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(Months)", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Due to the little number of scientists and laboratories operating there, Africa looks to be a market with little to no opportunity for science. Access to resources is the main barrier to science in this environment.\n\nDeSci Africa is a community of Decentralized Science enthusiasts in Africa committed to supporting scientists in Africa through Decentralized Science.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe your project in a few paragraphs (ideally including a problem statement, solution, roadmap, and timeline for implementation)", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "DeSci Africa is dedicated to empowering scientists in Africa through the principles of Decentralized Science. Our goal is to build a thriving community that promotes the awareness and adoption of decentralized scientific practices across the continent.\n\n\nTo achieve this, we create and curate high-quality educational content that is accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or expertise. Our content is designed to provide valuable insights into the benefits of decentralized science and how it can be applied in various fields.\n\n\nIn addition to our content creation efforts, we also actively participate in conferences and events to spread the word about Decentralized Science in Africa. Our long-term vision is to establish a vibrant network of DeSci meetups and conferences across the continent, providing a platform for scientists and enthusiasts to connect, learn, and collaborate.\n\n\nJoin us on our mission to bring Decentralized Science to Africa and make a meaningful impact on scientific research and development across the continent.\n", "hidden": false, "question": "How does your project support the mission or goals of DeSci?", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Continue creating and curating high-quality educational content about DeSci principles, tools, and applications that is accessible to African scientists and the general public.\n\nWe also plan on holding a side event or presentation during ETHSafari this year.\n\nWe also plan on attending the Web3 Lagos Conference and giving a talk there too. ", "hidden": false, "question": "Describe how funds from the grants program will be used for your project. ", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds (i.e. DeSci GR15/ Beta) using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here.", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Over the years we have published over 23 articles (https://desciafrica.medium.com/) on DeSci.\n\nWe have made over 50 infographic backed threads on Twitter, educating the public about DeSci, which has over 30k+ impressions.\n\nWe partenered with DeSci London to launch the Musematrix DeSci Fellowship (https://x.com/DeSciAfrica/status/1754554363421294641?t=1flHWhui4Qi5eFrMnD2eMA&s=19).\n\nDeSci & Refi & DEIA Workshop with FrontierDAO, Crypto Altruism & DeSci Brazil (https://youtu.be/-wdieIj422Q?si=mFyK1z9LxR8x7BIr).\n\n14-day Simplified Decentralized Event hosted by Secret Network Africa (https://x.com/SCRTAfrica/status/1700569352284565567). \n\n15+ Twitter spaces involving projects like Gitcoin, DeSci World, Shambanetwork, Iberoam, Crypto Sapiens etc.\n\nDeSci presentation at muAccra which was a 2-week residency developer focused event, that had over 85 residents (https://x.com/DeSciAfrica/status/1804199181839413756?t=thlSVpM7sMf6Kpk2y90pAw&s=19, https://x.com/DeSciAfrica/status/1800919748336644241).\n\nSpeaking engagement on DeSci at DevFest Enugu 2022 (https://x.com/GdgEnugu/status/1597285678223863809?t=thlSVpM7sMf6Kpk2y90pAw&s=19).\n\nWe attended Web3Lagos Conference 2023 (https://x.com/DeSciAfrica/status/1697902358116565075?t=1flHWhui4Qi5eFrMnD2eMA&s=19).\nLaunch of our website (https://x.com/DeSciAfrica/status/1688884981416767493?t=1flHWhui4Qi5eFrMnD2eMA&s=19).\n", "hidden": false, "question": "If this project participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones since the last round.", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "Is there any other information you would like to share about your project, previous work, other project affiliations, or potential conflicts of interest? 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Access to resources is the main barrier to science in this environment.\n\n\n**Solution**\nDeSci Africa is dedicated to empowering scientists in Africa through the principles of Decentralized Science. Our goal is to build a thriving community that promotes the awareness and adoption of decentralized scientific practices across the continent.\n\nTo achieve this, we create and curate high-quality educational content that is accessible to everyone, regardless of their background or expertise. Our content is designed to provide valuable insights into the benefits of decentralized science and how it can be applied in various fields.\n\nIn addition to our content creation efforts, we also actively participate in conferences and events to spread the word about Decentralized Science in Africa. Our long-term vision is to establish a vibrant network of DeSci meetups and conferences across the continent, providing a platform for scientists and enthusiasts to connect, learn, and collaborate.\n\nJoin us on our mission to bring Decentralized Science to Africa and make a meaningful impact on scientific research and development across the continent.\n\n\n**Update Since the last round**\nWe were a part of GR15 round and thanks to your contributions we were able to do the following last year:\n\n- We attended Technext Conference 2.0\n- We attended Web3 Lagos Conference \n- We had a speaking slot at DevFest Enugu\n- DeSci & ReFi & DEIA Workshop with FrontierDAO, Crypto Altruism & DeSci Brazil\n- 10+ Twitter Spaces involving projects like Shamba network, DeSci World, IberoAM, Gitcoin, Crypto Sapiens etc.\n- Made cool merch to share to frens.\n\n**Team Members**\nDaniel Anomfueme\nNancy Amadi\nSamuel Olamide\nPhilip Akubuiro", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "DeSciAfrica"}, "recipient": "0xcE75b62f12ae1F891bA6222c52a630aa36127142"}}