Developing a Blockchain app to be used in South Africa

MODULE 1 UNIT 3
Activity submission

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Learning outcome:
LO6: Assess what a specific project venture will deliver in terms of commercial and
societal value.
Name:
1. Instructions and guidelines (Read carefully)
Instructions
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name. Save the file as: First name Surname M1U3 Activity Submission – e.g.
Lilly Smith M1U3 Activity Submission.NB: Please ensure that you use the name
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writing here’ under each question. Please type your answer there.
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4. Do not delete the plagiarism declaration or the assignment instructions and
guidelines. They must remain in your assignment when you submit.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please ensure that you have checked your programme calendar
for the due date for this assignment.
Guidelines
1. There are 7 pages and 1 question in this assignment.
2. Make sure that you have carefully read and fully understood the questions before
answering them. Answer the questions fully, but concisely, and as directly as
possible. Follow all specific instructions for individual questions (e.g. ‘list’, ‘in point
form’).
3. Answer all questions in your own words. Do not copy any text from the notes,
readings, or other sources. The assignment must be your own work only.
Plagiarism declaration:
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pretend that it is one’s own.
2. This assignment is my own work.
3. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the
intention of passing it off as his or her own work.
4. I acknowledge that copying someone else’s assignment (or part of it) is
wrong, and declare that my assignments are my own work.
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2. Mark allocation
Each question receives a mark allocation. However, you will only receive a final
percentage mark and will not be given individual marks for each question. The mark
allocation is there to show you the weighting of each question.
Question 1 24
TOTAL 24
3. Question
Case studies:
Throughout this programme, you will refer to two case studies of fictional ventures:
DrAIveand Unblock Africa. DrAIve is an American AI venture creating AI-enabled
semiconductors for autonomous vehicles, while Unblock Africa is a South African venture
developing a blockchain app for people who are unbanked. Being unbanked means that
people do not have a bank account and are not affiliated with a particular bank.
You will be asked to use the information in the case studies to complete your activity
submission for each module. Further details about each venture will be provided as the
programme progresses.
For this activity submission, download and read theslide decks for each case study, then
answer the question below.
There is a US$100,000 government grant available for a well-organised start-up. Review
the two slide decks featuring the initial business plans ofDrAIve and Unblock Africa.
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