official Celo Canada Website for social media channels\nPublish 10 articles on high traffic blogs about latest advancement in Celo\nTentative Canada Province for H2 | 2024 : Toronto, Saskatchewan, Calgary.\n\n\nTractions & Team members:\n\nOrganized the first ever blockchain event in Saskatchewan, Canada 2.\n\nAmbassador for the largest blockchain event in Canada - Blockchain Futuristic Conference 2\n\nOrganized and participated in 40+ hackathons based on web2 & web3 solutions. Some apps built are:\n1.Dev Match - a decentralized to connect with your tech mate.\n2.Shark Tank - a web based 3D online game.\n3 Skaap - enables shopper to scan and pay for items.\n\nTrained over 200+ developers online and in-person\n\nTeam Member is a lead at cyber security UofR and Google developer student club\n\nTeam:\n\nAbdulkareem Oyeneye: 1 Lead\nHe is an accomplished Project and Program Manager with extensive experience in driving growth and engagement within the blockchain and decentralized technology sectors. Proven track record of onboarding thousands of users, organizing high-impact conferences, workshops, and hackathons, and fostering strong community relations at leading organizations like Near Protocol, Solana and Arbitrum Foundation.\n\nSatyam Singh Developer relation\nHe is a full stack developer passionate about exploring web3 and Large Language Models (LLMs) and have hands-on experience with machine learning and decentralized technologies.\n\nBimpe O. Project manager\nShe is a climate-neutral advocate and a quality assurance professional with expertise in implementing Lean Six Sigma methods for process improvement and waste reduction. Her passion for empowering women in the web3 space has led her to run various educational initiatives and training programs, significantly facilitating the onboarding process for newcomers, especially women, into the web3 ecosystem.", "logoImgData": {}}