The Zcash Privacy Developers Residency, organized by Zcash Ghana in collaboration with ZOERD HUB, is becoming a reality — and we are calling on the global Zcash community to help us take this important initiative across the finish line. 🛡️⚡️
We are excited to announce that 15 developers/builders have been selected from across West Africa to participate in the maiden edition of the Zcash Privacy Developers Residency Programme.
🌍 15 developers from across Africa are coming together for this residency, representing cities including Accra and Kumasi in Ghana, Lomé in Togo, and Lagos and Abuja in Nigeria.
This is more than a residency.
It is an opportunity to put Zcash privacy technology into the hands of African developers and give them the environment, knowledge, mentorship and resources needed to build.
For three weeks, residents will learn, collaborate and build around:
🔐 Zcash Architecture
💰 Financial & Shielded Payments
👛 Wallet Development
🧩 Zcash SDKs
⚙️ Backend & Full-Stack Development
🛡️ Privacy Payment Applications
🔒 Security & Testing
🚀 Production Development
🌐 Open-Source Development
💡 Startup & Grant Writing
🎯 Project Building & Demo Day
The goal is simple:
Don't just talk about privacy. Build it.
And we believe the African developer community has an important role to play in the next chapter of Zcash adoption.
🛡️ NOW WE ARE ASKING THE ZCASH COMMUNITY TO HELP US FUND THIS MISSION
We are opening the Residency to community donations in ZEC.
Every contribution — big or small — helps us provide a better experience for these developers and creates more opportunities for privacy-focused builders.
Your ZEC can help support:
🎓 Developer training & learning resources
🏠 Residency logistics
💻 Development resources
🏆 Developer challenges & prizes
🚀 Project building
🌍 Community engagement
🔐 Privacy-focused open-source development
You don't have to be a whale to make an impact.
0.1 ZEC. 0.5 ZEC. 1 ZEC. 5 ZEC.
Every contribution is a signal that the Zcash community believes in privacy, developers and Africa's next generation of builders.
And if you can contribute more, you can also sponsor a developer, workshop, challenge or award.
THIS IS WHAT COMMUNITY-OWNED ZCASH LOOKS LIKE.
A developer in Ghana.
A builder in Nigeria.
A researcher in Togo.
A community in Africa.
And a global Zcash ecosystem coming together to create something that can outlive the residency itself.
We want these 15 residents to leave the programme not only knowing more about Zcash, but capable of building real products and contributing to the wider privacy ecosystem.
Your donation can help make that possible. 🛡️
👉 Support the Residency with ZEC via shielded wallet:
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👉 Learn more about the programme, schedule, modules and facilitators via the link:
https://x.com/i/status/2090929744045068524
Support a developer.
Support privacy.
Support African builders.
Support Zcash Developers Residency. 🛡️💚
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