Hub - Pocket Network Africa

Igboze · April 28, 2023, 9:55pm

Hello, community!

Sequel to the announcement of the community Hub Program and the announcement of Hubs to start by May 1st during the Wednesday 27th April 2023 Community call, I present to you the Pocket Network Africa Core team and community.

As a community builder, experience has proven that expanding community growth is done via certain activities and we from Africa have come to provide those activities to add to the growth of Pocket.

These activities include

Translation of materials both developer-related and normal articles translation for local consumption
Onboarding on builders
Onboarding of developers to take advantage of the opportunities provided by Pocket
Onboarding of community members
Brand representation at events, both offline and online
Social media presence growth

Below are some of the benefits Pocket Network can gain from Africa based on the growth of Blockchain in the continent.

Growing blockchain adoption: Africa is experiencing a rapid increase in blockchain adoption, mainly due to the continent’s large unbanked population and the high cost of traditional financial services. This presents an opportunity for Pocket Network to tap into a growing market.
High mobile penetration: Africa has a high mobile penetration rate, with over 80% of the population having access to mobile phones. This presents an opportunity for Pocket Network in offering builders in building mobile-based blockchain services, which can be accessed easily by the population.
Diverse blockchain use cases: Africa has a diverse range of blockchain use cases, such as cross-border payments, remittances, supply chain tracking, and digital identity management. This presents an opportunity for Pocket Network to offer tailored services to meet the specific needs of different African markets.
Regulatory environment: The regulatory environment for blockchain in Africa is still evolving, with some countries adopting a more innovative approach to blockchain regulation. This presents an opportunity for Pocket Network to work with regulators to establish a favourable regulatory environment for blockchain services.

Overall, Africa has a lot to offer to Pocket Network, including a growing market, high mobile penetration, diverse use cases, and a favourable regulatory environment.

The following team members will be helping in building the African Hub.

@igboze Hub Lead
@alisanayaro. Business Development
@Kiillyfx. Community Manager
@asteve. Developer
@FREEUPDATE Community Manager
@Mimichinaza Contents
@Omotola. Social Media and Content
@Chinenye. Content

We are dedicated to making sure Pocket grows wide and makes an impact in Africa

Thanks to @Ming for this great opportunity given to us to build Pocket in Africa.

Ming · April 28, 2023, 10:45pm

Thanks for giving us this great intro! I’m extremely excited to have you guys onboard!

Igboze · April 29, 2023, 2:20am

You are welcome!

We’re ready to rock!

coineasy · May 3, 2023, 1:39pm

We are delighted to see your Hub commencing its operations.

chindahlloyd · May 14, 2023, 5:11pm

Awesome

btw I thought that there would be an ambassador program?

Ming · May 15, 2023, 3:42pm

Yep, there is. We’ve reached out to the initial community members that has been accepted into the program, and now progressing to work on the onboarding.

chindahlloyd · May 16, 2023, 4:33pm

Oh, I applied, I was hoping I would be picked, but too bad I wasn’t selected

Ming · May 16, 2023, 4:55pm

We’ve decided for this initial phase, we’d like to keep the members small so to be able to test and adjust the program before opening it up for more members. Although not chosen for this initial phase, keep being an active member of our community so that when we open it again, you’ll have a much better chance for consideration.

Igboze · June 1, 2023, 5:59am

Hello great POKT Community!

Wr come with warm greetings as hot as burned $POKT

It was a great start to the African Hub with clearly outlined goals and team members to help us achieve them.

$2000 was released to our official POKT wallet address (7a05195063b4e22cc4a3b488cbb6244707c97b40) to carry out all Hub’s activities. Though a slow start, we were able to open the following Social media handles with the engagements so far. To also avoid losing community funds due to the volatile market, the Hub swaps $POKT often to store in USDT using this address (TErH3xqVayDtG2FVS3TuyvhzkeP8u8pKbJ)

Twitter 0 to 39 followers

Telegram 0 to 166 members

YouTube. 0 to 18 subscribers

Medium. 0 to 8 followers

All numbers here are as to the time of writing this report.

