Grassroots Economics - Articles by Will Ruddick

By Will Ruddick
Fri 31 March 2017

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...

By Will Ruddick
Tue 31 January 2017

If there is one movie this year that captures the life we see here in East Africa each day it is the Queen of Katwe. There is so much...

By Will Ruddick
Tue 17 January 2017

We're very happy to start the year with a visit from our Director of Risk Management Jimmy Heyns from Belgium with over 18 years of...

By Will Ruddick
Wed 21 December 2016

Happy holidays! We're seeing the power of community currencies in developing thriving communities and prospering economies. This year has...

By Will Ruddick
Thu 30 June 2016

Community Currencies in Kenya have gotten a lot of lime light this month! Ruth Mwangi our Program Director has been honored to visit the...

By Will Ruddick
Sat 07 May 2016

Sarafu-Credit users in five locations around Kenya have increased by over 83% since January 1st. Our Super Markets and Credit Clearing...

By Will Ruddick
Thu 21 January 2016

We began the year by looking at our successes and challenges with five Kenyan community currencies in 2015. Out of this came the...

By Will Ruddick
Wed 16 December 2015

Five Community Currency (CC) trading business networks in Kenya have started their end of the year activities, using collected membership...

By Will Ruddick
Sun 27 September 2015

September marked the first official renewal event for Bangla-Pesa after more than 2+ years in circulation (Starting in May 2013). The...

By Will Ruddick
Wed 19 August 2015

The 4th and 5th Kenyan Community Currencies were launched last week within a span of 7 days. We now have our 3rd Nairobi Currency in...