Kwanda is a philanthropic fund built by diasporans to solve long-term challenges across Africa through local innovation. Funding decisions are made by community vote, with all financial transactions publicly recorded on an open ledger.
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... and a week later, we're at 1,500 active villagers. 🚀 We've hit escape velocity! Time to scale up :) Happy holidays 🎄
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🎉 Kwanda just reached 1,400 active villagers!
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It's been such a good year for Kwanda, and I've had the best time growing the community. 🥵 Didn't get burned out ... the opposite. ⌛ Didn't work crazy hours 🔍 Stayed focused 🎯 Cleared all our targets 💪🏿 Signed up 1400 philanthropists 🌍 Opened up in the US 🇺🇸 and across the EU 🇪🇺 🎉 Partied with the community ... but the major successes are down to two parties: The entrepreneurs in Africa and the Caribbean who've chosen us as partners and our community of 1418 villagers who were over the tired foreign aid models that paint Africans as wanting and decided to put their money where their mouths were and do something about it. Here's a small slice of what was accomplished: Through the local manufacturing of reusable menstrual pads, we reclaimed over 231,000 hours of school time for 1,155 girls in 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇰🇪 Kenya, and 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe. We built a community-led free primary healthcare clinic in 🇳🇬 Lagos that will take in 4,000 visitors annually. Through a vertical garden innovation, we supported adaptable food systems in rural 🇰🇪 Kenya. Looking forward to scaling up our impact in 2025 🚀
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🎉 Kwanda just reached 1,400 active villagers!
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One of the key themes in Kwanda's projects is food security and independence. The analogy I use is “F-you” money—having enough money to break free from control and focus on long-term goals. Similarly, communities need “F-you” food systems to escape dependency and build self-reliance. We've invested in Indigenous food systems in: 🇰🇪 Kenya 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone Want to do more next year 🥬 Who's doing interesting work in this space?
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What are the best science-based books on the effects of racism or colonialism on the Black psyche?
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I think one of the most direct ways to transform a life is to simply give people the tool of cash and assume they know better than you what their needs are. I think one of the most direct ways to transform communities is to give them the tool of cash and assume they know better than you what their needs are.