For the coming month, we look to increasing community members by 50% for faster growth.

Given the uniqueness of POKT, our Hub will like to give so much time to in person events so as to get the best audience for our community.

ACTIVITIES

Given that we did not start operations early with social media handle delays, we were able to achive but these few activities.

1 external AMA

3 YouTube Videos

1 Twitter quiz

1 BuidL contest (as announced)

3 medium articles

FUNDS EXPENDITURE

$300 for external AMA ($200 admin fee and $100 for community rewards)
$200 to Graphic designer and video maker
$200 to our Developer
$100 to Two Mods
$100 to Head of business development.
$200 for BuidL contest (set aside for this purpose)
$200 to content creator (articles)
$20 for Monday Twitter quiz.
$200 for an AMA (yet to be held, also we are working on initiating a refund from the team)

This leaves us with $480 unused community funds for the month of MAY. However, we shall carry over due to some daily activities.

Most Hub core members were compensated because of the work already done. Our Team Trello board is here for verification (Trello ) Still under development.

FUTURE PLANS.

As mentioned above, we will give quality time to offline events to onboard builders to our community.
Engage in more social media activities that will bring about education, and progress with our community.
Begin a blockchain academy that focuses on training builders and normal blockchain enthusiasts . This will lead to us having interns within the community. We want to build an all round community of POKT believers.
Begin a series of contents that focuses on how POKT adds value to every of its partner projects.
Increase community size by 50%
Share ecosystem news with our community members.

Special thanks to all our team members and @Ming for the great support we have received so far.

Cryptocorn · June 1, 2023, 10:16pm

Great start guys and good to see such transparency with the funds! A really good example of how community engagement can work and help build the Pocket brand.

Igboze · June 2, 2023, 8:09am

Thanks for complement. We believe in tranparency, and growth. We hope to do much more.

bruceyin · June 6, 2023, 5:57am

This post has been moved to the Hub launching thread to keep things together.

Igboze · July 5, 2023, 9:12pm

Hello great POKT Community!

We come with warm greetings as hot as burned $POKT

$2000 was our funding for the month of June.

We had the following growth on our social media handles, and we are also providing details of contents produced by our team and how we spent our funds.

Twitter 39 to 180 followers

Telegram 166 to 204 members

YouTube. 18 to 53 subscribers

Medium. 8 to 10 followers

All numbers here are as to the time of writing this report.

ACTIVITIES

we were able to achieve these activities.

1 external AMA

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1672275359839010817?s=46&t=D_fPnZPWtnTOB8bfGw1Pvw

1 internal AMA:

Telegram: Contact @poktafrica

3 YouTube Videos

1 YouTube reel

How to create a POKT web wallet - YouTube

4 telegram quiz:

2 twitter infographic posted

1 meme contest

Telegram: Contact @poktafrica

2 puzzles contest:

4 medium articles

YouTube analytics:

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Twitter analytics:

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FUNDS EXPENDITURE

$250 for external AMA ($150 admin fee and $100 for community rewards)
$20 for internal AMA reward
$20 puzzle contest reward
$200 to Graphic designer and video maker
$200 to our Developer
$350/Social media manager ( Two Mods)
$400 Local partnerships with Universities to kickstart Campus tours.
$300 for two content creators (articles)
$80 for Monday quizzes .
$60 meme contest reward

This leaves us with $120 unused community funds for the month of July. However, we shall carry over due to some daily activities.

Our Team Trello board is here for verification (Trello )

FUTURE PLANS.

As mentioned above, we will give quality time to offline events to onboard builders to our community. We could not attend any in June due to funds restraints. However, with our local partnerships, we hope to do more in the coming months.
Engage in more social media activities that will bring about education, and progress with our community.
Expand our blockchain academy that focuses on training builders and normal blockchain enthusiasts . This will lead to us having interns within the community. We want to build an all round community of POKT believers.
Begin a series of contents that focuses on how POKT adds value to every of its partner projects.
Increase community size by 30%
Share ecosystem news with our community members.

