Once upon a time a goat herder counted his herd and found 100 goats (some old and some young). That was a nice surprise. He estimated a...
By Will Ruddick
Supporting Supply Chains in Crisis
In 30 days we have seen that by injecting a medium of exchange (CICs) nearly 100,000 USD have been traded in over 1,600 daily transactions
By Antony Ngoka
Supporting COVID-19 Community Health Volunteers
400 Sarafu (about 4 USD) will feed a CHVs and her family for a day and enable her to support the community more. Sarafu can also be used for
Rural Villages Coping with COVID-19
Communities can support each other and keep vital food systems and trade alive using a blockchain based vouchers system (Community...
By Will Ruddick
CIC (COVID-19 Crisis) Cash Aid
With unstable food systems and deteriorating markets and supply chains, knowing how to target aid is crucial to providing relief and buildin
By Will Ruddick
Building a Public Registry for Community Currencies(DeFi)
Even when you have no money you are not poor. Building a Public Registry for Community Currencies.
By Antony Ngoka
Blockchain Currencies Fighting COVID-19 - Mukuru, Kenya
Giving people a medium of exchange can save lives. With blockchain based Community Inclusion Currencies communities can support...
By Will Ruddick
CIC Pilot Impacts and Plans
In the last 30 days we have had 3015 users making at least 1 trade. For a volume of 2,336,655 Tokens (~23k USD equivalent of goods and...
By Will Ruddick
Kenyan Women - Ahead of the IMF
Could the IMF and Commercial banks learn from women in rural Kenya how to create a decentralized and de-risked (transparently 100% backed)
Comparative Analysis of eMoney and Community Currency
This shows us that the presence of Sarafu stabilizes the economic system, working as a buffer in the months when the national currency is sc
