# \[Approved\] Aurora Africa Introduction/Events **URL:** \ **Category:** Aurora Community proposals\ **Tags:** proposals, community, africa\ **Created:** [July 15, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383 "2022-07-15T08:12:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/1 "2022-07-15T08:12:52Z")
Hello Aurora community! Its a good day and time to make our intentions known. As earlier stated in [Enquiry/suggestion for African countries](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/enquiry-suggestion-for-african-countries/256) the intention of these events is to toaster knowledge, and growth of Aurora in Africa. What are the targets of this guild? 1. Local offline events for educating newbies and crypto enthusiasts of Aurora 2. Online events to reach the online communities 3. Hackathons to introduce intending web3 builders to Aurora and subsequently build on the ecosystem. 4. Social media handles to continually educate the communities about Aurora and enable other communities reach us. 5. Educational materials 6. Working with African influencers HOW DO WE INTEND TO START THIS? A. Given my experience with community management and involvement with startups in growing communities, organic communities is best and we have chosen our first offline event as a means to begin a New community with organic growth to add to this group…group is opener for all to join telegram: [Telegram: Contact @AuroraAfrica](https://t.me/AuroraAfrica) Twitter: [https://twitter.com/AURORAAFRICA1?t=l04ud\_9tQ6ARj8qI8IcF2w&s=09](https://twitter.com/AURORAAFRICA1?t=l04ud_9tQ6ARj8qI8IcF2w&s=09) Facebook: [Redirecting...](https://www.facebook.com/103489789127645) Medium: [Aurora Africa – Medium](https://medium.com/@africaisaurora) YouTube: > **[Aurora Africa](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqQv8Xfn2DLIbRezY42CurA)** > > Aurora Education in Africa Discord page for education will come as we grow organically. The team presently comprises of eight core members. Myself…Team Lead from Nigeria George Pro…Co-Lead from Ghana @Jeromemrys Head of media @Ella …Dev team @Mimichinaza, and @Omotola content team. @Raf @Arinsmart All team members will join the forum soon and list will be updated with their usernames. Also, we expand to involve people from other African countries also. By this, we call on any African here to indicate interest as team is decentralised and open for all people As a person, this is my work in the NEAR ecosystem (TNEsociety…Formerly 9ja Musical: [www.tnesociety.com](http://www.tnesociety.com)) My NEAR forum account for verification “IgbozeIsrael” [NEAR Forum - NEAR's mission is to enable community-driven innovation to benefit people around the world. NEAR's platform provides decentralized storage and compute that is secure enough to manage high value assets like money or identity and performant enough to make them useful for everyday people, putting the power of the Open Web in their hands.](https://gov.near.org/#:~:text=Expand-,IgbozeIsrael,-Igboze%20Iboh%20Israel) FUTURE OFFLINE EVENTS SHALL COMPRISE; 1. Education about Aurora 2. Onboarding community members into the ecosystem. 3. Creation of materials for future education. 4. Creation of sub country communities to spread fast and effectively the knowledge of Aurora 5. Give little Funding to these Sub country communities for local events. B. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER EXISTING BLOCKCHAIN COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA We shall extend collaboration to reach other African countries to grow much more faster and productively… METRICS TO MEASURE SUCCESS 1. All social media handles fully functional after first event, with educational material include. A. Twitter: 100 followers monthly through offline events(one each month) Twitter space etc(at least two each month for a start)/account Management---------$500\*2=$1000 (@Omotola as mod) B. Telegram Management/100 group members monthly with activities such as AMA, trivia quiz, etc----$500\*2=$1000 (@Raf and @Arinsmart as Mod) C. Medium page/Youtube: at least three educational contents monthly/management: $500\*2=$1000 (To be opened prior to event) (@Mimichinaza as mod) D. Sponsorship funds to partner with other web3/blockchain communities to foster growth and expansion: $500\*2=$1000. ALL AMOUNTS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS SHALL BE USED FOR EVENTS ON THE CHANNELS SUCH AS QUIZ, BOUNTIES, AMA AND THE MODS 1. Having projects from Africa building on Aurora (This is our main target) Funding shall be done bi-monthly to help us plan, and carry out all activities successfully. We begin initial funding with two months to help us strategies properly Monthly reports shall be submitted on the forum with receipts, photos, videos and educational materials. OUR MAJOR FOCUS IS BRINGING OFF CHAIN COMMUNITIES ON CHAIN. Target wallet: auroraafrica.near Total funding required will be $4000 for TWO MONTHS $2000 for August $2000 for September I will be ready to answer questions to further clarify. Thanks @ell ---
**Author:** ![Edgar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/edgar/32/95_2.png) [@Edgar](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Edgar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/2 "2022-07-15T10:02:41Z")
Wow! A massive one. Best of luck on event Igboze, hope will make more then 100 participants. 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/3 "2022-07-15T10:09:50Z")
