About the challenge

BelfricsBT and Kenya Red Cross Society wants to customize and improve the Credibel education solution. It is a blockchain solution that hopes to improve students' records from admission to alumni, using a human-centered approach. The main goal of the solution is to ensure that student records, courses, examinations, publishing, rewards, and identity are secure, transparent, tamperproof, verifiable, and easily traceable in a decentralized system. 

Requirements

What to Build

 Ideas that will be used to create modules on the Credibel solution that will enhance student academic experiences and how to  improve life long learning.

What to Submit

A 2 minute video of the idea/s and a written abstract that is not more than 200 words.

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Prizes

$1,750 in prizes
1st Prize Amazon Web Services
1 winner

First Runners Up Team
1 winner

Second Runners Up Team
1 winner

250 USD in Amazon Web Services

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Judges

Alex Ayub

Alex Ayub
National Youth Manager | Kenya Red Cross Society

Dorah Nsubuga

Dorah Nsubuga
Founder

Justus Kimasyu

Justus Kimasyu
Director/ Belfrics Kenya

Wilson Maina

Wilson Maina
Founder

Aziz Chonya

Aziz Chonya
Director/ Belfrics Tanzania

Evans Kiplagat

Evans Kiplagat
Senior Instructor/ School of Intelligence

Mercy Mueni

Mercy Mueni
Sales Executive/ Belfrics Kenya

Samuel Onyoso

Samuel Onyoso
Innovator

Judging Criteria

  • Is the Idea Realistic?
    Will it be executed in real life? can it be applied to a student academic lifecycle.
  • Is the Idea Innovative/ Fresh Approach
    Is it a fresh idea? Can it be a base to create other business ideas?
  • Does it have a business value?
    Is the idea viable in the education and edutech market?
  • Will it make an Impact
    Will it solves problems that student experience in their day to day. Will it help in encouraging life long learning? Will it contribute towards education equality for people in Africa?
  • Sustainability
    Will it be transformational, transferable, resilient and scalable?

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