AfroGames DAO
AfroGames is a project that emerged from the partnership between Grupo Cultural AfroReggae and Chantilly Produções, which aims to bring digital inclusion and social impact within the favelas of the Marvelous City. Focused on vulnerable youth, the project does this through the use of education and technology as strategies for social transformation.
The project also has a center for gamer culture and electronic sports, which trains and enables these young people to become professionals with high competitive potential in different segments.
Afrogames, started its operations in May 2019, is located in the favela of Vigario Geral, Rio de Janeiro, and serves 150 young people from 12 years old.
To this day AfroGames project takes eSports to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, discovering new talent and promoting their training and professionalization.
In order to promote the social and digital inclusion of people in vulnerable situations, the project will provide the opportunity to access the most modern
eSports technology in the world. Through affirmative action, slum dwellers, black
people, women and people with disabilities are included in the games industry
To scale the impact in the community, we are presenting AfroGames DAO to bring web3 to our blooming community.
Our Mandates
Education: Bring web3 contents and opportunities to the community forming more developers and Crypto gamers
Community: Scale the scope and quality of the impact in our community through web3 opportunities to build wealth, open new job opportunities and new forms of organization
Inspire and grow: Showcase the opportunities in web3 to others communities and bring the attention of actors in web3
Our Milestones
Q1
Create the smart contract and the multisig wallet
Start the first course for web3 developers
Prepare participants for Zero Knowledge University (ZKU)
Establishing partnerships with cryptogames such as DeFi Kingdoms and GameFi Crossing looking to build labs and teams of crypto gamers
Y1
Bringing students for two courts or ZKU.
Building two cryptogame labs
Start operations in a second community
Start models of sustainability via staking and liquidity pools
Hosting educational event about Decentralized Basic Income
Hosting educational events about DAOs
Launching a social token to manage the participation and engagement of the community and users of AfroGames DAO actions and events.
The governors:
William Reis
Graduated in physical education, executive coordinator of Grupo Cultural AfroReggae and columnist for VejaRio magazine , he has been with the NGO for 11 years started as an assistant in the coordination of sports, coordinated AfroReggae centers in communities in Caju and Cantagalo, set up a circuit of lectures in municipal schools in Rio where he spoke about black consciousness for children. He became an official speaker for AfroReggae and traveled around Brazil talking about the importance of AfroReggae’s social work and also in some countries like Colombia and Spain. In 2017, William became the executive coordinator of AfroReggae and today leads the NGO with employability actions for those released from the prison system, cultural workshops in the favela of Vigario General and the creation of the first E-sports center in a favela in the world.
Clovis Ricardo Novaes, a.k.a. Ricardo Chantilly , was the music entrepreneur responsible for the careers of big Brazilian bands as Jota Quest, O Rappa, Armandinho, among others.
In partnership with AFROREGGAE, it created in 2019 the AFROGAMES project, the 1st training center for eSports professionals within a favela in the world, a digital inclusion project that served 150 young people in the favela of Vigário Geral.
In 2021, AfroGames set up the first professional half of LOL (League Of Legends) consisting of 5 boys and 1 girl.
In 2022 AfroGames plans to transform a favela in Vigário Geral into a Digital Inclusion Hub, including a blockchain classes and training a professional workforce for the IT area.
Mariana Uchôa is social executive, psychologist formed ate Federal Fluminense University, with interchange at Université Paris 10 Nanterre, MBA in Project Management, with emphasis on people management and communication and graduates in Social Responsibility and Human Rights.
Began her trajectory in the third sector 14 years ago, where she had already acted in culture, education, health, human rights and technology projects; planning, managing processes, leading and developing times.
Since 2019 she is in the social and executive management of AfroGames, the first training center and formation of eSports at favela in the world.
