Election violence broke out in areas across Kenya this year and was concentrate in the lowest income areas. There is still a lot of...
By Will Ruddick
Berkshares and Bangla-Pesa
The Schumacher Center for a New Economics has supported us with inspiration and advice since we began with Eco-Pesa in 2010. Before...
Skylife School and Community Currency
Grassroots Economics works with communities across Kenya to develop systems that allow parents to pay for their children's education...
Nairobi Coordinator Inspiration
For the first three months I started working as a volunteer. I am able to get in touch with different business individuals in all the...
By Steve Okuku
Biz Dev - Inspired
Business development using community currency Being a business development coordinator whose main objective is to see communities' assets...
By Will Ruddick
Universal Basic Income via Community Currencies
Universal Basic Income (UBI), as currently under trial in Kenya by GiveDirectly, gives regular donations to individuals in selected...
Rural Miyani-Pesa Launched
Today we launched our first rural community currency! The event went well to initiate and train the first 20 members and set up a local...
Preliminary Research Results 2017
Grassroots Economics currently facilitates Community Currency programs for 1140 businesses across 5 communities which report both social...
Foundational Member Passes
It is sad to announce the sudden death of Dominic Okello (in the middle) who passed on early May 2017. He is a resident of Bangladesh...
By Will Ruddick
New Bills for a New Economy
We attended a meeting on DOEN's New Economy program, where our newest version of community currency bills were unveiled in Amsterdam. The...
