Congratulations to Our Blockchain for Women Bootcamp Demo Day Winners!
Main Takeaways
Blockchain for Women Bootcamp is an eight-week course for African women interested in pursuing crypto literacy.
The cohort wrapped up their course with a demo day, presenting on NFTs and smart contracts.
Here’s a summary of the winning teams’ presentations and their reflections on the demo day.
Binance Blockchain for Women Bootcamp is a course for African women to learn about crypto and blockchain. Check out the presentations they did on NFTs and smart contracts here.
To empower more women in Africa with the knowledge they need to seize financial opportunities, Binance launched an eight-week course, Blockchain for Women Bootcamp in March this year.
Designed to bring more African women into the crypto space, the course offers an introduction to several key topics like token and crypto fundamentals, smart contracts, and token creation.
Demo Day
As part of the Blockchain for Women Bootcamp, students were required to participate in Demo Day, a day where students presented on particular blockchain and crypto topics in teams.
On August 13, 2022, students were split into teams of eight to ten and assigned specific NFT and ERC-20 Capstone Project topics to present on. After two rounds of presentations by each team, three winners were chosen and presented with $500 worth of crypto.
We interviewed our graduates to learn more about their preparation for the Demo Day and their reflections on the presentation.
What inspired you to present this topic?
“We were inspired to present our topic as we felt the pressing need to address the issue of low health insurance among Nigerians.” – Anuoluwapo Ogun, 23
Together with her team, Anuoluwapo developed Medthet, a project aimed to give Nigerians access to comprehensive health insurance. With the native token MDTH, Nigerians can pay for medical expenses and swap it for healthcare savings.
Others also worked on issues that were close to their hearts. Nneka Nzekwe’s team worked on a project called Trade9ja. Designed to be used as a hedging tool for Nigerian traders, the team came up with the idea of an alternative to the naira, Nigeria’s national currency that has recently seen its value decline. Trade9ja (T9JA) was an ERC-20 token created on Ethereum’s Ropsten test network. “We picked this topic because we believed it was a common problem Nigerians are currently facing,” shared Nneka.
Esther Azoisi and her team designed 20 unique NFTs of women from diverse careers switching to the tech space. These NFTs were then uploaded to Opensea to be auctioned off. When asked what the inspiration behind their collection was, Esther replied: “We were inspired by the few women we have in the tech space that is currently dominated by men.”
How did you prepare for the presentation?
“So many innovative ideas were presented on Demo Day. Different groups approached their assigned topics with different concepts and delivered them in creative ways.” – Nwokocha Benardine Ijeoma
Bootcamp participants consulted with professionals in the crypto space, relied on their bootcamp materials, and read whitepapers to refine their projects for Demo Day. After delivering successful presentations, they credited their trainers who imparted relevant skills to them during the bootcamp, like doing independent research and creating tokens from scratch.
As such, Demo Day was a great success, with participants sharing enthusiastically about their projects.
Did you enjoy Demo Day?
“I enjoyed every single moment of Demo Day.” – Alabi Mercy Eniola, 22
For many, Demo Day was a combination of nerves and pride for their work as students took the stage to present their unique ideas.
Ruth Johnson, 26, said: “The hard work paid off. One of the most memorable moments of Demo Day was seeing fellow females share their knowledge and take on different crypto topics.”
Nneka echoes the sentiments of her fellow cohort mates, summarizing that “it was inspiring to hear different projects talk about the problems they were trying to solve and seeing the work that was put it into creating and presenting their solutions.”
Congratulations, graduates!
No matter which team won the best presentation award, we are proud of all the women who took the proactive step to pursue crypto literacy. Your determination to excel in such a nascent field is admirable and inspiring. Thank you for joining us, and to our future students, all the best!