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Content Added On 15SEP2020 - using the India Chapter as a template

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Welcome

The Hyperledger Africa Chapter aims to showcase the broad range of Hyperledger projects and initiatives to the African audience.

This Chapter is responsible for:

  1. Growing the Hyperledger community in Africa,
  2. Promoting contributions to (global) Hyperledger projects, and
  3. Providing a platform for:
    1. Regional (Pan-African) collaboration,
    2. International (Global) collaboration,
    3. Technical Capacity Development, and
    4. Support for enterprise blockchain projects.

Goals

Our goals are to:

  • Help promote the adoption of Hyperledger projects across the 54 countries represented on the African continent.
  • Grow the Hyperledger user and developer community in Africa.
  • Promote contributions from African members back to any of the (global) Hyperledger projects.
  • Provide a credible platform for (product and technical) guidance and support.
  • Facilitate intra- and inter-continental collaboration on any of the Hyperledger projects and initiatives.

Activities

The anticipated activities will include (but not be limited to):

  • Maintaining an active and vibrant network of members across all 54 African countries, from which global ambassadors, mentors and other blockchain leaders can emerge.

  • Organizing technical events (including but not limited to hackathons, meetups, as well as education and training sessions).

  • Organizing business and industry meetups and exchanges to promote cross-pollination of ideas and best practices.

  • If required, proxy meetings of Hyperledger Technical WGs and SIGs in a Geo Friendly time.

  • A platform for promoting communications through email-list, Slack/Chat, Forums etc.


The following weekly meetings are conducted under the auspices of the India Chapter (updated times and other details can be found on the Hyperledger Calendar) :

  • Hyperledger Fabric Application Developer Forum - Asia
  • Hyperledger Sawtooth Application Developer Forum - Asia
  • Hyperledger Avalon Application Developer Forum
  • Hyperledger Aries/Indy Application Developer Forum - Asia

The Chapter has also been conducting National e-meetups, with the goal of getting the entire country on the same platform, listening to and learning from the latest developments in the blockchain space.




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Existing Content Before 15SEP2020

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Community space for organizers of the joint Hyperledger Africa virtual meetups

Backlog of topics

  • Identity (HL Indy Ursa)
  • HLF Developer Sessions (independent from meetups, bi-weekly ~ 1h)
  • HLS (Hyperledger Sawtooth)
  • HL in >> insert industry <<
    • Financial Services Industry:
      • Banking (Know Your Customer, Cross-Border Payments)
      • Insurance (Instant Claims Processing)
    • Mining Industry (Supply Chain, Provenance)
    • Logistics Industry (Supply Chain)
    • Property Management (Asset History)
    • Automobile Industry (Vehicle History)
    • Pharmaceutical Industry (Provenance / Traceability)
    • Entertainment Industry (Intellectual Property Rights)
    • ...

Useful resources

Meetup Organizer's Guide

Presentations for Meetups


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