Leading crypto exchange platform, Binance has announced a Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Awareness Tour (BCAT) slated to begin on 4th June in Nigeria. The program is aimed at boosting awareness of the different opportunities in the digital economy across Africa.
In 2019, Binance BCAT Africa started out as CampusBCAT, an information-spreading platform focusing on Nigerian students in tertiary institutions since these youth were seen as the people to whom blockchain education mattered most.
Binance visited 4 Nigerian universities and in the year, they managed to reach out to students and expose them to the different opportunities in the digital space.
The event was also held virtually in 2020 due to the pandemic but has grown to reach over 60,000 people since its inception.
As the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem, Binance intends to build the global blockchain and cryptocurrency industry by spreading information through education campaigns that in the end will promote growth and adoption in the industry as it is demystified.
For a continent with over a billion people in 54 countries, Africa has a largely youthful population who are impoverished and living off foreign aid despite the vast amount of natural resources and untapped working potential.
With the internet as an added resource providing access to multiple opportunities, Binance aspires to give the African youth the tools needed to take advantage of the resources around them and create a prosperous society.
BCAT Africa is poised to facilitate Africans far across the continent with knowledge of the digital economy with the vision of empowering millions to unlock their potential and that of resources around them.
The Binance BCAT Africa 2022 Tour starts in South-Eastern Nigeria and will continue to spread awareness across Africa with subsequent tours in nations including (but not limited to) Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Tanzania and Cameroon.
With an expected turnout of over 5,000 people, the event is targeted at helping people understand concepts around blockchain and cryptocurrency, Play2Earn (P2E), NFTs, SocialFi, Move2Earn and the Metaverse as well as career opportunities in crypto.
The event will feature a wide range of speakers and special guests with deep experience in managing businesses, capacity building, and transforming nations within and outside the African continent.
Binance BCAT Africa 2022 South East, Nigeria Edition will be held at the Amadeo Event Centre, Enugu, Nigeria on the 4th of June, 2022 and the starting time is 8 AM UTC. Registration for the event is open here.