NEAR UNIVERSITY HUB WAS FUNDED AROUND FEB and since then we have been hindered with two great factor
ONE which has been the imminent drop of crypto
secondly has been the 8 month strike in nigeria university
but we will keep on pushing with what we have left and with the suspension of strike we have made plans to move forward
NUH Akwa ibom state university event EVENT REPORT
It’s our pleasure to appreciate your participation and reveal our progress to the community so far.
It’s note worthy that Blockchain innovations are constantly evolving day after day, making even the most innovative and important ones masked in the crowd especially to potential prospects and enthusiast to the space and those new who are new . This call the need of creating massive promotion and awareness spanning various touch points to create a good brand image user experiences. Near blockchain is a rapidly growing innovative ecosystem addressing the blockchain needs in the most important areas of concerns fees, speed, decentralization and security. In an effort to communicate this value propositions, NUH a sub guild of NPK tasked itself with the support of the foundation to target a highly potential epic of innovation i.e universities to source, create a base to connect and network different skilled web3 prospects from area of Development, design, entrepreneurs, and problem solvers to collaborate, onboard and and build on the enabling NEAR blockchain.
Part of this mission include creating events such as fun( e.g. sport tournaments), educational learning sessions, physical connect etc across various universities in Nigeria starting with akwa ibom state university to advance to other universities selected to capture all geopolitical Zones of Nigeria.
The first event was a sports fiesta conducted
on SEPTEMBER at Akwa Ibom State University which last for two weeks featuring FOOTBALL , TABLE TENIS ,LAWN TENIS AND A STUDENT WORK OUT SESSION
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Customized shirts and Near branded materials were used during the event to showcase the sponsoring blockchain with the aim of creating more awareness and popularity of Near across Nigeria in general.
Below are images snapshots of the events ( add other deails of winners? And other relevant notes to be included)
The delay of NUH activity was subject to an 8month long recently suspended strike( 14th Feb, 2022 to 14 Oct, 2022), which resulted in closure of all but few Nigerian universities.
With resumption of schools to normal activities, we will continue to strategically reachout to more universities.
The next event of this sub-guild will be a two days educative session on TOPIC "THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF WEB3 AND NEAR TO THE SOCIETY which will be hosted at UNIVERSITY OF POERTHARCOURT to educate and connect crypto curious, enthusiast and experienced builders on web3 possible onboarding of various talents and builders to near blockchain . Report of the event will be communicated after the completion….
NUH will continue to be committed to promoting near, facilitating connection among potential builders and onboarding of crypto curious and savvy to the near blockchain through education, fun and awareness.
