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A new blended learning experience for Cardano developers in Africa

Teaching Haskell and smart contract development to aspiring blockchain developers on the ground in Nairobi

15 December 2023 Robertino Martinez 9 mins read

A new blended learning experience for Cardano developers in Africa

Introduction

The IOG Education team was back in the classroom in Kenya throughout the autumn and were delighted to attend the closing ceremony of new Cardano developers earlier this week. Here we share their thoughts and stories after wrapping up a very successful 2-month Cardano developer training course in collaboration with the Africa Blockchain Center (ABC).

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving tech landscape, the demand for skilled blockchain developers soared in 2022, and the supply is still trying to catch up. However, in Kenya, as in many other parts of the world, there is a wide gap between the supply of such developers and the industry demand. At IOG, we have taken the initiative to bank the unbanked in Africa. To achieve that goal, the African continent needs not only a platform like Cardano…

IOG contributes Atala PRISM to Hyperledger Foundation

Atala PRISM, a suite of decentralized identity tools, just became Open Enterprise Agent: an open source code base in Hyperledger Labs

4 December 2023 Fayyaadh Adams 3 mins read

IOG contributes Atala PRISM to Hyperledger Foundation

The Open Enterprise Agent offers a scalable, robust, performant, and user-friendly platform for crafting solutions and products for decentralized identity. Built in Scala, a language known for its highly concurrent systems, it aligns with W3C standards and Hyperledger Aries RFCs, with a vision to be blockchain agnostic across the realms of self-sovereign identity (SSI).