To be perfectly honest, which isn’t necessarily considered a virtue in the blockchain space, Grassroots Economics is my absolute favorite community currency project on the face of the earth and I couldn’t be more excited to join as an advisor. Some people might not know that there are …
Global financial systems as well as humanitarian relief is based on claims, but the current infrastructure especially in vulnerable communities is weak to non-existent, which causes a lot of friction. The promise of a cryptographic approach to claims, is that groups of smaller actors can now more easily erect infrastructure …
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Clementina has a hair salon in an informal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi’s industrial area. She has been accepting Sarafu for almost 5 years now. She’s the chairlady of the Shalom chama in Mukuru. She used to freely accept Sarafu for her hair salon services knowing she …
Below are a compilation of Community Inclusion Currency (CIC) user stories from Grassroots Economics Field Support Engineers
When I was 9 years old, my mother came home one day with a monopoly board game.
After hearing about sarafu local leaders of a small community group started building a support network in their community
Imagine having to endure constant reminders and threatening messages from predatory lenders your entire life.
Short description of FHE community based organization.
The current reality is that following Covid-19 many have fallen deeper and deeper into debt.
