Fortunately, October the month of Halloween and horror was certainly not that way for Empowa. Empowa continues to go from strength to strength! From partnerships signed with entities such as Djed and Mercy Corps Ventures to the flow of funds from lease-to-owners demonstrating what we knew, but needed to prove…

Our mission at Empowa has always been to balance profit, people and planet. We’ve always known that to ensure we can impact the greatest number of people we have to build a financially and climate sustainable solution. There are significant construction needs across the African continent, it is estimated that…

Last week we introduced Community Collabs, a methodology we’ll be following to further include our community in key strategic decisions. If you missed that post you can view it here. Critical to the success of this process is voting. It ensures that in a world of differing opinions we can…

As a project, Empowa is committed to decentralisation. Our long-term vision is to have the ecosystem run as a decentralised offering managed by a DAO. This long-term ambition is not achieved overnight and starts with nurturing a strong and engaged community. …

August was the month when the rubber really hit the road! #RealFi really became real. We believe that in a world first, the first Empowa “lease-to-owners” moved into their quality climate resilient affordable homes, funded through the sale of NFTs. This provides the starting point for Empowa to validate some…

Marie-Odile Zanders and Phil Lewis Around the world, property is one of the fundamental building blocks of wealth creation. Yet Africa is the only region in the world where urbanisation has not led to poverty reduction. …

With the funding of the Empowa proposal through the Cardano Catalyst initiative, Cardano and Empowa will lay the foundation to tackle the trillion dollar finance gap and viable decentralised market for affordable and environmentally friendly housing in Africa. Empowa will build in line with international IFC green certification standards, EDGE…

“We need a paradigm shift; we have to realise that Africa is not the continent of cheap commodities but rather that the people of Africa need infrastructure and a future.” Gerd Müller, German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development The potential of affordable housing to stimulate African economies The Centre for Affordable Housing in Africa’s research into housing…

“I encourage all of us, whatever our beliefs, to question the basic narratives of our worlds, to connect past developments with present concerns, and not to be afraid of controversial issues” Yuval Noah Harari, 21 lessons for the 21st Century. We stand at a paradigm shift; the basic narratives of…