WTM Presents: Voices from Web3Bridge Cohort 12 (Episode 1)

0:00Having to work with you, playing a team, it’s something that I would say, haven’t been easy for me, but we’re trying to shake that for me, having to stay up all night to get the tags done. I know this, they’re trying to get something done, you can’t sleep because you need to get this done. So currently, Maceo and Naira are using these products. It’s called Block, but it’s spelled Block, B-I-L-L-O-O-Q, and it’s a decentralized application that allows you to pay for your facility bills using your credit card already, so instead of converting to Naira.

0:38Hello everyone, my name is Ayode Jiyawusheka, I’m the founder at Web3Bird. Over the last 5 and a half years, Web3Bird has been training amazing developers in Nigeria and in Africa. Trust me, for 12 was amazing, we had 74 guys into the court, 39 guys drive that from the court, they are intense. But then for 13 is going to be bigger than this 12 court because, yeah we’ve got guys to apply from Cameroon, from Togo, from Kenya, from Zimbabwe, from Uganda, and yes Nigeria is not left out. Trust me, don’t want to miss the experience. Today I’m chilling with Maceo and his team at With The Media, they are speaking with the guys I just finished from the course, make sure you watch that.

1:12As we say here at With The Media, in 3, 2, 1, OUYA!

1:19Welcome. Thank you. Can you introduce yourself, tell us your name, where you’re from and what tribe you are? My name is Ebelin Do Kolo and I’m from Annabar State, I’m Igbo by Tribe. Okay, and how did you get into Web3 and learn about Web3 Bridge? Okay, I got into Web3 from my conversation with my friend, Rafa. It was more or less a bunch of sessions, and he started like, I didn’t shop in Web3. I told him this, and he suggested Web3 Bridge. He wasn’t in the last cohort. I know he was doing well, the whole chain, and all that, so I beat the shop. And were you already a developer?

1:51Yeah, I was already a disparate developer, so shopper and react. Okay, and what’s your experience then being a part of this recently concluded cohort here at Web3 Bridge? Okay, it’s been overwhelming, right? You know, it’s all back and forth. Sometimes they give you assignments that last you late nights and all that. It’s been overwhelming, it’s been interesting. You have the rights community you need and above all, you have the right names. So, minus being overwhelming, it’s been interesting, right? And I’m just grateful for it. And how was your experience of the community through this rigorous, overwhelming, but exciting experience?

2:50And out of participating in this cohort and learning about smart contracts, what are you looking Okay, so currently Maceo and Naira are building a product. It’s called Block, but it’s spelled B-L-O-Q, and it’s a neutralized application that allows you to pay for your disability bills using your crypto directly. So instead of converting it to Naira and then going back to pay your bills, you just use your crypto to make your bill payments. So we’re working on that. We’ve gone through the process. We are releasing it currently. That’s incredible. And looking forward, how do you think you would give advice to people looking or thinking about applying to Webloo Bridge?

3:32I also need to go for it. Webloo Bridge, minus the teaching, you have the right community, you have the feeling is good, you have the right, you have everything you need, internet, power, which is like a major challenge every Nigerian pays. So go for it. It’s something amazing. It’s a shock I will add bicycle board or anyone I know to say, go for it. Okay. And then the last thing we like to do is we like to say Booyah. But I’d like to hear you. How do you think we spell Booyah? Okay. B-O-O-Y-A-H. Okay. And you want to count us down and we can say it?

4:07Okay. One, two, three. Booyah!