🌍 We are proud to be a Community Partner for the Blockchain Impact Forum, hosted by Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) @chainforgood and @UNDPAltFinLab in Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov 4-5, 2025! 👉 For more info and registration to attend: chainforgood.org/blockchain-…

7/ Confirmed Universities: 1. Kenyatta University (Kenya) 2. University of Lagos (Nigeria) 3. Kigali Independent University (Rwanda) 4. Addis Ababa Science and Technology University (Ethiopia)

6/ 🙌🏽The championship is supported by leading blockchain ecosystems including @flock_io , @JamboTechnology , @zkPass and @ChainforGood

🌍 **Exciting Partnership Announcement in Rwanda!** 🌍 We are thrilled to share that DirectEd Development has officially partnered with Byimana School of Science, one of the top leading schools in Rwanda! 🎉

🎆Thrilled to announce that 5 DirectEd scholars were part of winning teams at the @oxfordAI 🤝AIJSON.com🤝Tison.io MVP Summer Hack this weekend! Kudos to Solace Ngugi 🥇, Vaniah Ndungu 🥈and Team Byte: Kevin Kirai, Mercy Wanjiku & Rahel Abera🥉!

We are excited to share that we have officially partnered with Kenyatta University! 🎉 Yesterday, we signed a Memorandum of Agreement and are now set to co-develop a cutting-edge cybersecurity training program for Kenyatta University's top students.

🚀 Today marks another milestone in our journey at DirectEd Development! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce the successful launch of the DirectEd Coding Club at MaryHill Girls High School. It's inspiring to see the enthusiasm and potential in these young minds, and we are committed

We are thrilled to express our heartfelt gratitude to the @YALIRLCEA under the remarkable leadership of @GeorgeKosimbei Chief of Party. 🙌 Their unwavering support has been instrumental in our journey towards fostering the next generation of Tech Leaders in Africa! 🚀

We're kicking off the 2024 #DirectEd boot camp 🇰🇪 🇪🇹 with a talk on "Fundamentals of Computers" with @0xrhinoella Noella is a self-taught developer currently working at UK Research & Innovation on software for particle physics! Check-out YouTube @DirectEdKenya for the recording

QA session in progress! Kidus and interns collaboratively testing and refining Tally's notification manager to meet high-quality standards. 💻 #QAProcess #TeamWork

Our Kenya Lead, @moses_kahure , had a game-changing meeting with our esteemed advisor, Preeti Sawhney in Nairobi, Kenya🇰🇪 . They delved deep into discussions about the progress, sustainability, impact, and growth of DirectEd Development Foundation in Africa. ✨ ☀️ Preeti and Moses explored new avenues to enhance our initiatives, ensuring a lasting impact on communities across the continent. 💪💙 From education to sustainability, every aspect was scrutinized for greater effectiveness. 📈 The growth journey continues, and we're thrilled about the positive strides we're making. Stay tuned for more updates as we work together towards a brighter, more empowered future! 🌟🌐

Dive into an inspiring testimony from Mrs. Gladys Ondoro, an incredible teacher at Mang’u High School, one of Kenya's top-performing Boys National School! 🏫 In this video, she sheds light on how our DirectEd Development Foundation program has not only transformed the academic landscape but has also propelled alumni to become champions in the tech space. Mrs. Gladys shares tales of success, highlighting our coding program that has nurtured talent and empowered Mang'u High School alumni to shine brightly in the world of technology. 🌐💻 Their journey from students to tech champions is a testament to the enduring impact of education. Let's celebrate these achievements and the limitless possibilities education opens up! ✨ Join us in shaping futures and fostering innovation. 🌍💡 #DirectEdSuccess #ManguHighSchool #TechChampions #CodingForChange

Today @SimonSallstrom is representing us at @Bett_show, one of the world’s largest #edtech conferences with 30,000+ attendees! #BettUK #Bett2024

🌟 We had such an amazing time at the DirectEd Alumni meetup reconnecting with our incredible 1st Cohort and exchanging stories of success and growth! It's truly inspiring to see how far they've come since graduating, thanks in part to the continuous upskilling workshops we've provided. We couldn't be prouder of their achievements. Here's to many more successful meetups and endless opportunities for growth and success! 🎉 #DirectEdAlumni #FirstCohort #SuccessStories #AlumniMeetup #UpskillingWorkshops"

