Financial inclusion and access to global finance have always been lacking in sub-Saharan Africa. Although gains have been made, as of 2021 only 55% of the population had a bank account, according to the World Bank. The problem is more acute in rural areas, where banks are few and far between. Mobile banking solutions that […]
Shamba and Thallo have signed a partnership to explore the supply of farm-based carbon credits on the Thallo platform. Thallo is a climate tech company developing a blockchain-based marketplace for the voluntary carbon market. Shamba is a decentralized monitoring, reporting and verification (DMRV) network that provides the data to underpin carbon and other ecological credits […]
What is a data marketplace? A data marketplace is a place where data can be listed and made available to a wide audience. It enables the discovery and access of data by a wide variety of users who need such data. By acting as a focus point, marketplaces connect buyers and sellers of data and […]
Shamba Network was founded in 2020—or was it 2021? The idea came to me in 2020, when I started doing the research. But Shamba itself was founded in 2021, around September or October. So you’re a year old now. How has it been for you, as a founder? Before founding Shamba, I’d actually been involved […]