Polkadot Growth Initiative
Following the feedback from our last application in May, we’ve been working hard to showcase our commitment to the Polkadot ecosystem with initiatives entirely self-funded and without any support from Polkadot or its subsidiaries. Some of which include:
- Polkadot 2.0 Developer Training: We hosted a hands-on developer session for over 100 participants, aimed at breaking down the complexities of Polkadot 2.0. (Kindly check it out.)
- Smart Contract Campaign: We launched a campaign dedicated to building with the Polkadot SDK, driving awareness and encouraging adoption among developers in our network.
This treasury proposal aims to expand on these efforts by onboarding new developers and expanding the understanding of Polkadot's SDK for dApp development in Nigeria(and beyond), where misconceptions limit its adoption. Through comprehensive training, bootcamps, and hackathons, our goal is to demonstrate Polkadot’s versatility beyond parachains, empowering developers to build impactful decentralized applications on Polkadot’s robust ecosystem and establishing it as a vital player in the region’s growing tech landscape. Kindly review the full proposal via the link below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nSzJdyt6yWx9_XMruqhZTQwPmUom_SaSxjJDUFT0U5Y/edit?tab=t.0
Comments (1)
GM folks, thanks for this discussion.
Nigeria is an exciting region regarding winning local developers and educating the crypto natives.
The ask looks reasonable to me. However, I believe there's room for optimization if you reuse content from the Polkadot Blockchain Academy and its curriculum. Have you contacted them to find outreach, content creation, and community activation synergies? I believe this would be beneficial for your proposal.
From a reporting standpoint, it would be vital that you add KPIs and prospected results to see if the campaign is a success, such as the number of applications, show-up rate, submitted projects, quality of projects, and which teams are staying in the ecosystem.
Lastly, a marketing plan would be good to review, in terms of where you find and onboard your participants.