To further spread the Blockchain education, the first online webinar kicking off the establishment was held on Sunday, 17th October, 2011. Over 32+ students were present and educated at this webinar.
The First-ever Blockchain Conference was organised by BlockchainUNN
The conference was held on Saturday, 5th March, 2022 at Princess Alexandra Auditorium, University of Nigeria Nsukka by 10am WAT.
At the conference, Blockchain, DEFI, Cryptocurrency, Web3 and the Metaverse were explored and properly explained to the participants. Specifically, the topics explored were; “Keying into blockchain and crypto as a student” , “Starting up in web3 and blockchain development” , “Exploring NFT’s, Blockchain, DEFI and its applications”, “Starting a media career in Crypto and Blockchain”.
The speakers were industry leaders and experts with years of experience. In no particular order, the speakers were; Okoye Kevin Chibuoyim (Co-founder, BlockchainUNN and convener of the BlockchainUNN 2022 conference); Franklin Peters (CEO, Boundless Pay) who joined virtually; Chimezie Chuta (Founder, BNUG) who joined virtually; Abasi Ibiangake Udoka (Community lead at Blockchain Uniben); Hiliary Azubuike (Founder, CryptoHills academy); Obiajulu Onyema (Author, NFT money guide); Abuchi Michael (SUG President, UNN) and Tony Emeka (CEO, CryptoTvplus)
To organize this conference, Blockchain UNN collaborated with several projects in the Blockchain ecosystem who wholly decided to support and sponsor this great blockchain conference. The sponsors and collaborators were; the Students Union Government, University of Nigeria Nsukka; CELO, Web3Bridge, Buffex, Secret Network, Gamestar, Bundle, Vibra, Octopus network, RACA, Boundless Pay and Lead Wallet.
There were lots of giveaways and freebies. the program was truly a blast