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(VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "number", "answer": "7", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "54", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 7, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "Yl2SjI6Qux+sM+8MUUvVCV6Pf2ly3vHXSITT/3nB410=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "aac6dbdde16d6adac03e58d4345997fbaa926e1cdb70a7b2177a33022cada7b3fbe7ada7c83f0583d3e379bed2199515fa8cf65c7bfec9dbfe96cb4a1b02fd0772d0ebc1d7ed9a368b28fc5b8cabf506f66e74dd12bff67c52a9a7aef5774880a482397a4034dfb837aadfe041dadd0ac555421e7532cf6434bfcab1a203a8250000000000000020a71a930ed1c688385327bc5dbb2eb4cc19dc0844a01c9b351d9eb94673bb7dfcb5fd04627e8b055fb18064ceccf7ed89"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriaukpaka/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/emediong-caleb-753762190/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-izuchukwu-nnaemeka/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulemmanuelng/, ", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project: ", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG18-Eligibility-cb4a5754c56043d4b3ed34eddbac261c?pvs=4", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Valucop Global fall under \u201cWeb3 Community & Education\u201d\n\nWe focus on improving the Web3 ecosystem by upskilling Africans with relevant capacities that will enable them to contribute to Web3 projects\n\nWe provide foundational educational resources for beginners.\n\nValucop Global is older than 3 months.\n\nOur long term goal is to onboard 1 million Africans within the next 3 years to become Web3 career-ready and positively impact economic development in their various regions. So far, we have focused on non-tech skills, and we plan to expand to tech skills by building a community of developers in the next 6 months who will build Africa-focused solutions. We have taught 1000+ Africans on Web3 job-readiness skills.\n\nWe onboard complete newbies and novices and empower them with the appropriate training to become part of the teams of Web3 projects.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project meets the round-specific eligibility criteria. ", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months. ", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Here are some metrics and methods we will use to measure the impact of our project:\n\nNumber of Participants and completion rates: Keep track of the number of Africans who have enrolled in our programs and successfully completed it. This will give us an idea of our reach and effectiveness in engaging participants.\n\nSkill Improvement: Assess the skills of participants before and after the training to measure their level of improvement. This could involve pre-and post-assessment tests on our e-learning platform to gauge the increase in knowledge and proficiency.\n\nFeedback and Satisfaction Surveys: Collect feedback from participants to understand their experience, satisfaction level, and suggestions for improvement. \n\nEmployment, Contribution Rates and Economic impact: Keep track of how many graduates of our program secure roles within the Blockchain industry. Additionally, monitor their contributions to projects and the community, as this will reflect the practical impact of their training.\n\nProject Contributions: Once we expand to tech skills and build a community of developers, monitor the projects they contribute to within the Web3 ecosystem. Measure the number of projects initiated, developed, or improved by your participants.\n\nLong-Term Goals Progress: Keep track of our progress toward your long-term goal of onboarding 1 million Africans within the next 3 years. Measure our progress at different milestones and make adjustments as needed.\n\nCase Studies and Success Stories: Collect and showcase success stories of participants who have achieved significant milestones after completing our program. These stories can demonstrate the real-world impact of our project.\n\nPartnerships and Collaborations: Monitor the number and quality of partnerships formed with other organizations within the Web3 ecosystem. Collaborations can indicate the recognition and credibility of our project.\n\nGeographical Impact: Monitor the regions where our program is making the most impact. This can help us target resources more effectively and tailor our approach to different regions.", "hidden": true, "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": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We partnered with GrindEarn community and Althash University to offer scholarship in Blockchain Studies to 100+ Africans in our community. They recently kicked off their training with the institution.", "hidden": true, "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": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "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": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews? ", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for potential opportunities for them to invest in your project? 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Between 2020 and now, Valucop Global has grown its community following across platforms to a cumulative amount of 11.7k. \n\nThere is an educational and financial gap limiting African talents from accessing global opportunities available in the Blockchain industry. The Blockchain technology is built by the people and for the people. And it presents several opportunities that Africans can leverage to grow and contribute to economic development.\n\nMany Africans, including Nigeria, have heard about \u201ccrypto\u201d but they have zero idea about how the Blockchain or crypto will disrupt existing systems to make it better. Young Africans don't understand how it works or how it can benefit them, therefore, they don't see the need to be a part of it.\n\nIn a bid to sensitize the Nigerian youths on the basics of the Blockchain and crypto trading, Valucop Global launched video courses and live sessions. With the goal of teaching them how to use various dapps and platforms; and also show them how to build careers with their transferrable skills.\n\nValucop Global offers internship (to help them gain hands-on practical experience), hybrid non-tech courses (self-paced and mentorship) through membership plans, free tutorials, Scholarships in partnership with Blockchain Institutions for example Althash University. \n\nOur course currently cuts across Branding, Marketing, Communication, Project Management, Growth etc. We have recorded testimonials of Nigerians who accessed became job ready and were able to land Crypto Jobs.\n\nWe are currently expanding to Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Africa, Ghana. Anyone can access free resources on our YouTube channel. We emphasize risk management to make sure everyone in the community stay safe in the crypto space.", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "valucopofficial"}, "recipient": "0x584b921BF1a9C705447131c9791DA50336A763f9"}}