A big shoutout to the incredible students and parents who made our Cohort 2 1st Info Session a massive success! 🙌 More than 300 enthusiastic individuals joined us, making it a truly engaging and informative event. 🚀✨ Thank you for your active participation, insightful questions, and the positive energy you brought to the session. 🌐📚 We're thrilled to see such overwhelming interest and commitment from our amazing community. Stay tuned for the exciting journey ahead! ✨ If you have any further questions or need additional information, feel free to reach out. We're here to support you every step of the way. Here's to the beginning of an extraordinary chapter with Cohort 2! 🚀👩‍💻👨‍💻 #Cohort2Success #InfoSession #DirectEdJourney #CodingCommunity #FutureLeaders

Happy new year from the DirectEd team to our community and contributors ❤️ Thank you for 2023 Were going for number one in 2024 @SimonSallstrom @fa6ab @kiduselias15 @moses_kahure Rohan @jessicapointing @Karimiikim

🌟 Unveiling the captivating lore of the DIrectEd Lions Collection, Noli Chronicles! 🌍 Legend has it that Noli was once a realm of magic wielders, creators of life and masters of the elements. Yet, their insatiable greed led to the Downfall, leaving behind the enigmatic Leonians. 🦁 Journey through the Great War's chaos that birthed six majestic kingdoms: 1️⃣ Kariala, led by the wise lioness Aurora in golden fields. 2️⃣ Yoxa, ruled by fierce lion duo mastering weaponry and offense. 3️⃣ Teluji, guided by the cunning lioness Frost in the resilient north. 4️⃣ Epkal, connected to the spiritual realm with mystical wisdom. 5️⃣ Airode, delving into ancient dark magic arts under the reign of lioness Yeroa. 6️⃣ Edoria, harnessing nature's power in the jungle under the passionate lion Seperu. 🤝 Despite diverse strengths, these kingdoms unite in a formidable alliance, standing guard against threats to Noli. 🚀✨#DirectEdLions Support 💪 a student 🧑‍🎓 and get a lion 🦁with perks 🎁 here: bit.ly/DirectEdPools 📖 bit.ly/DirectEdLitepaper

💡Did you know? To appeal to our students' need for accomplishment, our boot camp contains gamification elements such as Points, Badges, and Leaderboards🎖️🏆 to drive engagement that tie well into activities related to the boot camp. Individuals/groups with the highest points are displayed on “The Wall Of Fame” and receive a reward package 🎁 every Sprint.

Our Ethiopian 🇪🇹 scholars have taken their in-person examination 📝 and 14 of them need your support💪 For 500$ you can help one of these students break out of generational poverty: bit.ly/DirectEdPools

F8 DirectEd Student Scholarship Portal (@AtalaPrismio 2.0) #ProjectCatalyst closeout video ...the FIRST-ever useful thing that next year's fresh Ethiopian high school graduates will be able to use their Verifiable Credentials for @IOHK_Charles ❤️♻️ to spread the word

Our curriculum design lead and co-founder Kidus Elias @kiduselias15 shares his personal story. "I have experienced first-hand how an education system can really fail an individual" "I really really did my best to good in school because this degree is my ticket out of poverty. It's what I'm counting on to actually be able to help my mom and help her raise my brothers... "...but by the time we reached the second year, I didn't have any practical knowledge that could use to even do some freelance work. I saw posts on there [Fiverr, Upwork] and the knowledge I had at the moment based on what the curriculum that I was being taught, I was so far behind. This realization was so scary because I really needed my degree to actually change my life." "Right now we have 14 students like me that don't have access to the necessary resources such as laptops and internet to [take part in DirectEd's free program] and hopefully become interns at western tech firms like our Kenyan students" Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. There's still time to become a supporter of DirectEd's first cohort of Ethiopian scholars. Head over to our donation portal (link in our bio) #blockchain4good #CardanoCommunity #Opportunity

"🎉 Exciting news! We are thrilled to announce that DirectEd Development Foundation has been nominated for the prestigious Africa Startup Ecosystem Builders Award 2023 in the category of Best Entrepreneurship Education Program! 🌍✨

ONLY 3 MORE DAYS LEFT ... to support the next Einstein of 🇪🇹 Ethiopia to begin a life-transforming journey Each #DirectEdLion Legacy donor tier means different things Hero🦸means you fund one Access Scholarship whereas the Royal tier👑means you fund two! Some perks... ✅ Bootcamp (+masterclasses) access👑🦸 ✅ Donor plate in scholar's alma mater school👑 ✅ Donor's reception in Oxford👑 app.directed.dev/scholarship…

@SimonSallstrom successfully delivered a DirectEd T-shirt to @IOHK_Charles (not easy 😅) Like/repost to help us find more patrons for our Ethiopian 🇪🇹 students (crowdfunding ends Nov 12th) 🙏🙏 Learn more: app.directed.dev/scholarship… #CardanoSummit2023 #DirectEdLions

