ABOUT B<>RDER/ESS
B<>rder/ess is the Tech Not-For-Profit arm of Crypto Smart, aimed at raising 100 web3 developers and web2 tech-skilled young people from the University communities annually for free, to build Web2 and Web3 products.
We do this by establishing physical hubs, hosting events, providing training, offering mentorship, establishing Campus Tech Clubs and launching tech projects.
Physical hubs:
B<>rder/ess will have physical hubs in several African countries that provide a space for developers to learn, collaborate, and network.
The first was opened in November 2022 in Port-Harcourt Nigeria and the next will be opened at the University Of Port-Harcourt Nigeria.
Events:
B<>rder/ess hosts a variety of events, such as hackathons, meetups, campus tours and conferences.
University web3 Tech Clubs:
We set up tech clubs in various universities to foster peer inspiration towards learning and practicing tech skills.
These events provide developers with opportunities to learn new skills, meet new people, and share their work, the last event was held in November 2022, and the next in November 2023 in Port-Harcourt Nigeria and had an attendance of 2,400 devs and potential devs cumulatively.
Cipher Sessions (Dev Trainings):
B<>rder/ess offers a variety of training programs called Cipher Sessions, both online and in person.
These programs cover a wide range of topics, including:
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Web design & development
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Blockchain development with TealScript
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Data science
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Cyber Security
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UI/UX design
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Solidity and a lot of others.
Mentorship:
B<>rder/ess pairs developers with experienced mentors. These mentors provide guidance and support to help developers reach their full potential.
B<>rder/ess <> She Is NEAR
B<>rder/ess will partner with She Is NEAR to provide education and inspiration resources aimed at producing young people every quarter who are competent in building solutions on NEAR, and we’ve created a strategy to make this possible in 4 Phases;
Goal 1: B<>rder/ess Web3 Tech Clubs and Integrations (Community & User Education Strategy on interacting with NEAR ecosystem)
Goal 2: NEAR Themed Developer Programme and Dev Bootcamp (Education)
Goal 3: NEAR Themed Hackathons and Event (Deployment)
Goal 4: Certification and Business Dev Mentorship (Go to Market strategies)
This strategy gives NEAR;
- Builders
- Users
- Products
- Marketing
- Updates and contributions to NEAR deployment documentation and Repos.
Borderless Physical Hub
A developer’s hub to produce at least 20 young women every quarter skilled in writing Smart Contracts on NEAR with Rust & JavaScript.
They’d gain knowledge of NEAR, and Interface designs, and gain experience in building with NEAR SDKs.
Every quarter, Borderless Africa Event A Dev/Finance Event
Our events will showcase usable products built on NEAR, attract users, award devs, and increase transactions, including ticket payments, NFT claims, on-chain gaming and more.
B<>rder/ess Web3 Tech CLubs
B<>rder/ess has Tech Clubs in 6 Universities in Nigeria, we could run the same activity we’re running in Port-Harcourt in those universities, using the same budget.
If you’d like to start with both the Port-Harcourt location and another city/state, we can run the same strategy below through our tech clubs in that State.
ROADMAP, STRATEGY AND BUDGET
| PHASE | ACTIVITY | DURATION | MONTHLY BUDGET |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product Discovery (Dev & Small Business Meet-ups) |
The goal here is to identify from local businesses what solutions they would like developed, this way we avoid the problem of building solutions small businesses can’t use.
- Focus Group style meeting plus User education
- Narrow down 3 products that will be developed during the BootCamp sessions
- Gives us ready users of the products when they are ready.
- Provides a quicker roadmap to deployment and user acquisitions.
- Available Testers and Users|3 Months
3 Months
3 Meet-Ups
|$900 per meet-up|
Phase 2 Cipher Sessions and Boot Camp Q2 2024
Target 100 Female Developers
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Physical and Virtual training and DevRel sessions, Day and Night Sessions.
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Monthly “NEAR Stars” Meetups
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Monthly Developer Podcasts sessions
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Developer highlights 3 Months Data stipends for Developers:
$500 Monthly
Transportation / Data Stipends for Dev Students:
$500 Monthly
Phase 3 Facilitator Activities
The facilitators will take training the trainer sessions and deploy the lessons to the developers.
Marketing materials and campaigns
We deploy referral-based strategies like how exchanges have listing bounties. If developers are referred to take our program and go through with it, the referrals earn rewards.
We’d run community ads activities, thread contests and more.
$1,000 Monthly
Total: $2,900 Monthly
KPIs
Month 1 -
- Build on NEAR Meet-Up
- Registrations open for 100 Women
- 10,000 impressions and reach on socials
- 5 Female runned Businesses reached to onboard on NEAR
Month 2 -
- 36 hours Cumulative Cipher Session classes
- 8 workshops
Month 3 -
- 36 hours building time from students
- 1 Hackathon
- 5 projects deployed on Near
SUMMARY
In the space of 2 Quarters, B<>rder/ess will raise 100 female developers, with a budget of Two Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars Monthly.
COMMUNITY
Twitter: BorderlessDev
The B<>rder/ess Community PoW (Proof of Work)
- We’ve held a 2-time developers event that attracted over 2,000 developers in 8 Universities across Nigeria.
- We’ve raised over 50 developers for the African Blockchain ecosystem.
- We’ve provided over 200 of our community members access to web3 and blockchain education.
- We’ve provided over 100 members of our community access to soft skills like media creation skills, video editing, copywriting, and more.
WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM SHE IS NEAR?
Our interest is in longevity for both the program and the ladies who become developers as a result of the program.
Retention
We expect that these female developers we train are be retained by the DAO as contributors and developers in the ecosystem.
Integration
We expect that the DAO will integrate the trained developers into Dev communities, builder communities within the Near ecosystem for continuity and for access to opportunities for growth.
Thank You
I’m KarlaGod and I’m the Lead Partner at B<>rder/ess
Twitter: _karlagod
NEAR WALLET- karlagod.near
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