TLDR: Create a collaborative strategy for Africa aligning different stakeholders and the community to drive awareness, adoption and growth.
&nbsp;
Introduction
In emerging markets, blockchain technology is essential and a chance to leapfrog several difficulties. Africa is one of the places where Web3 can fulfil its full adoption potential where people use the technology for daily things like remittance and cross-border payments.
Motivation
Polkadot has limited engagement and few project developments in Africa compared to newer platforms like Ethereum L2s, Solana, Avax, ICP Network etc
Mission
This proposal aims to build a supportive community of agents who would represent Polkadot in Africa. There are so many pieces to the puzzle when growing a diverse community. For instance, we would want developers and content creators. How do we achieve this?&nbsp;
Solutions
<ul>
<li>Educational sessions.</li>
<li>Community engagement and management.</li>
<li>Ecosystem representation.</li>
<li>Developer outreach and support.</li>
<li>Encourage the building of Polkadot native apps and integrations.</li>
<li>Providing guides on utilising Polkadot native apps and products in the ecosystem.</li>
<li>Recruit mentors to help out and onboard new community members.</li>
</ul>
Plan
There would be different phases of development for this 6-month strategy. Please note that these 2 different phases could run in parallel too.
<ul>
<li>Icebreaker events (Phase 1)</li>
<li>Rust community activations (Phase 2)</li>
<li>Developer workshops (Phase 3)</li>
<li>Community meetups (Phase 4)</li>
</ul>
The team
<ul>
<li>Bekka - Developer relations lead West and East Africa</li>
<li>Kratist0s - Operations lead East Africa</li>
<li>Sanchez - Content creation and community manager</li>
<li>Victor - Business developer lead West Africa.</li>
</ul>
We are also the team behind the <a href="https://x.com/AfricaPolkadot">Polkadot Africa X</a> account and collectively we've assisted to highlight activities by different community members as well as contribute in various capacities towards bringing Polkadot community together online and IRL.
&nbsp;
Requested amount:&nbsp; $92,880
Duration: (Jan - Jun 2025)
We would focus on setting up the foundations for the rest of the year and carry out initiatives properly next year.
<ul>
<li>Team Compensation - $47,520</li>
<li>Events (sourced from EB) - $39,000</li>
<li>Utilities - $30,960</li>
<li>Transport (IRL events)- $11,400</li>
<li>Marketing - $3,000</li>
</ul>
Total (after EB deduction) = $92,880
Regions/Key countries
Our initiatives would be mostly carried out in these countries, we selected 2 countries from West and East African regions.
<ul>
<li>Nigeria</li>
<li>Kenya</li>
<li>Ghana</li>
<li>Uganda</li>
</ul>
Limitations
While our IRL activities will start with West and East Africa regions in select key cities, we still have a broader view to reach out to North and South African regions, support them online and create a website and discord community that caters to all community members from Africa
&nbsp;
Conclusion
We have written a proposal highlighting our reasoning for the strategies we will be taking to embark on this mission. We are inviting the community to review our proposal and provide feedback. Please read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10RPApEeBAzBEr9RQ5XPPoMhLj1HLF-J3u0dVvCRGHDA/edit?usp=sharing">HERE</a>.

Treasury Proposal Polkadot Africa Community Growth (West and East Africa regions) 

