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    The people behind the transactions: a peek into the data of Kenya's most active Community Curren
    Paulina June
    • Aug 29, 2019
    • 5 min

    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
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    Red Cross' Impact Continues Post Cash
    Caroline Dama
    • Aug 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    Red Cross' Impact Continues Post Cash

    "Community Currencies have enabled food insecure communities to sustainably feed themselves post Red Cross support" - Mwanamuna Sw
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    Looking Back at 40,000 Blockchain Transactions
    Caroline Dama
    • Jul 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    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?
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    Looking Back at 40,000 Blockchain Transactions
    Will Ruddick
    • Jul 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Looking Back at 40,000 Blockchain Transactions

    So far this year, after roughly 6 months of piloting we've witnessed 40,000 transactions! 4,065 Kenyans representing families living below
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    Refugee Inclusive Community Currencies (RICCs)
    Will Ruddick
    • Jun 27, 2019
    • 2 min

    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. ...
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    When a Woman Saves, a Community Wins
    rebeccamqamelo
    • Jun 20, 2019
    • 3 min

    When a Woman Saves, a Community Wins

    Community-based savings and loans are often what keep under-resourced economies afloat. In Kenya, these savings groups or chamas, as they...
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    Shrimp Fishing Builds an Economy
    Will Ruddick
    • Jun 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Shrimp Fishing Builds an Economy

    Fishermen pay for their children’s school fees by selling shrimp to a cooperative with a freezer for storage. Women buy the shrimp and cook
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    Community Currencies: Cash Transfer 2.0
    rebeccamqamelo
    • May 28, 2019
    • 2 min

    Community Currencies: Cash Transfer 2.0

    A few decades ago, the idea of giving money to poor people instead of food packages and healthcare was almost scandalous. Free money? Wit...
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    100+ new Blockchain Wallets in One Day – Fighting Rural Food Insecurity
    Will Ruddick
    • Apr 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    100+ new Blockchain Wallets in One Day – Fighting Rural Food Insecurity

    Rural communities are adopting blockchain based community currencies at an astounding pace! 100+ new users in one day represents nearly h...
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    Women Powered Currencies
    Ruth Njau & Antony Ngoka & Will Ruddick
    • Mar 7, 2019
    • 5 min

    Women Powered Currencies

    It is Women who make up as much as 90% of these networks and are the foundation of the real economy. Enjoy reading about people supportin...
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    300 Bob - a money story
    Will Ruddick
    • Feb 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    300 Bob - a money story

    This is a story I often tell to being to discuss what money is and what it could be. It is derived from a German tale. One day a Mama Son...
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    Celebrating Bernard's Inspiration
    Will Ruddick
    • Feb 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    Celebrating Bernard's Inspiration

    Bernard’s vision of diverse monetary eco-systems that support communities and the environment rather than extract from them, as they cont...
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    Why Robinson Crusoe Gives a Loan Interest-Free
    Will Ruddick
    • Jan 29, 2019
    • 9 min

    Why Robinson Crusoe Gives a Loan Interest-Free

    S: How long have you been on this island? R.C.: Thirty years. S: and you still appeal to the theory of value?!?! .....
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    2614 Blockchain Transactions for Basic Needs
    Will Ruddick
    • Jan 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    2614 Blockchain Transactions for Basic Needs

    In our journey over the last few months building tools for community currencies on the blockchain to support healthy economies, a network...
    170 views0 comments
    Blockchain in Clinics, Vegetables, Cafes and Shops
    Ruth Njau & Antony Ngoka
    • Jan 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    Blockchain in Clinics, Vegetables, Cafes and Shops

    While the rest of the world wonders how blockchain will impact lives these people are using it daily to bring their community out of poverty
    201 views0 comments
    Use Cases - Honoring 2018
    Lynda Chalker
    • Dec 21, 2018
    • 2 min

    Use Cases - Honoring 2018

    Closing 2018 with a bang! We mark the end of 2018 and the beginning of this festive season by honoring schools, clinics, micro and small ...
    64 views0 comments
    Proof of Impact
    Will Ruddick
    • Dec 13, 2018
    • 4 min

    Proof of Impact

    Blockchain based Proof of Impact for Community Currencies
    971 views0 comments
    Blockchain without Internet
    Lynda Chalker
    • Dec 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    Blockchain without Internet

    We can't print enough paper notes for everyone who needs them. But nearly everyone has a phone (without internet). In order to reach a la...
    860 views0 comments
    Takaungu Pesa is here!
    Caroline Dama
    • Nov 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    Takaungu Pesa is here!

    The Vindakala Youth Bunge’s motto “Coming Together is Just The Beginning.” mirrors this excitement we have after the launch of Takaungu P...
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    UN Announcement of Liquid Community Currencies
    Lynda Chalker
    • Nov 5, 2018
    • 2 min

    UN Announcement of Liquid Community Currencies

    On October 25th Will Ruddick along with Galia Bernartzi from Bancor addressed the UN regarding the potential impacts of blockchain technolog
    343 views0 comments
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