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🗺️ Stakeholder Map SendWaste Cardano

Blockchain Proof Infrastructure for Abuja

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    SENDWASTE ECOSYSTEM                       │
│         Blockchain Proof Infrastructure for Abuja            │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘


    ┌──────────────────┐                  ┌──────────────────┐
    │   CARETAKERS     │                  │  STAKEHOLDERS    │
    │                  │                  │                  │
    │ • Collectors     │                  │ • AEPB Gov       │
    │ • Green Staff    │                  │ • Ministries     │
    │ • NGOs           │                  │ • Corporations   │
    └────────┬─────────┘                  └────────┬─────────┘
             │                                     │
             │         ┌──────────────┐            │
             └────────▶│  SENDWASTE   │◀───────────┘
                       │   CARDANO    │
             ┌────────▶│  PLATFORM    │◀───────────┐
             │         └──────────────┘            │
             │                                     │
    ┌────────┴─────────┐                  ┌───────┴──────────┐
    │ EMERGING LEADERS │                  │ AFFECTED GROUPS  │
    │                  │                  │                  │
    │ • Youth (18-30)  │                  │ • Residents      │
    │ • Tech Comm.     │                  │ • Settlements    │
    │ • Climate Act.   │                  │ • Markets        │
    └──────────────────┘                  └──────────────────┘

CARETAKERS

Those Keeping Systems Running

Informal Waste Collectors

  • Ibrahim (15 years, Kubwa): “My problem is not finding waste. My problem is proving to buyers what I collected.”
  • Power: High operational, Low institutional
  • Need: Proof of work for bank credit

Community Health Workers

  • Nurse Joy (Lugbe PHC): Treats children repeatedly for waste-related illness
  • Power: Medium influence, Low resources
  • Need: Disease reduction data

Environmental NGOs

  • Green Environment Initiative, Nigeria Environmental Society
  • Power: Medium reach, Low implementation
  • Need: Verifiable impact data for funders

STAKEHOLDERS

Institutions and Formal Actors

Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB)

  • Anonymous Official: “We budget ₦50 million annually but verify almost nothing.”
  • Power: High authority, Low enforcement capacity
  • Need: Real-time contractor accountability

Federal Ministry of Environment

  • Sets national climate policy and ESG targets
  • Power: Very high policy, Low ground visibility
  • Need: Verified carbon credit generation

Private Waste Management Companies

  • Licensed contractors struggling with reputation
  • Power: Medium-high contracts, Eroding trust
  • Need: Transparent service proof

Corporate Sector (ESG Requirements)

  • Banks, telecoms, oil companies with CSR budgets
  • Power: High capital control
  • Need: Verifiable ESG reporting data
  • Pipeline: Regional bank (₦1.2M contract potential)

Estate Management Associations

  • Gwarimpa, Maitama resident groups
  • Power: Medium aggregation leverage
  • Need: Reliable contractor verification

EMERGING LEADERS

Youth, Innovators, Influencers

Unemployed Graduates (18-30)

  • Chioma (22, Economics): “Show me someone who earned and withdrew today. Then I will believe.”
  • Power: Low institutional, High viral potential
  • Need: Dignified work with verifiable history

University Tech Communities

  • University of Abuja CS, Cardano Nigeria, Web3 Ladies
  • Power: Medium tech influence
  • Need: Real Cardano dApp to contribute to

Climate Activists & Content Creators

  • Power: Medium reach, Low structural change
  • Need: Real solutions to amplify

AFFECTED GROUPS

Those Living With the Problem

Residents of Formal Neighborhoods

  • Mrs. Adebayo (Gwarimpa): “I paid. They did not come. What can I do? Report to who?”
  • Power: Medium (can switch providers)
  • Need: Service verification proof

Residents of Informal Settlements

  • Dutse, Lugbe extension - zero formal services
  • Power: Very low political visibility
  • Need: Any collection at all, health protection

Market Traders

  • Kubwa Market, Dutse Market - high daily waste volume
  • Power: Medium collective bargaining
  • Need: Consistent daily collection

School Communities

  • Primary schools near dumpsites
  • Power: Low direct, High moral authority
  • Need: Clean environments, safety

Power Dynamics

Who Has Power But Lacks Information:
Government (AEPB, Ministry) - Budgets and authority but operates blind

Who Has Information But Lacks Power:
Informal Collectors - Know daily ground reality but trapped in shadow economy

Who Has Money But Needs Proof:
Corporates & Funders - ESG budgets waiting for verified impact data

Who Does Work But Gets No Credit:
Collectors, Health Workers - Daily labor with zero institutional recognition

SendWaste Solution Positioning

Blockchain Creates The Connective Proof Layer:

  • Collectors → Get credit history
  • Residents → Get service verification
  • Government → Get accountability data
  • Corporates → Get ESG proof
  • Communities → Get health outcomes
  • Markets → Get transparency

SendWaste = Infrastructure, Not Intervention

Research Base: 23 interviews across 4 Abuja neighborhoods
Period: October-December 2024

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