The Stakeholders in Blockchain Association of Nigeria SIBAN has joined the list of partners sponsoring and promoting the blockchain and cryptocurrencies awareness in Nigeria tertiary institutions.
This partnership will see both organizations ‘pulling their weight’ to spreading awareness on cryptocurrencies and blockchain to the millions of students across Nigeria tertiary schools.
“Campus BCAT is a university-wide education program aiming to teach and expose tertiary education students on the facts and misconception of blockchain and cryptocurrency.”
Speaking on the motivation behind Campus BCAT 2019, CEO of CryptoTVPlus Tony Emeka “There are always meetups, conferences and others about blockchain which is good, but the enduring effects emanating from these events haven’t really been felt. This is exactly our motivation behind the Campus BCAT initiative as we are well aware of the strategic roles youths and millennials play in the adoption of any new technology, social media is an example“
With millions of students graduating from the tertiary institutions across the country yearly, Campus BCAT 2019 presents a good opportunity to educate the growing population of the varied possibilities in cryptocurrencies and the underlying technology, the Blockchain.
As countries of the world are getting exposed greatly to the growing possibilities the technologies brings, Nigeria been a nation that has most of its revenue from oil sales and plagued with various challenges, cryptocurrencies and the underlying technologies has been seen to be a good solution to some of the challenges.
The Campus BCAT 2019 Tour is expected to feature Talent hunts, Winning of exciting prices, Establishment of Campus BCAT Club, the opportunity for students to meet project founders building innovative products in the space, etc. This will start from the University of Ibadan (UI) on the 7th of September, 2019 and will continue from there to other schools across the Nation. Also sponsoring the Tour are Luno, BitFXT Technologies.
“SiBAN is a self regulatory body in Nigeria with the mission of growing the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry in Nigeria by providing regulating guides to projects and helping blockchain firms and projects in the Country to be able to function within the legal ambit of the law while also protecting the public from illegal practices.”
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