Weekly Digest: Free Tickets, Laptop Giveaway, Open Source, Grants & 12 Web3 events you’ll love | Issue 49
Hello, amazing person,
Glory Praise here, your buddy in the Web3 space.
If you’re new here, welcome to my weekly newsletter, your go-to source for the latest Web3 events, grants, hackathons, and learning and earning opportunities in the tech ecosystem. Whether you’re a developer, builder, crypto investor, or just Web3-curious, you’re in the right place!
To my returning community members, how have you been? It’s always great to have you back.
This week, I’ve got something exciting for you, a ticket giveaway!! Be sure to scroll down and check out the Community Corner for details on how to win a ticket to an exciting Web3 event happening in Lagos this weekend.
And as always, don’t forget to check back regularly for fresh events and opportunities. If you come across anything exciting, feel free to send it my way—I’d love to feature it here and share it with the community!
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. Base Batch Global Buildathons:
Details: Base Batches is a global program for builders creating the next wave of onchain apps. First, builders will take part in buildathons. Then, the top builders will move to incubators where they’ll refine their ideas with new levels of support. Finally, they’ll take the stage at Demo Day, pitching for funding to take their projects further. Check it out here.
2. Gooddollar Launches $250K Ecosystem Fund on Celo:
Details: The GoodDollar Ecosystem Fund aims to drive innovation and growth with the GoodBuilders Program ($220K) - Year-long support for building dApps, G$ integrations, and platform enhancements, including Gitcoin QF rounds, mentorship, and engagement rewards. $30K for Community Initiatives – Funding for community-driven projects. Check it out here.
3. The Seed Grant Program:
Details: It is 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.
4. 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.
Incubation Programs
5. CV_Labs Incubation Program:
Details: This is a program run by CV Labs & LiskHQ, specifically tailored to African Web3 entrepreneurs, providing mentorship, funding, and resources to help you scale. Check it out here.
Others
6. Women In DeFi Laptop Scholarship:
Details: This scholarship is open to aspiring and emerging web3, blockchain, and DeFi women. Selected applicants will receive a laptop during the Women in DeFi Summit in Lagos. Check it out here.
7. Bitcoin AI Pre-Accelerator:
Details: Build an Investment-Ready Startup in Record Time, From Just an Idea. Check it out here.
8. Ethereum on Tour - For University Campuses/Communities:
Details: Austin Griffin & Build Guidl are visiting campuses, building dapps, and helping devs all around. If you’re in a uni blockchain club or community builder. Check it out here.
Educative.io (Collaboration)
Educative.io is my favorite resource for interview preparation, and I’ve already recommended their “Grokking the Coding Interview Patterns” course a lot of times before.
Educative.io is launching the "AI April" campaign to support developers navigating industry changes, including recent performance-based layoffs. You can check it out using the button below.
🎓 Learning & Training Programs
1. Web3Bridge Cohort XIII
Details: Be a part of the next cohort of Web3 developers. This cohort has 3 tracks - Solidity (Web3 basics), React, Node.js (Web2 Advanced), HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Web2 beginner course). 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. DLT Talents
Details: Want to break into blockchain & Web3? Join DLT Talents, a FREE 18-week program designed to mentor & empower women in this fast-growing space. Register today!
Bootcamps
4. Cairo Bootcamp IV
Registration Deadline: May 6th, 2025
Details: Cairo Bootcamp IV is a 10-week program to help developers learn and build on Starknet using Cairo.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
🌍 Major Events Spotlight
1. Lagos International Crypto Summit
Date: April 26th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: A grand professional event encompassing the crypto industry chain (cryptocurrency, blockchain, DeFi, NFT, mining, payments)
Link: Reserve Your Spot
2. Women In DeFi Summit 2025
Date: April 26th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: Join Africa’s largest female-led Web3 event for inspiring talks, powerful connections, and groundbreaking innovation!
Link: Reserve Your Spot
3. WEB3 FOR GOOD
Date: April 26th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: Web3 for Good is a high-impact campus event by Web3Unilag, designed to explore how blockchain technology can drive inclusion, support public goods, and power social change in Nigeria and beyond.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
4. XION Developer Tour, Ebonyi
Date: April 26th, 2025
Location: Abakaliki, Ebonyi
Details: Gain insights about the XION blockchain with hands-on sessions. Showcase your skills in the pitching session.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
5. Akash 101
Date: April 26th, 2025
Location: Abuja
Details: Curious about AI but not sure where to start? This beginner-friendly session will introduce you to the world of prompt engineering, the art of giving clear instructions to AI tools like Akash Chat, ChatGPT, Midjourney, and other generative AI platforms.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
6. Base Batch Workshop - Lagos
Date: April 26th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: Participate in the Base Batches Workshop Series, a global initiative to empower the next wave of on-chain builders.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
7. TOKEN2049
Date: April 30th - May 1st, 2025
Location: Dubai
Details: TOKEN2049 is a global conference series that brings together the crypto ecosystem's decision-makers to connect, exchange ideas, network, and shape the industry.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
8. Skills and Sourcing(S.a.S Port Harcourt)
Date: May 3rd, 2025
Location: Port Harcourt
Details: Creaitz is hosting its first-ever in-person plus recruitment event this May in Port Harcourt. Learn, get hired, and onboard.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
9. One Dev City Tour: Nigeria Edition
Date: May 3rd, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: Join Nigeria’s vibrant tech ecosystem for an experience designed to empower, educate, and connect. The event features hands-on protocol workshops, fireside chats with ecosystem leaders, networking sessions, and more, building momentum ahead of Code Africa 2025 in Nairobi.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
10. Build Afrika: Code, Collaborate, and Scale!
Date: May 10th, 2025
Location: Lagos
Details: A gathering of Africa's brightest minds for an unforgettable day of connection, creation, and community of builders in the heart of Lagos.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
11. Code Africa Conf.
Date: May 19th - 23rd, 2025
Location: Nairobi
Details: Join a diverse ecosystem of developers, founders, product designers, VCs, KoLs, and industry players in blockchain, AI, and beyond for an immersive experience that shapes the future of technology.
Link: Reserve Your Spot
12. Let's build meet-up: conTour
Date: May 24th & 31st, 2025
Location: Port Harcourt & Uyo
Details: This isn’t just another meetup, it’s a movement. A chance to connect, collaborate, and co-create the future of Web3, Africa, and beyond.
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!
Learn & Earn
1. Arcium Learn-to-Earn Campaign:
Details: The Arcium learn-to-earn campaign is an opportunity to learn about Arcium while having a chance to earn rewards. Start here.
Job Openings
Atlas is hiring for several roles
AIDA Ambassador Program is hiring Ambassadors
OctantApp is hiring for several roles
Base is hiring for several roles
🎯 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
2. 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
3. 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
Hackathons
1. CodeSprint v3
Details: The CodeSprint Hackathon is a challenge designed to encourage developers to compete and build zero-knowledge dApps that address important use cases. Create a team of 1-5 members, choose a category, and start building.
Link: Register Now
2. Pharos Builder Base Camp
Details: Pharos Builder Base Camp is a global initiative designed to empower developers, startups, and institutions to build the next generation of Real-World Asset (RWA) applications, decentralized payments, and financial innovations on Pharos Network—a modular and full-stack parallel Layer 1 blockchain—$300K prize pool.
Link: Register Now
3. TON Global BTCFi Hackathon
Details: The BTCFi Hackathon, hosted by TONX, TonBit, TON Foundation, TON Society, and TON Core, brings together innovators worldwide to revolutionize how Bitcoin integrates with the TON and Telegram ecosystems with a pool prize of $1,000,000,000.
Link: Register Now
Builders Camp
1. Divvi Builder Camp
Details: Divvi is a system that automatically and fairly shares earnings between app creators and the blockchain networks they use. What are some apps you can build? Stablecoin earning app (integrating multiple backend protocols), Memecoin app (using Aerodrome), Savings circle app, Fonbnk mobile onramp/offramp app.
Link: Register Now
📺 Featured Content
Become a Successful Developer Advocate in 2025
Overview: Have you ever heard the title Developer Advocate and thought, Okay... but what do they really do? This video breaks down the career path of developer advocacy, what it is, how to get in, and whether it’s right for you.
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🐦 Tweet of the Week
🏆 Featured Tweet: @olanetsoft
Want to read the full tweet? The link to the full tweet is here.
🎮 Community Corner
A big thank you to everyone who supported my project during the “Web3 for Universities” Community Round on Gitcoin!
As a token of appreciation, I’m giving away two free tickets to the Women In DeFi Summit in Lagos. If you’re interested, simply drop a comment on this newsletter telling me why you’d love to be at the event, and I’ll be selecting 2 lucky community members to receive the tickets.
Please make sure you’re in Lagos and available to attend the event. Thank you again for your amazing support!
🔗 Let's Connect!
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Talk soon,
Glory Praise Emmanuel