DeSci Africa

DeSci Africa

Empowering African scientists through Decentralized Science principles, DeSci Africa fosters a community for scientific development by providing educational resources, participating in events, and building a network for collaboration and innovation.
Application
Applied on: 26 Jul 2024 12:06 PM
Approved
User Review
AI Review
A1
Reviewed on 26 Jul 2024 01:00 PM
The project should fall under the category of Decentralized Science. (https://ethereum.org/en/desci/)
DeSci Africa addresses the lack of resources for science in Africa by promoting and adopting decentralized scientific practices, aligning with the principles of Decentralized Science.
The project should aim to build public infrastructure for funding, creating, reviewing, crediting, storing, and/or disseminating scientific knowledge (either by organizing conferences, meetings, workshops and/or hackathons then contributing to onboard scientists into the blockchain ecosystem) fairly and equitably using the Web3 stack.
The project participates in conferences and events, creates educational content, and aims to establish meetups and networks, which contributes to fostering a decentralized scientific community using the Web3 stack.
The project should be able to clearly articulate its goals and objectives.
The project clearly states its goal to empower scientists in Africa and build a thriving community to promote decentralized scientific practices.
The project must have a clear and well-defined problem statement, as well as a plan for addressing the problem.
The project provides a clear problem statement about the lack of resources for science in Africa and outlines their approach to creating educational content, participating in events, and building a network.
The project must have a clear roadmap and timeline for implementation, with achievable goals.
While the project outlines its activities and goals, it does not provide a detailed timeline or specific roadmap for future implementation.
The project should be open-source and collaborative in nature.
There is no evidence provided that the project operates on an open-source basis or has collaborative elements in terms of open-source contributions.
The project must be able to provide regular updates on its progress to the Gitcoin community.
The project has been actively involved in various initiatives and regularly updates its progress via social media and event participation.