A Letter From Mihret Graduate of Kokebe Tsibah Secondary School 🇪🇹 and Access Scholarship applicant. Is the #CardanoCommunity ready to change a life? Support her directly here app.directed.dev/directed-do… Your support, no matter the size, can be the key to unlocking a brighter future for Mihret and her peers #DirectEdLions #Cardano

Why DirectEd? The 1-minute version, as submitted to @ycombinator (W23 non-profit) Right now, our #DirectEdLions 🇪🇹 campaign is live! Our goal? $7000 raised ...in order to fund 12 scholarships💻🌐 and enable our very best students participate in the 3m long bootcamp Donate directly (and see donor tiers & perks) here: app.directed.dev/scholarship… Thank you to those of you who have helped us make it this far @Lido_Phuffy @LidoNation @ColeenChase @AKYO_POOL @CloverNodes @LaPetiteADA @ChristianMKoch @rofdezhdez @Web3UserGroup @KindStakePool @matthew_hilts @shahafbg #ProjectCatalyst❤️ Without your support, 13 young Kenyan students would not be working as remote software engineers for companies like @tallyxyz @LidoNation @birblewin @homedao This is just the beginning. We're going for number 1

👀 Check out our Programme Application portal demo, powered by Atala PRISM 2.0, for seamless verification of Ethiopian🇪🇹 high school graduates! This innovation significantly cuts down our verification expenses. 📽️#AtalaPRISM2.0 #Efficiency 🎓📄

✈️DirectEd will be at the Cardano Summit. We are proud 😃 to share that our CEO Simon Sällström will be having a masterclass at the Cardano Summit Dubai main stage event 🎫 on the topic “Blockchain for Development”. You don’t want to miss this! #CardanoSummit

Did you know ❓When Becoming a Lion Hero🦸owner, you: 💡fund one scholarship🧑‍🎓 💡get access to the student-created ✍️🏼 Hero story 💡get access to the boot camp content 📚+ live soft-skills masterclasses by industry pros (value $300+) Donate 👉 bit.ly/DirectEdPools #DirectEdLions

DirectEd’s Bootcamp 🎒 We have incorporated experiential learning into our curriculum and make our students build different functional and fun websites such as an AirBnB clone, Meme Generator, Blackjack game and so much more ….

“The most interesting thing has been the rigorous nature of the program, the skills that I have acquired, and the friends I have made along the way. “ Dennis Mwangangi | DirectEd Scholar 👨‍💻 | 🇰🇪 Help us bring this opportunity to Ethiopia too 🇪🇹 bit.ly/DirectEdPools

Check out 👀 this personal portfolio site one of our Kenyan🇰🇪 students built after learning website development for just two weeks.

Did you know ❓When Becoming a Lion Royal👑 owner, you: 💡 Fund two scholarships 🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓 📨 get an invitation to an exclusive Donor's Dinner 🍽️ held in the halls of an Oxford College 🪧 get a nameplate of recognition in one of the schools Donate👉 bit.ly/DirectEdPools

Meet one of our partners!🤝 Fountain of knowledge🏫 Founded in 2001, this school is recognized as one of the top🏆 private schools in Addis Ababa. The school's mission🎯 to produce knowledgeable citizens capable of contributing to their country's development through the attainment of quality education aligns with our mission of using quality tech education to transform lives. Around a quarter (25%) of the students🧑‍🎓 waiting for admission to DirectEd’s main boot camp are from this school.

7/ @SimonSallstrom will be holding a masterclass at the Cardano Summit Dubai main stage event on the topic “Blockchain for Development”. You don’t want to miss this! We were also nominated in the “Blockchain for Good” category!

4/ Our Programme Application portal demo ( @AtalaPrismio 2.0!) This means that we can directly verify any Ethiopian high school graduate holding an Atala PRISM 2.0 on our application portal ...massively reducing our verification costs. Video: piped.video/cj5I46EaMm8

Meet one of our partners!👋 Karaalo Secondary School 🏫 Karaalo Secondary School is located in the Yeka sub-city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia🇪🇹. As of 2022, the school had a total of 134 teachers, 50 supportive staff members, and an enrollment of 3100 students. Around 11% of the students🧑‍🎓 waiting for admission to DirectEd’s main boot camp are from this school and from our visit to the school, we were able to see that the school faces challenges in setting up well-equipped laboratories🔬 due to insufficient classrooms and resource constraints. Help us give these students a fair chance here: 🌐 bit.ly/DirectEdPools Empower students, donate today!💛

