WTM Presents: Voices from Web3Bridge Cohort 12 (Episode 2)
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0:00We are working on getting like connecting agents or landlords and civilians or people that are looking for houses like together. It’s a decentralized app that brings house owners or people that are willing to sell their lands or properties to people that are willing to buy. Yeah. And also it helps like saves them from fraud. Yeah. And also like helps them save their money as well. Yeah. Hello everyone, my name is Jawushika. I’m the founder at Bridge. Over the last 5 and a half years, has been training amazing developers in Nigeria and in Africa. Trust me, Port 12 was amazing. We had 74 guys into the court, 39 guys
0:52from the court. They are intense. But then for 13 is going to be bigger than this 12 because everyone guys 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 Masio and his team at W the Media. They’re speaking with the guys that just finished from the court. Make sure you watch that. As we see here at W the Media in 3 2 1. So, let’s get to meet you. Um, can you tell us your name, where you’re from, and what tribe you’re from? Okay. My
1:24name is Oku. I’m from Anamra and I’m in Engle. Okay. And how did you learn about web 3 and web 3 bridge? And I got to know about web3 and web from a friend. So he was part of the last coord and they have been like I got to learn more about web from him and also he told me that web sh will be like the best place to like learn and also meet people and community. So yeah and how has your experience being a part of the 12 cohort which recently completed been? Yeah, it’s actually been a nice experience though it’s been stressful. Yeah. But
2:07then it’s been I’ve learned a lot. Yeah. From the mentors, even from the people I met here. I’ve learned a lot. Yeah. And also like it kept me on my toes. Like I’ve been on my toes and like and I’ve learned to like adapt to like every situation, every like trials, every point in time. I’m always up. So, yeah, it’s been a nice experience and a wonderful manner. And how would you describe your experience of the community? Um, so to say I’ve not only learned from the teachers, I’ve learned from the people I’ve met, the events we’ve attended, and what they’ve said. I’ve learned a lot.
2:51Yeah. So, the community is a great one. It’s something that I’m very happy to be like involved in. So yeah, it’s lovely. Yeah. And out of this experience, what are you looking to achieve? Yeah. So I’m looking to join people out there after web bridge to build stuff with different people to join African different African communities to experience the whole web ecosystem as a whole. Are there any particular problems you’re interested in thinking about how we can solve with the blockchain? Yeah, so um one of them I and my team are already like working on that. So um we are working on getting like connecting agents or landlords and
3:42civilians or people that are looking for houses like together. So yeah and it’s called property chain. Yeah. So, and it’s a decentralized app that brings house owners or people that are willing to sell their lands or properties to people that are willing to buy. Yeah. And also it helps like saves them from fraud. Yeah. And also like helps them save their money as well. Yeah. So, yeah. And we are working on that. So, yeah. That’s awesome. It’s incredible. And I’m curious, what would your advice be to someone thinking about applying to Web3 Bridge? Yeah. I would advise them to to apply and make sure to be here
4:23because I’ve actually learned a lot. I’ve met great with people. Yeah. And I’ve learned a lot. So I would advise them to like it’s better to come here and be among people and learn with people and go with people as well and join communities. Yeah. So I would advise them to apply. I love that. Um, and finally, we like to say bua in our interviews, and I’m curious, how do you think we spell booya here at Wea Media? Booya is N B O Y A H. Okay, you want to count us down so we can say it? One, two, three. Booyah.