TLDR: Create a collaborative strategy for Africa aligning different stakeholders and the community to drive awareness, adoption and growth.
&nbsp;
Introduction
In emerging markets, blockchain technology is essential and a chance to leapfrog several difficulties. Africa is one of the places where Web3 can fulfil its full adoption potential where people use the technology for daily things like remittance and cross-border payments.
Motivation
Polkadot has limited engagement and few project developments in Africa compared to newer platforms like Ethereum L2s, Solana, Avax, ICP Network etc
Mission
This proposal aims to build a supportive community of agents who would represent Polkadot in Africa. There are so many pieces to the puzzle when growing a diverse community. For instance, we would want developers and content creators. How do we achieve this?&nbsp;
Solutions
<ul>
<li>Educational sessions.</li>
<li>Community engagement and management.</li>
<li>Ecosystem representation.</li>
<li>Developer outreach and support.</li>
<li>Encourage the building of Polkadot native apps and integrations.</li>
<li>Providing guides on utilising Polkadot native apps and products in the ecosystem.</li>
<li>Recruit mentors to help out and onboard new community members.</li>
</ul>
Plan
There would be different phases of development for this 6-month strategy. Please note that these 2 different phases could run in parallel too.
<ul>
<li>
Icebreaker events (Phase 1)
</li>
<li>
Rust community activations (Phase 2)
</li>
<li>
Developer workshops (Phase 3)
</li>
<li>
Community meetups (Phase 4)
</li>
</ul>
The team
<ul>
<li>Bekka - Developer relations lead West and East Africa</li>
<li>Kratist0s - Operations lead East Africa</li>
<li>Sanchez - Content creation and community manager</li>
<li>Victor - Business developer lead West Africa.</li>
</ul>
We are also the team behind the <a href="https://x.com/AfricaPolkadot">Polkadot Africa X</a> account and collectively we've assisted to highlight activities by different community members as well as contribute in various capacities towards bringing Polkadot community together online and IRL.
&nbsp;
Requested amount:&nbsp; $92,880
Duration: (Jan - Jun 2025)
We would focus on setting up the foundations for the rest of the year and carry out initiatives properly next year.
<ul>
<li>Team Compensation - $47,520</li>
<li>Events (sourced from EB) - $39,000</li>
<li>Utilities - $30,960</li>
<li>Transport (IRL events)- $11,400</li>
<li>Marketing - $3,000</li>
</ul>
Total (after EB deduction) = $92,880
Regions/Key countries
Our initiatives would be mostly carried out in these countries, we selected 2 countries from West and East African regions.
<ul>
<li>Nigeria</li>
<li>Kenya</li>
<li>Ghana</li>
<li>Uganda</li>
</ul>
Limitations
While our IRL activities will start with West and East Africa regions in select key cities, we still have a broader view to reach out to North and South African regions, support them online and create a website and discord community that caters to all community members from Africa
&nbsp;
Conclusion
We have written a proposal highlighting our reasoning for the strategies we will be taking to embark on this mission. We are inviting the community to review our proposal and provide feedback. Please read the full proposal <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10RPApEeBAzBEr9RQ5XPPoMhLj1HLF-J3u0dVvCRGHDA/edit?usp=sharing">HERE</a>.

Africa is beaming with a huge young population. Between July 2023 and June 2024, Chainalysis reported that the sub-Saharan region received an estimated <a href="https://www.chainalysis.com/blog/subsaharan-africa-crypto-adoption-2024/">$125 billion</a> in on-chain value.
In emerging markets, blockchain technology is essential and a chance to leapfrog several difficulties. Africa is one of the places where Web3 can fulfil its full adoption potential where people use the technology for daily things like remittance and cross-border payments.
Africa is leveraging crypto and especially stablecoins for business payments, hedging against inflation, and for more frequent, smaller (i.e. retail-sized) transfers. Other compelling ideas are aimed at tackling challenges related to governance, identity and banking.
Mission
This proposal is aimed at building a supportive community of agents that would represent Polkadot in Africa. We have been choosing our agents carefully and pushing initiatives to contribute to the growth of the community.&nbsp; There are so many pieces to the puzzle when growing a diverse community. For instance, we would want developers, we would also want content creators too. How do we achieve this?
We have written a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10RPApEeBAzBEr9RQ5XPPoMhLj1HLF-J3u0dVvCRGHDA/edit?usp=sharing">proposal</a> which highlights our reasoning for the strategies we will be taking to embark on this mission. We are inviting the community to review this proposal and provide your feedback.

Polkadot Africa Continuation

- Problem Statement: Lack of engagement and project developments by Polkadot in Africa compared to other platforms like Ethereum L2s, Solana, Avax, ICP Network.
- Significance: Building a supportive community in Africa to represent Polkadot, focusing on education, engagement, ecosystem representation, developer outreach, and app integration.
- Proposed Solution: Implement a 6-month strategy with phases including icebreaker events, Rust community activations, developer workshops, and community meetups.
- Expected Outcomes: Establishing a strong foundation for future initiatives, fostering community growth, and increasing Polkadot adoption in Africa.

#2531 Treasury Proposal: Polkadot Africa Community Growth (West and East Africa regions)

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