Yeah, we could have more but our low range expectation is 100 ---
**Author:** ![Edgar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/edgar/32/95_2.png) [@Edgar](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Edgar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/4 "2022-07-15T11:35:05Z")
Shooting for the moon! Still 100 is good enough to start a local crypto cult. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/5 "2022-07-15T11:39:11Z")
Yeah! We don’t want to expect too much and have less. It’s better we except less and have above…the event will surely have more than a 100 participants ---
**Author:** ![Edgar](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/edgar/32/95_2.png) [@Edgar](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Edgar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/6 "2022-07-15T13:31:05Z")
True, without illusions staying pragmatic. ---
**Author:** ![johanga](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/johanga/32/2849_2.png) [@johanga](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/johanga)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/7 "2022-07-15T19:09:45Z")
hey! could you share some info about > [@israel\_igboze](#): > > Creation of materials for future education. - do you have any sketches what these materials will include, where are you going to take these info from, what it will educate with? > [@israel\_igboze](#): > > Brands swags (shirts, caps, pen, books) do you have examples of what you’ll print there? thanks!! ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/8 "2022-07-15T19:21:23Z")
> [@johanga](#): > > do you have any sketches what these materials will include, where are you going to take these info from, what it will educate with? Hello! For a start, we will be using info fromhttps://help.aurora.dev/ to create slides and articles…example is this article [AURORA-Recreating the blockchain world | by TNEsociety | Medium](https://medium.com/@tnesociety/aurora-recreating-the-blockchain-world-6a47d3dc0399). > [@johanga](#): > > do you have examples of what you’ll print there? > > thanks!! We will start with Aurora logo/its Africa rebrand…and snippet info about Aurora uscase… ---
**Author:** ![Jeromemrys](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/jeromemrys/32/132_2.png) [@Jeromemrys](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Jeromemrys)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/9 "2022-07-16T01:06:47Z")
It’s really good what the Near Ecosystem is building with all of these!!.. All these collaborations with other projects is what makes it stand out from other Ecosystems, and the Aurora Project won’t be an exception. We taking it to the 🌕. #AuroraAfrica🏴 ---
**Author:** ![Vladislav\_vl25](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/vladislav_vl25/32/83_2.png) [@Vladislav\_vl25](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Vladislav_vl25)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/10 "2022-07-16T12:03:27Z")
> [@israel\_igboze](#): > > 1. NEAR drop for creating NEAR wallet. But in Aurora, you can create as many wallets as you want with Metamask, and you can get free transactions with Aurora+. 🙄 How does this help to promote the Aurora Network? > [@israel\_igboze](#): > > Onboarding developers into taking NCD courses to aid more growth. > Q4 for us behind from August -December > Break down of roadmap for this Q4 Do you have developers who know Solidity for courses like this? With all due respect, but it seems to me this proposal resembles a copy/paste from a NEAR forum. ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/11 "2022-07-16T12:12:41Z")
> [@Vladislav\_vl25](#): > > But in Aurora, you can create as many wallets as you want with Metamask, and you can get free transactions with Aurora+. 🙄 > How does this help to promote the Aurora Network? Yes, you are right. That is possible which I use it too. Aurora is built on NEAR and I feel having newbies know of NEAR and Aurora combined using the NEAR wallet for a start is best. It does not mean all other aspects of getting them used to Aurora and the ‘necessary’ projects like rainbow bridge isn’t important. > [@Vladislav\_vl25](#): > > Do you have developers who know Solidity for courses like this? We have a developer in the team and as a community, it’s the target to reach out to more guys who are even better. > [@Vladislav\_vl25](#): > > With all due respect, but it seems to me this proposal resembles a copy/paste from a NEAR forum. Smiles…how about pointing to the proposal that is copied 😁 …btw, if NEAR and Aurora are so different, an enlightenment from you will be great🤓 ---
