Engr. Mustapha Mandara, MNSE

• Abuja, Nigeria
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• Raven Network
• Raven Network Community
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1. Founder & CEO — Raven Network

   2024 – Present

   Raven Network is an African Web3 and AI contributor network connecting emerging talent to global opportunities.

   • Founded and lead a Web3 and AI talent infrastructure company.
   • Drive product strategy, technology development and business growth.
   • Build relationships with Web3 and technology companies.
   • Develop talent onboarding, training and contribution pathways.
   • Support developers, creators, marketers and other contributors.
   • Lead ecosystem expansion and strategic initiatives.

2. Marketing Lead — Elympics AI

   2025
   • Web3 marketing strategy.
   • Community growth.
   • Ecosystem positioning.
   • Campaign execution.

3. African Regional Leader — Metya AI

   2025
   • Regional ecosystem development.
   • African community engagement.
   • Growth initiatives.
   • Partnership and community activities.

4. Exchange Partner — Bitget

   2025
   • Ecosystem participation as a Bitget exchange partner.
   • Exchange relationship and partnership engagement.
   • Community engagement.

5. Ambassador · Intern to Global Community Lead — TON Foundation

   2024

   Contribution to the TON ecosystem across community, education and builder support.

   • Supported Viktor, TON's Global Community Lead, in growing and educating the global TON community (10M+ members) and keeping it up to date on ecosystem developments.
   • Spoke in major TON X Spaces alongside the Global Community Lead.
   • As the software engineer on the team, explained the technical side of TON developments, put technical questions to projects and answered the community's technical questions.
   • Engaged community members, contributors and projects building on or integrating TON, including LayerZero, Sign, Notcoin, DOGS, Catizen and major TON games that raised $20–30M.
   • Organised 6+ TON community activations across Africa, attended by 3,000+ people.
   • Lectured on building on TON and Telegram at Pixelfest 2024, to 7,000+ key opinion leaders.
   • Represented TON at the Web3 Global Conference.

   Two distinct engagements: TON Ambassador, and an internship supporting the Global Community Lead. The internship was not an executive appointment.

6. Global Community Moderator — TON Syndicate

   • Moderated TON's global community on Telegram as part of the TON Syndicate.
   • Learned directly from industry leaders through internal training sessions, Syndicate calls, Builders Calls and Community Building and Strategy calls sponsored by the TON Foundation for capacity building.
   • Worked with Inal Kardan of TON Ventures, in person and virtually.
   • Learned from Manuel Stotz of TON Strategy Company.

7. Lead — TON Developers Group

   2024 – 2026
   • Led the TON Developers group from 2024 to 2026, supporting builders working on TON.

8. KOL Lead — Bitget Wallet

   2024

   Joined in 2024, when Bitget Wallet backed the TON ecosystem with TONNET, a $40M initiative — referred by the Global Community Lead of TON.

   • Represented Bitget Wallet at Idea TON 2024 — presented the Bitget Wallet ecosystem and walked through its pitch.
   • KOL and creator ecosystem engagement.
   • Web3 marketing and growth.
   • Community activation.
   • Influencer relationship development.

9. Marketing Lead — Yum Party

   2024
   • Marketing and community growth.
   • Web3 ecosystem engagement.

10. Token Verification Contributor — TON Assets

    2025 – Present
    • Contribute to verifying tokens for the TON Assets registry.

11. Mentor — TON Nest

    • Mentor founders and builders.
    • Support teams building on TON.
    • Review project ideas and product direction.
    • Help founders understand ecosystem opportunities.
    • Support early-stage Web3 products.

• MSc Software Engineering

  2023

  African Institute of Science, Administration and Commercial Studies (AISACS) · Lomé, Togo

• BSc Computer Engineering

  2019

  Adonai University · Benin Republic

  Programme affiliated with the American University of Leadership, Florida.

• Software & AI Engineering

  2025

  GOMYCODE

  Alumnus.

