BlockHeader Web3 Workshop & Hackathon 2022 : First in Northern Nigeria — A Success
A cross-section of participants and teams, BlockHeader Web3 Workshop & Hackathon 2022 at Colab, Kaduna Tech City
In a bid to drive a new wave of innovative solutions in Northern Nigeria, Blockheader in conjunction with Filecoin Orbit Nigeria hosted the first web3 hackathon in Northern Nigeria — from 29th July to the 31st of July 2022. Blockheader is a community of passion-driven web3 enthusiasts who are keen in accelerating web3 education.
As a Blockchain enthusiast, I could not afford to miss the three-day event titled: “Build the Future” which consists of workshop and hackathon. It had in attendance Chukwuemeka Mbaebie, Lead, Filecoin Nigeria.
The hybrid event (physical and virtual) which was held at Colab, Kaduna Tech City comprises multiple sessions, discussions and talks about web3. The first of its kind web3 hackathon in Northern Nigeria had in attendance some of the best minds in Web3.
The event furthers Blockheader’s mission of creating a critical mass of creators who will leverage web3 tools to build innovative solutions. The hackathon was geared towards solving problems, incubating ideas, and building solutions to the most pressing challenges in Nigeria and by extension, Africa on the Blockchain.
Odewale Abayomi (Internet Freedom advocate and Blockchain enthusiast) with Chukwuemeka mbaebie (Lead, Filecoin Nigeria).
The participating teams came up with varying solutions to pressing problems. Among the participating teams are: Team Stay presented “Crypto to Fiat Solution”, Team Node developed: “A Decentralized Ticketing”, Team Satoshi designed: “A Decentralized Blockchain Based Voting System” while, Team Noble built: “Prochain”, a blockchain solution that adopts NFTs in products supply chain”.
After carefully examining their solutions with reference to: uniqueness/originality of solution, usage of web3 technologies/tools, use of IPFS and code quality/documentation, the winners were selected.
Team Node (A Decentralized Ticketing) came first with a $500 grand prize, Team Noble (Prochain) came second with a $250 prize while, Team Stay (Crypto to Fiat Solution) came third with a $100 prize — in addition with incredible perks for all the participating Teams and participants.
Grand Prize (Team Node) $500
First runner up (Team Noble) $250
Second runner up (Team Stay) $100
Day one, Dave enlightened the attendees on wallet
Day two, Timi Dan, Solidarity Smart Contract Developer, talked on “Dapp 101: Understanding The Web3 Stack”
Victoria Enebeli, Developer Advocate Polygon analysed the basics of dapp development in the 2nd session
Followed by a panel session revolving around “Upscaling Blockchain Technology Adoption in Nigeria”.
A panel session
Day three, Mudia Imaseun, Lead Product Designer, Bloc, made a presentation on “Towards a Better Ethereum Dapp UX”.
Chukwuemeka Mbaebie introduced Filecoin to the participants and its efficacy in decentralized data storage.
Chukwuemeka Mbaebie speaking on IPFS and Filecoin
Other speakers at the event include, Babajide Ayoade, Software Developer; Abubakar Khalil, Bitcoin Core Developer; David Nnamdi, Blockchain Developer; David Pius, Blockchain Developer among others.
Based on the success of the event and the enthusiasm exhibited by the attendees, it appears Blockheader is blazing the trail in the right footings of attaining its mission of: “establishing a self-sustaining web3 awareness/education program that equips Africans with requisite exposure and skills as they leverage web3 to build innovative solutions”.
No doubt, Northern Nigeria is intentional, getting equipped and open to exploring the immense benefits blockchain technology has to offer.
Odewale Abayomi is a Civil Engineer, Internet Freedom advocate, Blockchain enthusiast and a member of Internet Society, Nigeria Chapter. He tweets @ODEWALEAbayomi