**Author:** ![Vladislav\_vl25](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/vladislav_vl25/32/83_2.png) [@Vladislav\_vl25](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Vladislav_vl25)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/12 "2022-07-16T12:34:23Z")
IMHO, but more people on NEAR already know about Aurora. And we should try to target the audience from other sources. Aurora provides a similar developer experience to Ethereum on top of the NEAR protocol. Aurora’s EVM compatibility ensures that any project built there can be easily transferred to Ethereum, without having to change a single line of code. And the goal is to bring people from other EVM networks like Ethereum into the Aurora space to deploy their projects, and there would be a user base for those projects. > [@israel\_igboze](#): > > We have a developer in the team and as a community, it’s the target to reach out to more guys who are even better. A developer with Rust for NEAR, and a developer with Solidity for an EVM environment are completely different developers. NEAR and Aurora also are completely different things, as for developers and as for the user experience. At its core, Aurora addresses the scalability challenges that the Ethereum mainnet faces, while providing Ethereum developers and users a smoother onboarding experience to the NEAR ecosystem. ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 12:42pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/13 "2022-07-16T12:42:50Z")
> [@Vladislav\_vl25](#): > > IMHO, but more people on NEAR already know about Aurora. > And we should try to target the audience from other sources. > > Aurora provides a similar developer experience to Ethereum on top of the NEAR protocol. Aurora’s EVM compatibility ensures that any project built there can be easily transferred to Ethereum, without having to change a single line of code. > > And the goal is to bring people from other EVM networks like Ethereum into the Aurora space to deploy their projects, and there would be a user base for those projects. Yes, you are right. This is the target. Getting people from elsewhere (other ecosystem and or new entrepreneurs and devs entirely) into the system. The idea of wallets is just a side note for onboarding and granting an experience for the audience. The primary thing observed in the introduction is using the experience gained from NEAR. > [@Vladislav\_vl25](#): > > A developer with Rust for NEAR, and a developer with Solidity for an EVM environment are completely different developers. This I agree with you. The overall idea for us is to introduce and call the attention of new people to the Aurora project. > [@israel\_igboze](#): > > B. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER EXISTING BLOCKCHAIN COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA It is for this fact that we have this in bold letters. The collaborations isn’t with communities within the NEAR ecosystem but different communities altogether. There are generally web3 hubs, blockchain hubs etc. These are the target collaborations. Also, key thing to note is how aside educating enthusiasts about the ecosystem, and having them find their way, we go in search and present the building possibilities for projects in ideation or startup stages. ---
**Author:** ![ell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/ell/32/1788_2.png) [@ell](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/ell)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/14 "2022-07-16T19:09:17Z")
Thank You for your proposal Could you please update it with some significant information? Here is a guide. > [@Aurora Community grants program: how to submit proposal, report](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/aurora-community-grants-program-how-to-submit-proposal-report/372): > > Aurora Community grants program: how to submit proposal, report Aurora Community Grants Program empowers the Aurora Community to access funding for marketing and other activities furthering the overall growth and expansion of the Aurora ecosystem. The main focus is on active, good-standing guilds in the community and the broad geographic diversity of the guild’s members and regional influencers. But even if your community is at an early stage and has not created a value contribution model yet,… Thank You and have a wonderful weekend! ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/15 "2022-07-16T19:11:54Z")
Thanks. Will add necessary info missed. ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/16 "2022-07-16T19:47:09Z")
Hello! Just made some additions. If there is an area not clear, pointing it out will do us good. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/17 "2022-07-21T00:28:01Z")
Hello! Does this seat well now? Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![ell](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/ell/32/1788_2.png) [@ell](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/ell)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/18 "2022-07-25T00:48:38Z")
Hello @israel_igboze, would you like to launch the Aurora Africa guild? If so, could you please update your proposal (dedicated Aurora social media ( Twitter, telegram, AMA’s, meet-ups, articles on Medium, work with local influences, and YouTubers, etc.)? ---
**Author:** ![israel\_igboze](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/israel_igboze/32/3186_2.png) [@israel\_igboze](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/israel_igboze)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/19 "2022-07-25T02:31:48Z")
Alright, I have updated it. It was a mistake while typing😁 the socials have been there ---
**Author:** ![Raf](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.aurora.dev/raf/32/400_2.png) [@Raf](https://forum.aurora.dev/u/Raf)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383/20 "2022-07-25T04:33:00Z")
Wow, Great [Next page](https://forum.aurora.dev/t/approved-aurora-africa-introduction-events/383.md?page=2)