Introducing the Polygon Web3 Bootcamp for Africans

Introducing the Polygon Web3 Bootcamp for Africans

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Our goal at Open Source Community Africa is to educate and help African tech talents get started with open-source in different ways while maximizing the opportunities available to grow their respective careers. The entire community we're building is to ensure we uphold this goal and build the Next Billion Creators. To further support our community, we have teamed up with Polygon on an exclusive 8-week mentor-led program for you to take the next step in Web3 development.

Polygon Bootcamp Africa - Social Media Poster

Introducing the Bootcamp

The BootCamp will last eight weeks, with applications starting on the 26th of September, 2022. There will be a Beginner and Mastery track; the top three Beginner projects will get bounties of $5,000, $3,000, and $2,000, respectively, while Mastery projects will get bounties of $10,000, $7,000, and $5,000. The top Mastery projects will also join Polygon's Accelerator program for more mentorship and funding. In addition, there are other cash prizes and swags for all participants. You can learn more about the program by reading this announcement from Polygon.

Also, experts in the blockchain and web3 industry will be mentoring participants and judging the projects. So yes, it will be a very valuable and interesting Bootcamp.

Polygon Bootcamp Judges

So, if interested, you should apply here right away!

Conclusion

Suppose you're applying from the OSCA Community and you're a member of our Discord Server. You should join the #polygon-africa-bootcamp channel to communicate and converse with other community members joining the Bootcamp. Hopefully, you can all help each other as you learn, build teams, and build projects together in the Bootcamp. And as always, the OSCA core team will be there to answer any questions you might have about the program ๐Ÿ˜‰.

A screenshot of OSCA's Discord Server

Goodluck Champ! ๐Ÿงก

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