Cardano Global Events: How Much Travel and Accommodation Support Actually Reached Participating Projects?

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The Cardano Foundation’s 2025–2026 Unified Global Events programme reportedly gave 79 Cardano projects a platform across 20 event experiences.

That is a significant level of ecosystem participation. However, an important question remains: How many of those projects actually received financial support to attend, and how much was spent providing that support?

I attended the Cardano Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi with TAMED, where we were provided with a booth to represent Cardano, explain what we were building and present our ambitions for the ecosystem. Several other Cardano projects were also represented, alongside the Foundation and WADA.

I would therefore appreciate a transparent breakdown of the following:

  1. How many of the 79 projects received transportation support?

  2. How many received accommodation support?

  3. How many received both?

  4. What was the total expenditure on transportation and accommodation across the entire programme?

  5. What portion of that expenditure was allocated specifically to the Africa Tech Summit in Nairobi?

  6. How many project representatives were supported, and what were the criteria used to determine eligibility?

  7. Were these costs paid directly by the Foundation or its regional partners, or reimbursed to the participating projects?

I am not assuming that all 79 projects received identical support. I am asking for the actual numbers and expenditure so the community can understand how the programme’s resources were distributed.

Visibility is valuable, but participation also has a cost. For smaller ecosystem projects, transportation and accommodation can determine whether they get an opportunity to represent their work or remain outside the room.

As the ecosystem considers another Global Events programme for 2027, understanding what was spent and who benefited from the previous programme is important.

This is not a criticism of the initiative itself. It is a request for transparency, measurable outcomes and a clearer understanding of how treasury-funded opportunities reach the builders they are intended to support.

I would appreciate an official response from the Cardano Foundation or the teams involved in delivering the programme.

For context, the Cardano Foundation’s Cardano Global Events 2027 proposal explicitly provides for selected builders to receive economy travel and accommodation support. It also commits to naming supported projects and the amounts paid in the final report.

EXT_Booth Proposal 2025 - KPIS - 3_September_2026_FINAL_Cardano Booth Results.pdf (63.7 KB)