bAfrica Weekly Call 14/03/23
Type
cadence
Flow
Speaker
Note-taker
Date
Mar 14, 2023
Attendance
kutubu, abdemi, thinkdecade, Elea, BOBO, ScAr, Crypto-frek, tonytad, Aishat, Ekira, Miss purple
Last Edited Time
Mar 20, 2023
Last edited by
Season
7
MEETING SLIDE
Recording
AGENDA
- Review of previous meeting action items
- ARH TIME - Appreciation, Recognition & Hype.
- Roles update
- Workgroups update
- Partnership Discussions
- General Discussion
PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS
Check out the liquidity scenario on polygon from the treasury guild
ARH TIME - Appreciation, Recognition & Hype
ANNOUNCEMENT
MINUTES
Governance Update/Operations
Project Coordinator —>thinkdecade
- We have made it to the DAO drop. Bankless Africa to take part in the 250k fund distribution
- Members should log into the platform and allocate their points if they qualify.
- Engagement in the OPS pod is not encouraging. Interested members should start engagging.
- The 2k USDC has been swap to eth to avoid the pitfall of the USDC deperg
- There is a proposal on the CW and members should go give it a read.
Talent Coordinator - Paulito
Community Manager - Abidemi
Treasurer —>kutubu
- Security conversations - Permissions on monthly payment google docs, sheets, etc.
- Payments for all various pods and projects have gone out
- Check the details in the OPS announcement for the task workbook
Workgroups update
Podcast — Thinkdecade/Miss purple
- Recording with VITALIK coming up on Thursday
- Pitch deck is up and ready for members interested in promoting their products and services
- Meeting time, Thursday 7pm UTC.
WritersPod/Social media content - Aishat/Abidemi
- Shoutout to members for their awesome contributions
- Three members have indicated their interest in editing work for the pod
- Promotion and Publication coming up
- Values and general introductions working up ongoing
- Bankless Africa has been invited by the Writers guild to participate in the upcoming Writer's Cohort. Interested members should contact thinkdecade & abidemi
- Weekly call 7 pm UTC Wednesday
Techfront Slide
- The next implementation of the website page is done, members should go in and check the podcast page and give feedback
Pidgin Parlour—> Crossvic
- Downloads are pumping and let’s keep it up
- New episode coming up within the week
Research
- Two topics are being researched on
- DeFi protocols and their impact in African
- Leapfrogging into L2 and why should Africans explore that
Marketing Pod
- Members are working relentlessly
- Have found a working growth engine for the podcast and implementation is imminent
- Active now on the lens protocol
- LindIn is live and members should subscribe
- Facebook ads should be up by the end of the week
- Real life campaign is live and interested members should join in
Social Impact - Carbon Collectible
General Discussion
- Are we looking into various African languages? -miss purple
- Yes there is a premise to explore that but currently, we face a few challenges to overcome including funding and personnel - thinkdecade
- We can start exploring a different language infusing it into the newsletter for the start.
Partnerships - Thinkdecade
- DAOdrop - We have been considered a candidate for the funding round.
- FIN
- Casava/Aidaverse
- Metix
- Inferus
- Binance
- Polkadot safari
- Blockchain UNN
Grants
DAOLATIONSHIP
Wellness Group - olokoji & miss purple
NEW MEMBER INTRO
GENERAL DISCUSSIONS - other agenda items
New Member Intro