Celo Kenya CodeJam

Proponents: Jordan Muthemba and Charles Mabwa Request : 630 cUSD at 0xf45480442602e14c30e7e2375eb29c0cff5356f4 Date: Saturday 24th June 2023

Greetings Team,

I am writing to propose the 2nd edition of the 2023 CeloKenya Code Jam. We believe that this event will create a unique opportunity for developers, entrepreneurs, and enthusiasts in Kenya to explore the potential of blockchain technology, specifically focused on the Celo platform.

Objective: The primary objective of the CeloKenya Code Jam is to foster innovation, collaboration, and education around the Celo blockchain platform. Through this event, we aim to: Create awareness: Introduce Celo's unique features, capabilities, and use cases. Drive skill development: Provide hands-on learning opportunities for participants to deepen their understanding of blockchain development and Celo-specific tools and protocols. Encourage collaboration: Foster a collaborative environment where participants can form teams, share ideas, and build innovative solutions leveraging the Celo platform. Support entrepreneurship: Inspire participants to develop blockchain-based solutions addressing real-world challenges in Kenya, potentially leading to the creation of viable startups. Showcase talent: Offer a platform for participants to demonstrate their skills and gain recognition within the blockchain community.

Event Details: The CeloKenya Code Jam will be a one week event, scheduled to take place on 24th June, 2023 at Jenga Leo coworking. The event will feature a workshop, live coding session, teams working on solutions, networking sessions, and presentations of previously built projects by teams.

Budget To ensure the success of the CeloKenya Code Jam, we are seeking sponsorship from Celo Africa DAO to build on our vision of driving Celo adoption, blockchain innovation and fostering financial inclusion in Kenya. The budget proposal seeks to cater for the venue costs, lunch and tea break, reward of the best build project voted by the community, and gamification of the community.

Format of the Code Jam: The "Celo Kenya Community Code Jams" will be a hybrid event, running for a period of 1 week. Participants will have access to: Developer office hours Mentorship Celo Tutorials.

Participants will be encouraged to form teams of up to four people, but individual submissions will also be accepted. Eligibility to participate in the Celo Kenya Community CodeJam is capped to individuals of at least the age of the majority.

Submissions: Participants will be expected to submit a brief description of their project, along with their code, which will be hosted on the Celo Kenya Github repo.

Amount Requested 630 cUSD for the Celo community CodeJam

Progress, deliverables and metrics Target At Least 50 participants for the CodeJam 30 Contract kit downloads. 7 Projects pushed to Celo Kenya Github 20 users join our community (Telegram/Twitter) 20 users join the Celo Africa DAO

Useful Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeloKenya

Photos from the previous CodeJam

In case of further inquiries and clarification, reach out via email: mabwacharles@gmail.com or jordanmuthemba25@gmail.com.