Empowering Global Communities Through Ethereum
The Ethereum Foundation recently announced the selection of seven exceptional individuals for its Next Billion Fellowship Program. These fellows come from diverse backgrounds and are poised to drive innovative projects aimed at creating positive impacts on communities worldwide.
The Next Billion Fellows Cohort 4
- David Uzochukwu: David leads an initiative to enhance Ethereum’s decentralization by educating the African community on running Ethereum nodes. His project addresses barriers such as unstable internet access and power outages to promote inclusivity.
- Guo Liu: Guo co-founded Matters Town, a censorship-resistant publication platform. Liu’s project combines advertisement protocols with Harberger tax and quadratic funding to support high-quality open-access content.
- Lefteris Arapakis created the social enterprise Enaleia, targeting a reduction in marine plastic pollution. Arapakis plans to implement a system on Ethereum to trace recycled marine plastic, starting in Greece and expanding across the Mediterranean.
- Mercedes “Meche” Rodriguez Simon: Meche is researching web3 solutions to support human rights organizations in Venezuela. A key member of Ethereum Venezuela, Simon aims to address the country’s political and humanitarian crises.
- Rebecca Mqamelo: Rebecca collaborates with Grassroots Economics to integrate EVM-based local currencies with traditional economic practices in Africa. Her research compares different community currency models and their impact.
- Tomislav “Tomo” Mamić: Tomo is working on the Municipal Quadratic Funding Initiative (MUQA), helping cities use Quadratic Voting and Quadratic Funding for public project funding, starting with a pilot in Split, Croatia.
- Anonymous Fellow: An anonymous fellow is developing a platform to digitize production records and farm metadata, creating on-chain reputation scores to provide affordable working capital to smallholder farmers and cooperatives.
Fostering Innovation and Impact
Each fellow will spend the next six months advancing their projects and will share their progress at Devcon 7 in Southeast Asia from November 12-15. Updates on their initiatives can be followed on @EFNextBillion. Financial support for attending Devcon is available through the Devcon SEA Scholars Program, with applications open until July 7, 2024.
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