The start-up Hiveonline links unbanked and remote communities of African smallholder farmers to financial services and trade opportunities to improve their livelihoods and financial stability. We partner with off-takers and banks to build an economic ecosystem for fair trade and access to formal credit for these communities.
The Community Inclusion Currencies project is a blockchain-based initiative launched by the Kenyan Red Cross in partnership with the Grassroots economic foundation to strengthen the resilience of marginalized communities by reducing liquidity shortages.
I.O.Me Lab is a community based innovation space with an array of Digital Fabrication tools to facilitate prototyping and small scale manufacturing of innovative ideas/products. It is located in Lamu, in the Eastern coast of Kenya, and open to everyone who wants to turn ideas into actual products through shared knowledge and peer learning.
