Weekly Digest: $200k In Grants, Career Accelerator & Over $250k in Hackathons | Issue 40
Hello, amazing person,
Glory Praise here, your buddy in the Web3 space.
If you’re new here, welcome to my weekly newsletter curated for Web3 enthusiasts, developers, crypto investors, and industry insiders. This is your go-to source for the latest Web3 events, grants, hackathons, and learning and earning opportunities in the tech ecosystem.
For my returning community members. How have you been?
Alright, let’s dive into what’s going on this week—trust me, there’s a lot of cool stuff you don’t want to miss.
ICYMI - This Week's Highlights
💰 Hot Opportunities
Grants
1. Pectra Proactive Grant Round
Details: The Ethereum Foundation is sponsoring a wave of grants to support the Ethereum ecosystem in preparation for the upcoming Pectra network upgrade. This grant round has 200k in total available funds. Check it out here.
2. BFG Accelerator Season 7
Details: Supercharge your web3 startup with our protocol-agnostic accelerator BFG Adrenaline. They provide up to €100k in financial support for each startup that we accelerate and invest, both in token or equity. Check it out here.
3. CDP Builder Grants: AgentKit Edition
Details: Build any on-chain app using AgentKit to qualify. Bonus points if your app is end-user-facing instead of at the infrastructure level. $30k in grants. 10 winners. Check it out here.
4. The Seed Grant Program:
Details: Designed to provide teams with grants up to $25,000 in USDC in non-dilutive funding to enhance the growth of the Starknet ecosystem. Check it out here.
5. Questbook Compound Grants
Details: The Compound Grants Program empowers innovative projects by providing funding to builders, researchers, and developers within the Compound ecosystem. It aims to support cutting-edge dapps, security tooling, cross-chain initiatives, and DAO operations, ensuring a transparent, decentralized, and efficient allocation of resources. Check it out here.
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🎓 Learning & Training Programs
1. Valucop Career Accelerator Program
Details: The Valucop Career Accelerator Program is your chance to gain in-demand skills, hands-on experience, and career opportunities in the most transformative industries of the future. Whether you’re a developer, marketer, creator, or AI enthusiast, this program is designed to bridge the skill gap and position you for global opportunities in Web3 & AI. Register today!
2. Web3Ladies Mentorship Cohort V
Details: This cohort has two tracks: web development and blockchain development. This initiative offers various tasks and projects that reward you with cryptocurrency. Enhance your skills, contribute to exciting projects, and get paid in crypto. Register today!
3. DeSci Edu
Details: An 8-week program powered by Molecule & bioprotocol
to train the next generation of decentralized science innovators. If you want to start your career in DeSci, this is for you. Register today!
4. Summer of Bitcoin Paid Online Internship
Details: Summer of Bitcoin is a global, online summer internship program focused on introducing university students to Bitcoin open-source development and design. Register today!
5. FZA Smart Contract Developer Cohort
Details: This is your gateway to mastering smart contract development and breaking into the fast-evolving world of blockchain. This hands-on hybrid program is designed to turn you into a proficient smart contract developer ready to build real-world blockchain solutions. Register today!
6. GIDA’s FREE 8-week intensive Web3 Developer Bootcamp 2.0
Details: GIDA in collaboration with Starknet Foundation, presents an exciting Web3 developer bootcamp opportunity for you to learn everything there is about building Web3 apps on Starknet using Cairo for FREE. Register today!
🌍 Major Events Spotlight
1. Algorand Nigeria Dev Camp
Date: February 18th, 2025
Details: The first Algorand Nigeria Dev Bootcamp for the year is here. Join our refresher bootcamp to sharpen your Algorand dev skills. Participate & secure your spot in the next Developer Challenge!
Link: Reserve Your Spot
2. InnovateAI Conference Lagos 2025.
Date: February 21th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: At InnovateAI Lagos 2025, we bring together the brightest minds in AI, technology, business, and policy to explore how AI can drive innovation, boost economic growth, and create inclusive opportunities across Nigeria and Africa.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
3. Arbitrum Creative Hub 2.0
Date: February 22nd, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: A practical workshop where developers, creatives, and Web3 enthusiasts will come together to build creative products on the Arbitrum blockchain.
Attending this workshop already gives you a high chance of being part of the winners of the 3000 USD prize pool in the hackathon.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
4. Web3 Mass Adoption
Date: February 22nd, 2025
Location: Uyo
Details: Curious about how Web3 will impact your daily life? Here’s your perfect opportunity to explore the future! Find out how DAOs like MPROFY are driving exciting new possibilities in Web3. Plus, there’s a chance to win a share of $100!
Link: Reserve Your Spot
💼 Career Corner
Work & Earn
1. Superteam Earn:
Details: Dive into the world of crypto and blockchain by participating in Superteam Earn's "work-to-earn" platform. This initiative offers various tasks and projects that reward you with cryptocurrency. Enhance your skills, contribute to exciting projects, and get paid in crypto. Start earning today!
2. OnlyDust:
Details: For developers, join OnlyDust and become part of a community dedicated to forging a legacy in decentralized development. Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting, OnlyDust provides resources and projects to help you make your mark in the blockchain world. Forge your developer legacy now!
🎯 Growth Opportunities
Open Source
1. Celo & Scout Game
Details: Celo is partnering with Scout Game to support developers who contribute to the ecosystem. Celo has a prize pool of 5000 cUSD to distribute to talented developers! This is the chance for you to learn and grow and make connections even if you are new to open source.
Link: Start here
Fellowship
1. The Next Billion Fellowship
Details: The program seeks to enable the flourishing of populations, communities, or individuals underrepresented in the Ethereum ecosystem today. Fellows receive support from the Foundation to complete a small quest inside a big narrative.
Link: Start here
Bounties
1. Ethereum Foundation Bug Bounty
Details: Earn up to 250,000 USD and place on the leaderboard by finding protocol, client, and language compiler bugs affecting the Ethereum network.
Link: Register Now
Hackathon
1. EDUChain Hackathon Sem 3
Details: Built on EDU Chain, this hackathon is redefining decentralized education & EduFi! With a $250K prize pool, global recognition, and an opportunity to join OC-I, this is your chance to build, innovate, and make an impact.
Link: Register Now
2. Oxford Blockchain Society Cardano Hybrid Hackathon
Details: Dive into blockchain development with Cardano, Haskell, Aiken, Plutus & Project Catalyst. Compete for $4,000 in prizes. Work on real-world blockchain solutions.
Link: Register Now
3. Mammothon
Details: Global hackathon by Encode and the Celestia Foundation, bringing together visionary developers and creators to build powerful, unstoppable applications on modular blockchain technology.
Link: Register Now
4. Future of Work Hackathon
Details: This hackathon is a pan-African event aimed at engaging African Web3 talent to use blockchain technology in addressing present-day challenges. It seeks to foster collaboration among top talent in the African Web3 ecosystem, promoting the development of impactful projects and increasing awareness of stakeholders' products and proprietary Web3 technology frameworks in the African market.
Link: Register Now
📺 Featured Content
Why I Am Learning Rust in 2025-Why You Should Too
Overview: Learning Rust is challenging, but it’s also incredibly rewarding. Whether you’re exploring Web3 like me or looking to level up your programming skills, Rust has so much to offer. In this video, I’ll walk you through why I am learning Rust and the steps I have taken to learn it.
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🐦 Tweet of the Week
🏆 Featured Tweet: @Joyce_Joe_E
Learn about how to start a career in Web3 marketing. Link to the full thread here.
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Glory Praise Emmanuel