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Content Added On 15SEP2020 - using the India Chapter as a template
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Welcome
The Hyperledger Africa Chapter aims to showcase the broad range of Hyperledger projects and initiatives to the African audience.
This Chapter is responsible for:
- Growing the Hyperledger community in Africa,
- Promoting contributions to (global) Hyperledger projects, and
- Providing a platform for:
- Regional (Pan-African) collaboration,
- International (Global) collaboration,
- Technical Capacity Development, and
- Support for enterprise blockchain projects.
Goals
Our goals are to:
- Help promote the adoption of Hyperledger projects across the 54 countries represented on the African continent.
- Grow the Hyperledger user and developer community in Africa.
- Promote contributions from African members back to any of the (global) Hyperledger projects.
- Provide a credible platform for (product and technical) guidance and support.
- Facilitate intra- and inter-continental collaboration on any of the Hyperledger projects and initiatives.
Activities
The anticipated activities will include (but not be limited to):
- Maintaining an active and vibrant network of members across all 54 African countries, from which global ambassadors, mentors and other blockchain leaders can emerge.
Organizing technical events (including but not limited to hackathons, meetups, as well as education and training sessions).
Organizing business and industry meetups and exchanges to promote cross-pollination of ideas and best practices.
If required, proxy meetings of Hyperledger Technical WGs and SIGs in a Geo Friendly time.
- A platform for promoting communications through email-list, Slack/Chat, Forums etc.
The following weekly meetings are conducted under the auspices of the India Chapter (updated times and other details can be found on the Hyperledger Calendar) :
- Hyperledger Fabric Application Developer Forum - Asia
- Hyperledger Sawtooth Application Developer Forum - Asia
- Hyperledger Avalon Application Developer Forum
- Hyperledger Aries/Indy Application Developer Forum - Asia
The Chapter has also been conducting National e-meetups, with the goal of getting the entire country on the same platform, listening to and learning from the latest developments in the blockchain space.
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Existing Content Before 15SEP2020
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Community space for organizers of the joint Hyperledger Africa virtual meetups
Backlog of topics
- Identity (HL Indy Ursa)
- HLF Developer Sessions (independent from meetups, bi-weekly ~ 1h)
- HLS (Hyperledger Sawtooth)
- HL in >> insert industry <<
- Financial Services Industry:
- Banking (Know Your Customer, Cross-Border Payments)
- Insurance (Instant Claims Processing)
- Mining Industry (Supply Chain, Provenance)
Logistics Industry (Supply Chain)- Property Management (Asset History)
- Automobile Industry (Vehicle History)
- Pharmaceutical Industry (Provenance / Traceability)
- Entertainment Industry (Intellectual Property Rights)
- ...
- Financial Services Industry: