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Chamapesa

@Chamapesa

The open network for social savings communities

 Nairobi, Kenya
chamapesa.com
Joined August 2013
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The Chamapesa team has decided to concentrate our efforts on building and releasing a working product later next year. This will enable us to come back stronger with a Token Distribution and application launch in 2019. The token sale will not be happening at this time.
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Ken Griffith shows that savings groups use analog blockchains, and were using this pattern for about a century before Bitcoin was invented. youtube.com/watch?v=S1R6wQ7v…
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Women in Zambia Avoid Banks’ High Interest Rates Through Informal Lending Groups globalpressjournal.com/afric…
Women in Zambia Avoid Banks’ High Interest Rates Through Informal Lending Groups

Women in Zambia Avoid Banks’ High Interest Rates Through Informal Lending Groups

Zambian banks demand substantial collateral and charge high interest rates for loans, so local women are increasingly turning to informal lending cooperatives, called village banking, for loans large...

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Chinese smartphone giant Tecno is dominating the African market with $40 phones - CNN amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/10/t…
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In Conversation: Ian Grigg and Chris Cook Pt 4: youtu.be/874wZlvf-5k?a via @YouTube
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The Mobile as a Post Industrial Platform for Social and Economic Development: Top 3 Trends in Africa nitibhan.com/2018/09/11/the-…
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In Conversation: Ian Grigg and Chris Cook Pt 3: "I think Africa could actually transcend everything we do by literally creating an energy system from the bottom up and #chamas are crucial to make this work" @cjenscook youtu.be/GDWkdU4C4_s
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In Conversation: Ian Grigg and Chris Cook Pt 3: youtu.be/GDWkdU4C4_s?a via @YouTube
Excellent article on the principles by which Binance Labs are investing in Africa. "Investing today in Africa could be the best trade of the century." - We couldn't agree more. #ChamaTuesday
Kioneki (@pesa_africa) profile pictureKioneki@pesa_africa18 Sep 2018
10 Reasons Why Binance Labs is Fully Committed to Africa medium.com/@benjaminrameau/1…
10 REASONS WHY BINANCE LABS IS FULLY COMMITTED TO AFRICA

10 REASONS WHY BINANCE LABS IS FULLY COMMITTED TO AFRICA

CONTRARIAN TRADE: The most profitable investment ideas tend to be the most contrarian. In 1960, very few people believed in the coming…

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In Conversation: Ian Grigg and Chris Cook Pt2: youtu.be/ZDc-2Sb-J-c?a via @YouTube
“Do the unbanked want to be banked?” A quick read by @rhian_is medium.com/@rhian_is/do-the-…
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In Conversation: Ian Grigg and Chris Cook Pt. 2 What happens when a financial system breaks down? @iang_fc and @cjenscook discussing collaboration in a time of financial crisis and the need for #chamapesa youtu.be/ZDc-2Sb-J-c
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Bringing an ancient African savings system into the digital age. Article focuses on @matontine in west Africa, another interesting one in this space in east Africa is @Chamapesa cnn.com/2018/09/11/africa/an… via @CNN
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Superb article by @pesa_africa on the quiet beginnings of a #prepay revolution in Africa @Frances_Coppola @izakaminska Plenty more revolution to follow, I think @iang_fc @StephenD_Taylor @peppilittera @Chamapesa kioneki.com/2018/09/10/how-a…
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Replying to @CNNAfrica
It's worth noting that Africans continued with this savings system in the New World; in the Caribbean they call it "susu".
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Part 1 @Chamapesa dialogue with @iang_fc hosted by @StephenD_Taylor youtube.com/watch?v=iF6MQ5KN… My take is Fintech 2.0 will be people (not machine) risk/cost/surplus sharing Chama/Club/Society protocols & bilateral agreed chainable authenticated promises/credits @alaeven @ISRS_UCL
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Discover Tontines: Africa's oldest and most common savings system cnn.it/2oX8f2D
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Replying to @CNNAfrica
@CNNAfrica reports #technology #blockchain & tradition meet up making #socialsavingsgroups go #digital in #Africa. Article covers @matontine from #Senegal. Michael @pesa_africa is a brilliant mind on this topic, as well as @tkanet @chamapesa. Must Follow. #SatoshiIsBlack
CNN Africa (@CNNAfrica) profile pictureCNN Africa
@CNNAfrica12 Sep 2018
Discover Tontines: Africa's oldest and most common savings system cnn.it/2oX8f2D
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In Conversation: Ian Grigg and Chris Cook Pt. 1 @iang_fc and @cjenscook discussing the potential impact of a global #chama culture. youtu.be/iF6MQ5KNulk
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If #SatoshiIsBlack then we think you should look no further than our very own @pesa_africa "...a lot of the successful scalable ideas in Africa sprung from the fertile mind of an African" kioneki.com/2018/09/10/how-a…
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