WTM Presents: Voices from Web3Bridge Cohort 12(Episode 6)

0:00Yeah, web 3 is is actually taking the world right now. Um, web two is not um giving the what um people need right now. So I think web three bridge web 3 is giving us what we need now to build on blockchain now uh is going to be a very big opportunity and is bringing more more money and is solving a very big solution that two cannot solve. Hello everyone, my name is Jawaka. 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,

0:4439 guys from the court. They are intense. But then for is going to be bigger than this 12 because every 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 chatting with Masu and his team at W the Media. They’re speaking with the guys I just finished from the court. Make sure you watch that. As we see here at W the Media in 3 2 1.

1:12What’s up, Hanber? Welcome. Um, can you introduce yourself? Tell us you know your name, what state you’re from and your tribe? Yeah, my name is Bis. So I’m from state. So I’m a front end developer.

1:24Okay. Okay. And how did you learn about web 3? Yeah, I heard about from French. Um his name is Adam. So I’m a web three developer. So it was the one that introduced web 3 to me that I have to double up my game to come to web three bridge. And you said your friend introduced you to to web 3 and crypto. Yeah. Um how do you feel like you see like the overall way people here in Nigeria see crypto and blockchain? Yeah, I think uh is a very u is a very big opportunity for me to join on the bridge and is web three

2:00bridge one of the best platform in Africa right now to show you how web three really work how blockchain really use uh because we have some people nowadays they use web three for for scamming but in web 3 going to show you how to make your own money and you really understand it of production

2:19and I’m curious how you would describe your experience being here a part of web3 bridge. Yeah, actually my experience in web 3 bridge is very fantastic. I think I’m grateful for myself to attend web3 bridge because um web bridge actually taught me how to manage my time. So I think I I register for um boot camp online I’m forgetting that I’ I register for them. So I just saw their um this morning that I have test with them. So they gave us test for like 2 hours for the next 30 minutes I’m done with it. So uh when I check back I noticed that he’s

2:53web three reader actually training with that. So they train with time cons. So you have to know how to manage your time. So I’m very grateful for you to come to

3:02and how would you describe your experience of mentorship here? Yeah, my experience here is um uh I I have experience with the the old staff um with with my friend also uh with the the CEO also. Um I I connect with a lot of people also. So I really like my experience.

3:23Okay. And out of coming here, what are you looking to accomplish? Yeah. Yeah. coming here. Yeah, I want to become a um smart contractor DE and to to know more about blockchain as that’s the goal for me to come here and I I’m grateful. So right now I know more about blockchain. So um I I’m very confident in myself now to build on blockchain.

3:47Okay. And why do you feel like it’s important for people to be building on the blockchain? Sup? Why do you feel like it’s important for people to be building on the blockchain? Yeah, I think web 3 is is actually taking um the world right now. Um web two is not

4:00um giving the what um people need right now. So I think web three web 3 is giving us what we need now. So uh is to build on blockchain now uh is going to be a very big opportunity and is bringing more more money and is solving a very big solution that two cannot solve. And I’m curious, what advice would you give to somebody thinking about applying a web three bridge?

4:24Yeah, my advice is it’s not too late. Uh you can jump on the tree right now. And if you want to learn on web three, I advise you to come to web three bridge and this is the best platform that’s going to give you light uh very comfortable where to sleep. And we are not teaching about food. There’s food for you. There’s light and you just have to come to class, learn and have fun. And as the quarter wraps up, you you’re completing a project as well. I’m curious, what have you been working on?

4:51Yeah. Okay. I and my team, we are working on block. So block is a a platform where whereby you can um subscribe for your subscription, maybe your TV, um GGS TV, uh you can pay for your water bill uh as some other stuff you can pay for. So right now we are done with the MVP. So uh we are trying to launch. We are we are trying to launch now. So, uh, you can reach out to us on Twitter. Um, um, app on Twitter. Twitter Android. We wait to find more about us on Twitter.

5:23That’s beautiful. And to wrap up, a question we like to ask people. We like to say ask people, but we like to say booya when we clap when we close our interviews. How do you think we spell booyah here at Wea Media?

5:33Yeah. B Y A H. Okay. You want to count us down and we’ll say it? Yeah. Three, two, one. Booyah.