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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:
- Growing the Hyperledger community in Africa,
- Promoting contributions to (global) Hyperledger projects, and
- Providing a platform for:
- Regional (Pan-African) collaboration,
- International (Global) collaboration,
- Technical Capacity Development, and
- 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.
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 Africa Monthly Meetup - proposed 2nd Thursday of every Month
- Hyperledger Quarterly Hackathon - proposed 1st weekend of every Quarter
Virtual Format
Due to the prevalent circumstances surrounding the global Coronavirus pandemic of 2020, all activities are currently being conducted virtually for the foreseeable future. If and when this will change, such information will be adequate communicated with sufficient time consideration.
Regional Leads
The leads of this Chapter are:
- Idowu Akinde - Chief Product Officer, Boolean Labs
- Adulu Miller - Hyperledger Nairobi Community Lead
Get Involved
Participation in this group is open to anyone who is interested, and all are not only welcome to participate, but actively encouraged to contribute.
To get involved with the Hyperledger Africa Chapter, please feel free to join the discussion on these channels and meetings:
- Mailing list: ...
- Chat channel (RocketChat): ...
- Monthly Meetings:
- All the calendar invites from Hyperledger Africa Chapter can be found here: ...
- Every Second Thursday from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM East Africa Time
- Zoom link: ...
- Meeting ID: ...
Member List
Name | Contact/Email/RocketChat handle | Brief Introduction | Country | State / Area |
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| Idowu Akinde | RocketChat: @idowuakinde Email: -- | Nigeria | Lagos | |
| Adulu Miller | Rocket Chat: -- Email: -- | Kenya | Nairobi | |
| Oumar FALL | Rocket Chat: @knibals | Senegal | Dakar | |
| <Your name> | <Your Rocketchat handle> <Your email address> | <Your Brief Intro> | <Your Country> | <Your State or Area within Your Country> |
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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)
- ...
- Financial Services Industry: