KamPay proudly announces today the launch of our new project, Coding Africa. In the past few months, we have been working on developing a learning platform to equip the African youth with coding and tech knowledge, empowering them with more and better options for their future.
Our first product is a gamified program, developed in collaboration with Sharkcoders, a network of Coding Schools based in Portugal, that teaches children as young as 5 about the building blocks of programming and coding. As they level up, tasks get more complex, and they earn financial rewards in KamPay tokens – so they are exposed to crypto and blockchain technology early as well. KamPay believes that knowledge is the only way to enact change sustainably, so our learn-to-earn design was carefully thought out to encourage students to keep investing their time in their learning and encourage them to dedicate themselves to classes.
Currently, coding courses are available in three languages, English, Portuguese and French, so it can spark the interest of local children in different African countries, making sure that the program adapts to their needs and resonates with their culture and surroundings. Our aim for Coding Africa is to provide a creative approach that can attract and encourage African kids and teens to engage in tech-related fields. The methodologies are based on storytelling and gaming strategies that will make the learning process fun and interactive. Children in K1 – K4 can already join the program, and our team is working to make Coding Africa available for other groups, embracing young learners from K5 to K12 as well. As KamPay values accessibility and simplicity, our platform is intuitive and will soon be available in a mobile version to facilitate access and amplify the reach of our project.
This May, our journey begins with our launch event at Loveworld International School in Nungua, Ghana. We have organised a Coding Day where our platform will have its first users, with 200 children having their first opportunity to delve into coding. This event has been made possible with the help of our partners at Cudos, a decentralised cloud …
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