• Diploma in Web Development

  2011

  American University of Nigeria · Yola, Nigeria

• CCNA Cyber Ops

  2017

  Certification · Cisco Networking Academy

• Professional membership

  Member, Nigerian Society of Engineers (MNSE)

• Raven Network — Founder & CEO

  Live

  My flagship company. Raven Network is an African Web3 and AI contributor network that connects emerging talent to global opportunities — giving contributors learning pathways into the industry and giving companies access to a vetted community of developers, creators and marketers.

  https://www.ravennetwork.io/

• TON Agent Network — Builder

  An AI agent marketplace that runs as a Telegram Mini App on TON. Users connect a TON wallet and pay for agents on-chain, and developers list their agents in a shared registry.

  https://github.com/devmustee/TON-AGENT-NETWORK

• TON Meme Xpo — Builder

  Live

  A TON ecosystem discovery and community engagement platform for memecoins — helping communities surface tokens, vote, and stay engaged every day while giving projects visibility across the ecosystem.

• Votmass TV — Builder

  A digital media and online television platform focused on leadership, governance, youth development, education and streaming content, with live TV, movies, documentaries, podcasts, news and short-form video in one Progressive Web App.

  https://votmass-tv.vercel.app

• Raven Wallet — Founder

  Beta

  A non-custodial, TON-based multi-chain wallet for storing, managing, trading and bridging assets across blockchains from one interface — built for both everyday users and advanced traders. A separate product from Raven Network's talent business.

  https://raven-website-three.vercel.app

Mentoring founders and technical teams from idea to product, including as a TON Nest mentor.

• Pixelfest 2024 — Building on TON & Telegram

  2024

  Lectured on how to build on TON and Telegram at Pixelfest Lagos, one of the largest TON events in Africa, to an audience of 7,000+ key opinion leaders — covering how to develop Telegram Mini Apps and list them in the Telegram app center.

• Idea TON 2024 — Representing Bitget Wallet

  2024

  Represented Bitget Wallet at Idea TON, one of the largest TON events in Africa — presented the Bitget Wallet ecosystem and walked through the Bitget Wallet pitch.

• Web3 Global Conference — Representing TON

  Represented the TON ecosystem at the Web3 Global Conference.

• Organised 6+ TON community activations across Africa, attended by 3,000+ people.

• Top 3 global TON KOL · most influential, 2024 & 2025

  Valued among the top 3 global TON KOLs, and the most influential among TON KOLs in 2024 and 2025.

• $200,000+ earned from the TON ecosystem

  Personal earnings from work across the TON ecosystem. A personal figure, separate from Raven Network's company metrics.

• Work noticed by Pavel Durov

  Noticed several times by Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram and TON, who liked many of my works on TON.

• TON Cycle — placed in 3 rounds

  Placed in three rounds of the $1M TON Cycle competition: 1st in the first round, plus a 2nd and a 3rd place.

• TON Hackers League — semi-finalist

  Reached the semi-finals of the TON Hackers League, a competition with a $2M reward pool.

• TON global hackathons — Asia, Europe, the Americas & Russia

  Took part in TON's global hackathons across Asia, Europe, the Americas and Russia.

• Awarded a ticket to The Gateway, Dubai 2024

  Honoured with a ticket to The Gateway, TON's global event in Dubai.

• TON Nest SBT badges — levels 1, 2 & 3

  Earned the TON Nest member soulbound-token badges for all three levels.

• TON Identity reputation

  Developer 42, Telegram User 20, Identity User 60. identityhub.app/devmustee

Self-reported, except the TON Identity scores, which are on a public profile.

• Personal · self-reported

  300,000+

  People onboarded to TON across Africa

• Personal · self-reported

  200+

  TON projects advised or supported

• Raven Network · company

  500+

  Contributors in Raven Network

• Raven Network · company

  100+

  Company & ecosystem relationships

• Raven Network · company

  50,000+

  Opportunities facilitated or aggregated

• Raven Network · company

  $500,000+

  Estimated aggregate value of opportunities

Figures are self-reported. The TON figures reflect my personal ecosystem contribution. Raven Network figures are company metrics; opportunity value is an estimated aggregate of opportunities listed or facilitated through the network — it is not company revenue and not confirmed payouts to contributors.

98 public repositories on GitHub @devmustee. See open-source work.