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Application Status Summary

Score Overview and Reviewer Comments

→ Total Average Score: 12.7 / 16

• "Combines multiple elements including education, hardware, software, and regenerative finance including staking initiatives. Added scores for producing two solar containers to better operationalize the process and built in resilience if one fails. Bonus for renewable energy powered blockchain infrastructure. Only thing I'd like to see more of is more info on how they plan to train and onboard more communities in the future and what they plan to reinvest the staking yield."

• "Impact is significant and there is a lot of innovation happening. Would be great to measure the builders / onchain usage from TAS Hubs" | | 2️⃣ Local Co-Funding & Financial Sustainability | 2.75 | - "Aim to raise $21k, and are expecting $7k from 3 sources: 2k from the community reflecting the buy-in and 1k from the infrastructure provider showing a strategic partnership. If this co-funding remains the same, and if the project reached the maximum matching, ie 2x, it would be 14k, totalling the amount attended. However, if full funding is not achieved, the program will support 1 project (hub) instead of 2. Co-funding is in the minimum range ($5–10k typical)

• "Less than 7k Matching although budget can go farther in Nigeria than in other parts of the Global North. Bonus for getting funding from multiple sources and to have the backing of a global organization like GreenPill Network."

• "Strong co-funders and ability to operate without max." | | 3️⃣ Round Operations, Mechanisms & Impact Framework | 3.08 | - "Projects are already selected, provided agreements with implementation partners (university authorities and community partners) are concluded satisfactorily. It seems that the Projects are developed by the Grantees themselves, therefore their support and confidence in the results is based on their direct influence on project design and partnerships. Funding mechanism is well-defined: direct grants. Timeline seems feasible and well structured, supported by the previous work that has been done. Will use multiple web3 tools to measure stacking yield, user adoption, education delivery, electricity production, and continue reporting in KarmaGAP. It's an innovative approach with benefits for the community, fostering renewable energy and tech sovereignty."

• "Team has experience by participating and operating grant rounds."

• "Would like to see more follow-up initiatives enabled by the infrastructure." | | 4️⃣ Team Capacity & Community Anchoring | 3.17 | - "Team is composed by knowledgeable operators, experienced in web3 operations and community building, sensitive to the local needs and partnering with strategic implementation actors to cover all the aspects of the program and projects."

• "Good marks for partnering with Greenpill Nigeria and Universities, but unclear from the application who has experience in both solar power systems design and construction and staking experience. Unless there are other partners besides TAS. From the Karma GAP profile TAS has only participated in one other funding round and there is little activity on their page."

• "Proven team, but node seems somewhat inactive on socials. Would like to see a commitment to open-sourcing learnings and more comms." |

Evaluation Summary

Tech and Sun presented an innovative proposal combining renewable energy infrastructure, blockchain node operations, and digital education across Nigerian universities, building on a proven solar-powered pilot in Owerri. Evaluators recognized the program's significant potential to address multiple community needs simultaneously—reliable electricity, internet connectivity, and technical education — while demonstrating practical regenerative finance applications in a Global South context. The team's web3 operational experience and partnerships with GreenPill Nigeria and local universities provided confidence in execution capacity, with reviewers noting the program is well-structured and implementable by Q1 2026. The innovative deployment of two solar containers to power blockchain infrastructure earned praise for building resilience and advancing both renewable energy and DeFi sectors synergistically, with confirmed co-funding from multiple sources including GreenPill Network backing demonstrating meaningful ecosystem support. While reviewers identified areas for strengthening including expanded open-source documentation, clearer articulation of technical capacity for solar system design and staking operations, increased community communications, and plans for scaling to additional communities, the program is approved based on its compelling integration of energy sovereignty with blockchain technology, demonstrated pilot success, strong local partnerships, and potential to serve as a replicable model for regenerative finance infrastructure in emerging markets.