# Edidiong Umana (Defi Messiah)

> AI builder, technical workshop facilitator and Celo Regional Ambassador for Africa, based in Lagos, Nigeria. Studying for a B.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence at Miva Open University (September 2026 cohort). Available for conference workshops, talks and panels, DevRel and ecosystem programs, hackathon judging, and agentic builds (OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, NanoClaw, x402, MCP). Work email: edidiong.umana@celo.org

## Start here

- [agents.md](agents.md): full profile written for AI agents: roles, selected work, track record, stack and how to engage
- [profile.json](profile.json): the same facts as structured JSON, including services
- [events.json](events.json): events hosted, with photo albums

## Human-facing

- [Portfolio](./): the site people see, with the same content
- [Writing](blog/): blog on agents, evals, AI engineering and a public study log ([RSS](blog/feed.xml))
- [AI Study Group](academy/): his free AI academy, growing into an open school for AI engineers: agentic AI engineering, harness engineering, inference engineering, evals and observability, AI security and red-teaming, and ethical AI in Africa are open, with 8 more tracks planned (including the agentic economy); XP, levels and certificates on Celo

## Optional

- [Omni402 onchain agent (ERC-8004 #9765)](https://8004scan.io/agents/celo/9765)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/eddiemessiah)
- [X / @defimessiah1](https://x.com/defimessiah1)
- [AskBots](https://askbots.ai)