Press Release: Thursday, January 21 2021, 07:15 CAT | Source: Binance
Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, via its Binance Masterclass education series, plans to equip up to 1000 African blockchain developers with the right tools and skills to build their first DApps on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) network. All within the first quarter of 2021.
From January 31, 2021, beginning with a two-hour Binance Masterclass – Developers’ Edition on ‘Careers in Blockchain Technology’, where Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ) will introduce the program, the Binance Smart Chain and Binance Africa teams will host weekly programs (for 8 weeks) under the theme Rebuilding Financial Systems on Blockchain.
With this event, the Binance Africa and Binance Smart Chain teams aim to show the multitude of career options in the crypto and blockchain space – beyond crypto trading. The 8-week program will be coordinated by crypto industry thought leaders from ChainIDE, Xend, Bundle, as well as the BSC team.
Location: Zoom (first 1000 attendees) & YouTube
Register at: https://www.binance.com/en/event/masterclass_jan
Date and Time: 31st January 2021, 4PM WAT, 5PM SAST, 6PM EAT
The Binance Masterclass series is an ongoing monthly FREE crypto education webinar hosted by the Binance Africa team. In 2020, Binance Africa successfully educated over 70,000 Africans about crypto fundamentals, practical tutorials on how to set up an account – and buy & sell crypto, technical analysis and crypto trading.
As of December 2020, the Binance Africa team has organized more than 400+ free events in 2020, getting attendees across 40+ countries (mostly African) online and offline.
Binance continues to expand its crypto education efforts on the continent in 2021, starting with the Binance Masterclass – Developers‘ Edition: ‘Careers in Blockchain Technology’.
In addition to Binance CEO’s keynote speech, this edition of Binance Masterclass will include two key sessions: Careers in Blockchain Technology (led by Chuta Chimezie) and BSC and Becoming a Blockchain Developer (led by the team lead for Binance Smart Chain)
The masterclass on January 31 aims to increase product awareness for blockchain development within Africa using BSC. Attendees will:
● Acquire high income development skills
● Learn blockchain development with Binance for FREE
● Receive a certificate of participation issued on Binance Smart Chain (for those that complete the 8-weeks course)
Binance Masterclass will also be giving away $1000 worth of crypto during the event.
The 8-week program on Rebuilding Financial systems on Blockchain begins on February 1st. Click HERE to register and see the schedule below:
|
Weeks |
Focus |
Speaker |
| Week 1 |
Blockchain: Technology, Innovation, and Thinking
|
WuXiao |
| Week 2 | Financial Service and Cryptocurrency On Blockchain | Samy |
| Week 3 | Dapp development with ChainIDE
|
Tim Zhang |
| Week 4 | How solidity works in a smart contract?
|
Yilei |
| Week 5 | What is DeFi? Make one yourself
|
Yilei |
| Week 6 | Let’s follow DeFi to go further
|
Yilei |
| Week 7 | Interact with smart contract by yourself, from start to finish
|
Yilei |
| Week 8 | DeFi Case Study/Inside out. Panel: How to build a successful DeFi project? | BSC Project Partners |
| Week 9 (Optional) | Invited speakers: Frontier blockchain technology outlook | Xend, Bundle |
| Demo Show | Pick 5 best projects from Masterclass students for a demo. Every team has 15 minutes to present their idea. | Masterclass Students
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This article is a Press Release received from Binance. Global Crypto did not receive any form of compensation for its publication, and as this material is deemed newsworthy for the Southern African blockchain industry, it was thus published accordingly.
