Harmony Mombasa DAO is aiming to pivot inclusiveness, employment opportunities and revenue generation through innovation, additionally we are aiming at the growth of the developer community that will help power these innovations in the East African Coast.
Problems to be solved
The problem facing the East African Coast region is how its economic model was designed. Soon this region will be a place without viable businesses. The closure of most industries has resulted in high unemployment rates thus we are taking a turn to the digital economy.
1. Our 3 mandates involve:
Growth: onboard more users into the harmony blockchain ecosystem through NFTs and DEFI by creation of local campaigns to raise awareness
Innovation: Creation, collaboration and incubation of more startups.
Diversity: community inclusivity regardless of gender or age in the form of votes and governance.
2. What we aim to do (Metrics)
Introduce harmony to new users through creation of telegram/Discord forums ,workshops and meetups across the East African coast.
Workshops for creatives and startups informing them of the opportunities available through NFT,DEFI applications on the harmony blockchain.
Engagement of educational institutions (Local universities) and tech communities, through community participation and trainings
Involving local developers and introducing them to the web3 ecosystem through Harmony blockchain development trainings and hackathons.
Our DAO will provide a web3.0 repository of resources to enhance development on the harmony blockchain.
Ensure that there is diversity in community participation and no one is left out.
All members of our DAO will have a chance to vote.Transparency and integrity will be observed through our decentralized DAO Dashboard currently under development.
3. Our Governors
A.Q Fatma- (Blockchain Engineer)
Kathenge Mwanzia-(Cryptocurrency expert)
Ian Okonu- (Developer relations)
Zahra Mohammed-(Public relations lead)
Kelvin Kihara-(Technical lead)
Kasamba Lumwagi- (Curriculum Developer)
Lilian Wambua-(Community Engagement lead)
Richard Mwanzo-(StartUp coordinator)
Eng Samomo-(StartUp growth lead)
Proposal ask
We are requesting $50,000 initial DAO funding.
Metrics for success
In one year we aim to:
-Onboard 2000 people on telegram /Discord.
-Training 100 Developers and 1000 non-techies.
-Establish 15 startup development and project collaborations.
Be a bridge to WEB3 skills to the local and international market needs.
Thank you for submitting a proposal to Harmony’s $300M Ecosystem Fund. The Grants committee is currently attending ETHDenver and we will be in touch after the event ends.
If you have more details to add, please do so by replying to this thread. We would also love to have the Harmony community participate to ask questions and provide feedbacks.
Well said, I also have faith in the local developer community that will come up,lots of creative and innovative individuals who need a platform to learn and enhance their skills.
Hello thanks for reviewing our proposal and suggesting the changes to be made.I will be adding the governors bios and links to their online profiles today.
A.Q Fatma
A.Q is an Innovative Software and Block chain Engineer. She has a vast experience in the technology sector having worked with the government and private companies .additionally A.Q is a blockchain educator and instructor during her free time. She also a contributor to some of the well known DAOs in the Ethereum Ecosystem. A.Q will be spear heading most of the activities in the East African Coast Region. https://twitter.com/fatima39_fatima
Kathenge Mwanzia
Mwanzia is a student at the Technical University of Mombasa. He is a huge enthusiast of the cryptocurrency space and trends. He has a past experience of crypto currency trading on Binance. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mwanzia-kathenge-51839518a
Ian Okonu
Ian is a software engineer with extensive knowledge in software design and application development and testing. Ian has a strong work ethic in team settings. Highly skilled in Javascript, ReactJs, Python, Nodejs, and SQL. https://www.linkedin.com/in/okonu/
Zahra Mohammed
Zahra is a public relations expert and a student at the Technical University Mombasa. Zahra is multi lingual and enjoys working with the community. Women empowerment and entrepreneurship are some of her major interests. She enjoys baking as a hobby and business. Highly skilled in people management. https://www.linkedin.com/in/zahra-mohammed-726906235/
Kelvin Kihara
kelvin is a web2 and web3 developer who has created solutions using the blockchain. Kelvin is also a blockchain researcher and crypto currency trader. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-kihara/
Kasamba Lumwagi
Kasamba is a student at the Technical University Of Mombasa pursuing bachelor Of Science In Information Technology. Kasamba enjoys researching about NFT trends and the metaverse. He is also a small scale cryptocurrency trader. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasamba-lumwagi-4053b2206
Lilian Wambua
Experienced and innovative program development professional with a history of working in the non-profit organisation industry. Skilled in Entrepreneurship ,circular economy, community mobilization, and project design & implementation; skilled at capacity building for vulnerable groups and youth; excellent skills in Performance Management/community engagement initiatives including social accountability, Program Management, Social Media, and Strategic Planning; strong ability to lead, collaborate and motivate others in complex and changing environments; self motivated and passionate about making a difference in peoples’ lives. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lilian-wambua/
Richard Mwanzo
Richard is a UI/ UX designer who has vast experience in design methodologies. Having designed highly interactive and user intuitive platforms. Besides that, Richard is a Blockchain Enthusiast having previously interacted with the technology as a trader and overall looking forward to having a deep knowledge of Blockchain development. Richard-Mbingi (Richard Mbingi) · GitHub
The Harmony DAO Ops team will resume approvals and funding on May, 1st. Thank you for your patience and understanding as we learn best practices and navigate the proposal process.
note: this comment is not an approval of the proposal
Deliverables Social and Community Reach
Onboard more people on our social media channels. Mainly Twitter and Discord. We will be welcoming more people on our discord channels where we will be hosting most of our virtual meetings. We will also be having twitter spaces discussing more on what Harmony and blockchain is all about. To reach more East Africans and Islanders around our goal is translate https://open.harmony.one/ to Kiswahili which is the local language.
Workshops and Meetups
Creation of awareness about Harmony and the whole blockchain and web3 ecosystem to technical and non-Technical individuals such as Creatives, Artists and business people within the East African coast and surrounding regions.
Creation of awareness will additionally be achieved through Meetups in the Universities, colleges and community Based Organizations.
Hackathons
We are going to be a repository for Web3 resources and create a bridge for web2 developers to Web3.Through resource sharing , trainings and hackathons. We aim to establish startups from the hackathons.
Web3 Projects
The following Projects will kick off after we get Funded;
Development of public goods by the Harmony Mombasa DAO (There is a high need of an NFT Market Place for the Local Artists).
DAO Website development
Design Of the Training Curriculum
Next Election
All members of our DAO will have a chance to vote every 6 months. Transparency and integrity will be observed through a snapshot voting tool
Metrics Of Success First and Second Quarter
Our aim is to be a bridge to WEB3 skills to the local and international market needs.
-Managing social media Twitter and discord.
Onboard 300 members on discord 300 followers on twitter per quarterly basis (to 1000 active members).
Translating Harmony ONE website
First Townhall on Discord
Developer and Creatives Meetup
Hackathon for 100 Developers.
Content Development
Provide moderation and support on Social Media.
MutliSig Wallet
ETH Format: 0x159F6325e32187A4fB0F4be5BA1ED24aCC0FDE3d
ONE Format: one1zk0kxf0ryxr6f7c0f0jm58kjftxqlh3a4xj0jm
I would like to deliver a brief update from Harmony.
All approvals and proposals for DAO Bootstrap Funding are still paused. This is a temporary measure. Please do not let this dissuade you and your team from building.
note: this comment is not an approval of this proposal
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