Entity
  • Sikoba

    Created in 2016


  • Up & running (A)
    Existing signals show a regular activity
  • Social networks

    14,437 228
  • Activities

  • Technologies

  • Entity types

  • Location

    Ground Floor, 20, 22 Wenlock Rd, London N1 7GU, UK

    London

    United Kingdom

  • Employees

    Scale: 2-10

    Estimated: 5

  • Engaged catalyst

    2
    0 0
  • Added in Motherbase

    5 years, 1 month ago
Description
  • Value proposition

    We help to #reduceMoneyDependency and #boostLocalEconomies

    Sikoba is building an IOU platform to register, track and clear debt. 300+ million small and micro businesses in developing countries often transact using informal IOUs. Sikoba aims to make this process more efficient and help boost local economies.

    Participants who know and trust each other in real life grant each other credit lines in the Sikoba system. They can then pay each other without using fiat money. These peer-to-peer credit relationships are governed by contracts with specific conditions, fee structures and repayment rules. Using credit conversion, a kind of configurable rippling, payments between participants who do not trust each other become possible.

    Cryptography, Alternative Currencies, FinTech, and Financial Inclusion

Catalyst interactions
Catalyst TypeTweets Articles
UN Africa Renewal
UN Africa Renewal
International development, International Affairs
UN Africa Renewal
International development, International Affairs
Not capitalistic
Not partnership
Event

22 Mar 2019


The LHoFT - Luxembourg House of Financial Technology The LHoFT - Luxembourg House of Financial Technology
Financial Services
Not capitalistic
Partnership
Event

12 Nov 2020


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