Stellar Surge seeks to build a community of engaged African engineers and startups building on Stellar and Soroban. The program provides a pathway to innovation, learning, and meaningful connections within the African blockchain and developer ecosystem with special focus on building strong partnerships/alliances while supporting and raising developers within the African landscape to launch innovative products using the Stellar and Soroban network.
Learn
Don’t know what you’d like to build on Soroban and/or Stellar? Join the community to learn more about Stellar and Soroban and get inspired to solve problems using Stellar Technology.
Innovate
Got an idea or working on any project that tackles real life problems in Africa and interested in integrating Soroban and/or Stellar? Join the community to innovate and get the support you need from taking your idea from Point A to B.
Who is the Stellar Surge Developer Community For?
Stellar Surge is for African based developers and founders or developers and founders with African descent who have:
- Previously built on other blockchains but not Soroban and are interested in building on Stellar/Soroban.
- Early-stage founders who are choosing the best blockchain on which to build the next groundbreaking and viable solution solving some of Africa’s problems.
- Web 2 developers who are curious about Web 3 and the opportunities within the Stellar ecosystem.
- Students developers who have prior experience developing in web2 but not web3 and are excited about building and learning about the Stellar and Soroban network.
Benefits of being a Part of the Community
✅ Access to exclusive educational resources and community events
✅ Mini Grant Opportunities + potential funding/investment opportunities
✅ Advisory Support for submissions into Stellar Community Fund (Awards up to $100K in XLM)
✅ Contribute to the growth of the Stellar Ecosystem by being a part of the wider and global Stellar Developers Community.