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", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "\nWe organized the first self funded Web3 Educational Exposition in Africa for Senior Secondary School Students and University Undergraduate in an hybrid event of over 2000 participants in attendance.\nWe currently have a community of over 5,000 active web3 users, learning and engaging\nwith numerous technology ecosystems, with ~600 active on Telegram. Our community\nconsists of current students, graduates, international exchange students and global web3\nenthusiasts.\nWe are partnering with Metagen Global Virtual University, a Harvard University\nextension project, and having our founder as the program director and leader of the\nMetagen Global Virtual University Nigerian team, we have contributed to delivering\nhigh-quality 4th transformational technology virtual education. This education\nencompasses Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, Web3, Metaverse,\nDecentralized Technologies, and Blockchain, equipping students with a competitive\nedge in the workforce and preparing them to launch their tech startups.\nWe have partnered with Techy Train Incubator Foundation (TTIF) another non-profit\norganization that equips young African women and youth with digital skills to close the\ntechnology gap and promote financial independence.\nIn 2023, KBM was granted access by the FCT Education Board to ALL Senior High\nSchools in Abuja (initiating with 20 schools) to establish blockchain clubs. This\npartnership has seen our course registrations skyrocket with a database of over 5000\nstudents seeking to discover the opportunities that Web3 brings.\nOur latest initiative called the IGI AGBASARE is a mentorship program, which is\ndesigned to train university undergraduates as blockchain developers and in turn,\nbecome educators, was launched in the third quarter of this year. This program is\npioneered in the six geo-political zones of Nigeria, identifying university students in these\nregions who are committed to championing this cause. We saw a massive turnout and\nsign-up for training and onboarded 40 of the brightest minds on various campuses across\nNigeria. The next phase of the programme is expected to include other West African\nUniversities by 2024.\nWith over 5000 students registered through our various initiatives and training in the past\ntwo years, we have been able to make tangible progress in integrating digital skills in\nunderserved educational communities spotlighting senior secondary schools and universities.", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months (N/A if you haven\u2019t participated previously). ", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "About 35% of our students from our Cohort training have gained employment\nopportunities from various Web3 organisations which include Messari, and Aragon\nNetwork DAO while others have a much more straightforward career path. This great\nresponsibility to educate, mentor, and co-ordinate thousands of young people has\nplaced a necessity on us to continue to deliver world-class curriculums and learning\ndesigns in Web3 technology and Fintech that are not yet prevalent in Nigeria and other\nAfrican Countries.", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports ", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "0", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Prior Funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "N/A", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of the following funding sources have you received? Check all that apply", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "number", "answer": "8", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Team Size", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "number", "answer": "25", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project? 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So many lives were impacted by\nthis outreach. We are convinced about the impact of this project and we intend to do better.", "hidden": false, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews? 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We have graduated over 80 students from our basic and intermediate blockchain courses. And now due to recent partnerships, more than 3000 students registered. We seek funding to help resource this huge growth and cater to the massive demand we see for students seeking accessible blockchain education, future career opportunities and  financial freedom and equality.\n\nSTRATEGY & SOLUTIONS \n\n*      I-Learn the Blocks\n\nOur blockchain curriculum  empowers students to actively engage with web3 technology and ecosystems. We believe open-source solutions can level the global playing field enabling students globally to innovate and we are positioning KBM Labs to guide our students towards this future by delivering free online training and onsite classes.\n\nWe curate curriculum content in collaboration with sponsors and partners project, networking within and outside the ecosystem. Collaboration is part and parcel of the curriculum, as we encourage students and our community to learn, engage and contribute to protocols and projects. \n\nSuccess to Date: Six of our pilot Cohort 1 (2021) participants proceeded to the intermediate and master classes and three of them are now core contributors at two Decentralized Autonomous organizations (DAO). \n\nWe have now trained over 80 students with 10 graduates currently working with different blockchain companies, functioning at different capacity, steadily building their careers.\n\nJust recently, KBM was granted access by the FCT Education Board to the Senior High Schools in Abuja (capital of Nigeria) to establish blockchain clubs piloting the I-Learn the Blocks program with 20 Schools. \n\nThis partnership has seen our course registrations skyrocket with a database of over 3000 students seeking opportunity to discover the opportunities that Web3 brings. \nSome of our graduates are back as volunteers in KBM and have also enrolled siblings, creating a chain of financial freedom and emancipation among these young adults.\n\n*      Applied Learning: KBM DAO\n\nKBMDAO enables student to apply the knowledge gained through I-Learn the Blocks to\n\n- Interact with smart contracts on a blockchain\n- Understand the challenges of decentralized autonomous organization  \n- Participate in decentralize decision making processes\n\nIn the long term, through applied learning we hope to build a DAO Native culture and active governance participation in the next generation. \n\nSuccess to Date: Students and community have created a platform where questions are asked, feedback and improvements made and upon which learning, knowledge sharing and collaboration is flourishing.\n\n*     Community Collaboration & Partnerships\n\nAs a community we are intentional about developing collaborative opportunities and establishing mutually beneficial connections as an extension of our education strategy. By leveraging the power of community we further pave the way for realizing our collective vision. There is a need for many ecosystem projects to build community to solve the cold start problem and advance service, product or network strategy, and we work to connect teams that align with our values.\n\nSuccess to Date: We currently have a community of over 5000 active Web3 users, learning and engaging with numerous blockchain ecosystems. Our community consists of current students, graduates and  international exchange students and global web3 enthusiasts.\nWe have partnered with Metaversiity Florida which offer intermediate and advanced classes on Metaverse and require participants to go through our basic classes. \n\nRISKS\n\nKBM is a public good service run primarily on personal savings, love and volunteering (to date) we are exposed to risks concerning government policy and constrained by limited funding. It is only now due to unexpected scale of recent growth that we encounter serious resourcing risk and need to secure funding in order to meet student demand to deliver quality Web3 education and training facilities, tools, educators and community logistics\n\nWe seek funding to secure the resources needed to deliver this opportunity for students that has come to find KBM as a great platform to explore, learn and engage with the Web3 ecosystem.\n\nWe are grateful for that ONE dollar that will make a huge impact and difference in the life of that young adult in their journey of self discovery and development in the Web3 ecosystem. \n\nFor testimonials on past students, visit our website\n\nhttps://www.knowtheblocksmaven.com.ng/\n\nThank you\n\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "knowtheblocks_"}, "recipient": "0x46DCeaf588C5a1A1759935dc07824ffA9f9a4891"}}