Curriculum

About the Program

Imagine a platform empowering local farmers and small businesses to transparently track the journey of their products, from harvest to market, ensuring authenticity and fair pricing. Using blockchain, the platform provides a secure, immutable record of each step in the supply chain, boosting trust among consumers and giving producers the data-driven insights they need to optimize and grow their businesses. Alternatively, picture a decentralized microfinance network enabling secure peer-to-peer lending across borders, using blockchain to streamline payments, enforce smart contracts, and build credit histories for entrepreneurs who are typically underserved by traditional banking systems.

This is the transformative potential of blockchain technology—a distributed, secure, and transparent ledger that is helping to address some of the key challenges across Africa’s agriculture and financial sectors.

In the Blockchain Development for Web Applications course, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of blockchain fundamentals, smart contract development, and decentralized applications (DApps). Through hands-on projects, they’ll build a web application using blockchain technology, bringing an innovative and practical product from concept to deployment.

Students will start by exploring the core concepts of blockchain—its structure, decentralized nature, and how transactions are securely validated. Then, they’ll dive into smart contract development and learn how to create applications that interact with the blockchain. With each module, students will work toward creating a full-fledged blockchain product, applying their knowledge to develop a blockchain-integrated web application ready for real-world use.