Ever wondered what actually happens when one goes to Ethiopia to sign a Memorandum of Understanding? After nearly 9 months of preparation and conversations led by Etihopia lead @fa6ab, our CEO @SimonSallstrom met and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the President of Kotebe University of Education in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 🇪🇹 back in December 2022. The MOU states the two parties' intention to work together to develop and launch a highly scalable, evidence-based and cost-effective coding programme. The president explained how many international organisations come to Ethiopia for partnerships, sign MOUs and then disappear. 10 months later, it is clear that DirectEd is the exception. In spite of ongoing conflicts and instability in the country, we pushed through and delivered on what was promised. In August, we completed the first Ethiopian pilot Intro Course. We are on track to start the Bootcamp in late November. However, for this bootcamp to succeed, our students need access to resources - laptops, wifi and stipends to pay for data bundles. This is why we launched the #DirectEdLions crowdfunding campaign!🦁 Please consider making a contribution to our cause, either to our general treasury or to the Access Scholarships, by heading over to app.directed.dev/ #DirectEdVlog

VOTE FOR US in the "Blockchain for Good" Category @Cardano_CF Summit in Dubai 2023 🗳️ Our team has been working on this for a long time and getting this recognition could be what enables us to scale our programme and impact to thousands of students across Africa in the years to come 🌍 Winners are decided by popular vote and take just 2-3 minutes! No crypto (ADA) is required! Instructions 👇 1. Get a #Cardano wallet if you don’t already have For example vespr.xyz/ for mobile, typhonwallet.io/#/ for browser extension @vesprwallet @TyphonWallet 2. Verify (text/discord) & Vote (just a signature from your verified wallet) for DirectEd Development Foundation via voting.summit.cardano.org/ if mobile wallet, paste this link in the browser inside the app and pick Eternl when connecting the wallet to the website! Voting ends next Wednesday (11th October) #blockchain4good #CardanoSummit2023 Thank you in advance 🙏🙏

Meet one of our partners!🤝 Kokebe Tsibah Secondary School🏫 Kokebe Tsibah is one of the oldest schools in the country being in operation for 85+ years. Since its establishment, the school has nurtured many scholars, making contributions to the country by producing a substantial pool of human resources. We have partnered🤝 up with this school to provide quality tech students to its high school graduates👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 and give them access to internships💼 at western tech firms elevating the school's contribution from the local🇪🇹 market to an international🌎 one. Help us give these students a fair chance here: 🌐 bit.ly/DirectEdPools Empower students, donate today!💛

As you all know our Ethiopian🇪🇹 crowdfunding campaign is now live, meaning you can support high-potential under-resourced students to pursue a career in web development👨‍💻. 🎁As a token of our gratitude for your support, we give you a digital art piece from the DirectEd Lions collection. The art piece you get and it’s perks vary based on your contribution and one perk is that it comes with its own lore written by students that you support like this one👇 Theolas Rokele In the hills and valleys of Sangoa, there lived a harmonious community, the Sangoan lions. They lived so peacefully under the rule of Kanyi, their just and selfless leader who served them with integrity. But this so-called peace was soon to be shaken by the abrupt emergence of the Kimba lions. The leader of the Kimba lions was none to be compared with; his tall masculine body as tall as a sycamore tree. His bulging muscles made him look outstanding among all the other Kimba lions. After conquering the Sangoans in a blood shed fight, he took full control of the Sangoan lions and the neighboring communities. The pride he had in his victory made him rule with an iron fist, but this was after torturing and killing Kanyi, their leader. Under the oppressive rule of Mufasa, the leader of the Kimba, the Sangoans sought refuge under an upcoming warrior, by the name Theolas. Theolas assembled all the skillful warriors and came up with a devious plan to overthrow and kill Mufasa. This was not an easy task due to the large number of guards at Mufasa's palace. However, Theolas and his group of warriors were able to overthrow Mufasa and his people, killing him and driving all the Kimba people out of the Sangoa village. After the victory of Theolas, he was crowned leader of the Sangoans and ruled them just as his father Kanyi did, just and selfless. The legend of Theolas still reigns among the Sangoans for the way he was able to rise above the rest when no one else could. 🤝 Join us in making a difference, one act of kindness at a time.💪 🌐 bit.ly/DirectEdPools

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"How was the bootcamp for you?" Listen to Denis Mwangi, our @tallyxyz internship team lead, talk about his bootcamp experience 😇 To help us enable talents in 🇪🇹, please consider making a deductible $15 donation through app.directed.dev/