Igboze · August 2, 2023, 2:46pm

Hello great POKT Community!

Below is a summary of how the POKT AFRICA HUB was run for the month of July.

We had the following growth on our social media handles, and we are also providing details of contents produced by our team and how we spent our funds.

Twitter 180 to 330 followers

Telegram 204 to members 250

YouTube. 53 to 70 subscribers

Medium. 10 to 15 followers

All numbers here are as to the time of writing this report.

ACTIVITIES

we were able to achieve these activities.

1 internal AMA:

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1686030020660072448?s=46

4 YouTube Videos

5 telegram quiz:

4 twitter infographic posted

1 refer a developer contest

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1682118277810606080?s=46

4 puzzles contest:

4 medium articles

YouTube analytics:

Medium analytics:

Twitter analytics:

FUNDS EXPENDITURE.

We were funded with 60060 $POKT for July which by the time of conversion was worth about $1600+ only. Below is how the funds were/will be used. When team members complete some of their tasks, funds will be distributed to them.

$20 for internal AMA reward
$40 puzzle contest reward
$200 to Graphic designer and video maker
$150 to our Developer
$350/Social media manager ( Two Mods)
$300 for two content creators (articles)
$100 for Monday quizzes .
$50 referral contest reward
$300 for node hunters bounty

This leaves us with $ unused community funds for the month of July. However, we shall carry over due to some daily activities.

Our Team Trello board is here for verification (Trello )

FUTURE PLANS.

Attend or host an irl event focused on onboarding developers and builders from partner ecosystems.
Work on implementing our own nodes
Focus on the developer-centred bounty for proper activities.
Continue creating developer content for education and easy follow-up of intern developers.

Thanks for grthe great support to @Adz

Igboze · September 11, 2023, 10:21pm

POCKET AFRICA REPORT FOR WEB3BRIDGE LAGOS, NIGERIA EVENT

It will be known to the community that we receive funding as stated in our proposal. The event was successful; two team members attended and marketing activities went on. We met a couple of developers and blockchain enthusiasts.

Photo highlights from the event(s) are found on our Twitter page.

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1699362992452669577?s=20

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1698037634155565504?s=20

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1698037688790553078?s=20

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1697290484396200127?s=20

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1698013436003729662?s=20

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1697616059585425448?s=20

https://twitter.com/poktafrica/status/1697216160272396768?s=20

and here

SUCCESS STORIES FROM THE EVENT

We were able to speak with 50+ developers and enlighten them about Pocket Network. Branded merch shared with attendees of the event(s) to give a reminder about the Pocket Network. A few devs joined our community, and we hope to keep them more engaged.

KEY TAKE HOME

Pocket Network was new to the developers, though RPCs are not
We had limited freedom to market to a broad audience aside from the networking breaks which did not often happen due to the congestion of speakers and panel sessions at the event.
We had to hold our side event at a little distance away from the main event as the hosts did not find it a welcome idea as non-sponsors and venues within the event halls were booked.

SOLUTIONS WE OFFERED AT THE EVENT AND FUTURE STRATEGIES

A partnership was initiated with web3bride, Ayaversity, and Borderless Hub to further strengthen our relationship and open doors for using Pocket RPCs for their student workshops and builders.
For other events, to be able to have a better chance of exercising certain activities, we recommend being official sponsors of Tech events.
Hold Pocket Ceentred event for better education and practical workshops.

HOW WE PLAN ON SUSTAINING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUBS

With our Monthly Hub management Fee, we plan on cutting down team members and focusing on supporting these Tech Hubs with stipends to encourage their web3 developers training which will lead to the use of Pocket Network’s RPCs. Howbeit, we also solicit with PNF to consider giving more support as these partnerships will yield massive success in the coming months.

Special thanks to @Adrienne the HoM PNF for pushing this through to this success level.

ethen · September 12, 2023, 4:02am

Great work on this! I heard about it from someone in my community who attended. It’s wonderful to see such a convergence of the communities I’m engaged in. Nigeria has been steadily emerging as a prominent player in the world of crypto adoption. Keep up the excellent work!