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BlockchainUNN Community

As a core team member and content lead, helped build BlockchainUNN into the biggest university blockchain club and community in Nigeria, growing it past 10,000 members while teaching tech and sharing opportunities in the tech space.

BlockchainUNN creators workshop 2025
The Busha Campus Invasion
The Busha Campus Invasion
Buildathon 2025: Conference 4.0 promo
Talking content creation at Conference 3.0, Blockathon, over 2,000 audience
Talking content creation at Conference 3.0, Blockathon, over 2,000 audience
BlockchainUNN at TechNova Summit
BlockchainUNN at TechNova Summit
BlockchainUNN at Enugu Tech Fest 2026
BlockchainUNN at Enugu Tech Fest 2026
BlockchainUNN at the Kaspa Campus Tour
BlockchainUNN at the Kaspa Campus Tour
Kaspa Campus Tour workshop session
Kaspa Campus Tour workshop session
BlockchainUNN at TAKEOFF, OpenSourceNest, backed by GitHub
BlockchainUNN at TAKEOFF, OpenSourceNest, backed by GitHub
BlockchainUNN x Busha
BlockchainUNN x Busha
BlockchainUNN x TechNova Summit, main stage
BlockchainUNN x TechNova Summit, main stage
BlockchainUNN x TechNova Summit, crowd
BlockchainUNN x TechNova Summit, crowd

The Challenge

University students interested in blockchain and tech had no dedicated community to learn from and no consistent access to opportunities in the space.

Cyprian’s Role

Core Team Member / Content Lead at BlockchainUNN: community building, tech education and opportunity sharing.

Key Result

10,000+ Members, Biggest University Blockchain Club in Nigeria

Objectives

  • Build a university blockchain club and community from the ground up.
  • Grow the community into the biggest university blockchain club in Nigeria.
  • Teach tech skills and share opportunities in the tech space with members.
  • Host flagship blockchain conferences and hackathons that bring students, builders and industry sponsors together.

Strategy

Combined structured tech education with an active opportunity-sharing pipeline, giving members reasons to stay engaged beyond a single event or session, and used flagship annual conferences to convert that community into the biggest university blockchain club in Nigeria.

Execution

As core team member and content lead, helped grow BlockchainUNN into a 10,000+ member community, teaching tech skills and sharing opportunities in the tech space; hosted four flagship conferences from "Demystifying Blockchain" (2022) through "Buildathon" (2025), growing from 400 attendees at the first edition to 3,000+ at the fourth, and partnered with sponsors including CELO, The Graph, Arbitrum, Lisk and Web3Bridge along the way, plus campus activations and ecosystem partnerships like the Busha Campus Invasion, the Kaspa Campus Tour, TAKEOFF by OpenSourceNest (backed by GitHub and The Block Vibe), and appearances at TechNova Summit and Enugu Tech Fest.

Results

  • 10,000+ community members
  • Biggest university blockchain club and community in Nigeria
  • 4 flagship blockchain conferences hosted (2022–2025)
  • 7,400+ cumulative conference attendees across all editions
  • $7,000+ in hackathon prize money awarded (Conference 3.0 & 4.0)
  • 25+ sponsors and partners engaged, including CELO, The Graph, Arbitrum and Lisk
  • Featured at ecosystem events including Kaspa Campus Tour, TechNova Summit and Enugu Tech Fest

Lessons & Next Steps

Combining structured tech education with real opportunity access, not events alone, is what turned BlockchainUNN into the biggest university blockchain community in Nigeria.

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