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Emtech

EMTECH central banks and fintechs through compliant central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrastructure.

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Metalabel

Metalabel is a digital platform facilitating collaboration, mutual promotion, and co-creation of creative public works.

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Fonbnk

Fonbnk and Mercy Corps Ventures partnered to accelerate digital economic access through the swapping of cellular airtime for digital currency.

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Quipu

Colombian fintech Quipu and Mercy Corps Ventures piloted DeFi lending to facilitate direct to provider loans for small businesses.

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DeFi-enabled Credit for Smallholder Farmers

In a pilot partnership with Mercy Corps Ventures, Cinch tested the use of DeFi blockchain technology to offer credit products for smallholder farmers in Kenya.

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Ejara

Ejara and Mercy Corps Ventures piloted a DeFi fractionalized bond savings product to increase financial access for low-income and underbanked communities in Cameroon.

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DeFi Lending for Kenyan MSMEs

SympliFi, Kwanza Tukule, UTU, and Kotani Pay piloted the used of DeFi lending products to offer a Buy-Now-Pay-Later solution for informal vendors in Nairobi, Kenya.

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Smart Contract Climate Insurance in Kenya

ACRE Africa tested the use of smart contracts in climate insurance to improve experiences for climate-impacted smallholder farmers in Kenya.

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Empowa

Empowa is a decentralized property development and digital collectibles platform seeking to increase access to sustainable housing for traditionally excluded individuals through DeFi.

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Building Blocks

Building Blocks is a humanitarian project developed in the World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation Accelerator to improve aid tracking, coordination, and delivery.

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EMPACT

EMPACT is a platform connecting young people from food-insecure communities to the digital economy through blockchain and machine learning technologies.

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Figure

Figure offers home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) that can be secured by borrowing against digital assets.

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Rahat

Rahat provides cash and voucher assistance disbursement services for vulnerable communities impacted by climate catastrophes.

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Meson Network

Meson Network is a global decentralized bandwidth marketplace, where users can exchange and borrow bandwidth across the world.

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Starling Lab

Starling Lab leverages blockchain and Web3 technologies to store and preserve sensitive digital records.

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SpruceID

SpruceID is an open-source, decentralized digital identity credentialing and verification platform.

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UNHCR & Stellar Cash Assistance Pilot

In 2022 and 2023, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees partnered with the Stellar Development Foundation to provide cash assistance to Ukrainians forcibly displaced by the war with Russia.

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Althea

Althea is a “last mile” decentralized Internet Service Provider (ISP) platform built on top of blockchain technology.

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Leaf / BOSS Money Africa

Leaf is a digital wallet offering available on smartphones, feature phones, and other mobile devices, enabling domestic and cross border value transfer.

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Open Earth

Open Earth is a nonprofit research organization developing open-source technologies for environmentally conscious use cases.

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