While Community Inclusion Currencies (CICs) have been shown to increase local trade they can also be a vehicle for collective share...
By Will Ruddick
2019 Data Release - 92k Kenyan blockchain translations
With every transaction being logged anonymously on a public blockchain we have unprecedented insight into what living below the poverty...
By Will Ruddick
Economies into Ecosystems
The reserve behind these tokens, the actual aid funding, was about $2.5k USD).This means that $2,500 USD of Aid funds created 10,000 tokens
By Will Ruddick
Enabling Leverage
By exploring this space and enabling leverage we can open the door to truly decentralized financial services. If credit can be safely issued
By Will Ruddick
Banking on the SILC Road
Rarely in development work do you see an intervention that sprouts its own two legs and starts running across the country without donor fund
By Paulina June
The people behind the transactions: a peek into the data of Kenya's most active Community Curren
Sarafu stands at the fore-front of digital community currencies offering novel ways to learn about the inner workings of local exchange syst
Red Cross' Impact Continues Post Cash
"Community Currencies have enabled food insecure communities to sustainably feed themselves post Red Cross support" - Mwanamuna Sw
Looking Back at 40,000 Blockchain Transactions
So far, after roughly 6 months of piloting we've witnessed 40,000 blockchain transactions! So what does that actually mean?
By Will Ruddick
Refugee Inclusive Community Currencies (RICCs)
Responding to Refugee Crisis This is the current and biggest humanitarian global crisis in our lifetimes and we all need to play a part....
When a woman saves the community wins
Community-based savings and loans are often what keep under-resourced economies afloat. In Kenya, these savings groups or chamas, as they are locally known, are an important source of funds in times of scarcity. We zone in on some of the women who use Sarafu to show how the community currency …
