ReFi Cape Town
{"title": "ReFi Cape Town", "logoImg": "bafkreicgwasontik6iz5uyzqffvu33xeq47x4dan7lmgeauzaxxqw5lide", "website": "https://www.reficapetown.com", "createdAt": 1743521637148, "credentials": {}, "description": "# 🌱 ReFi Cape Town: Empowering Youth for a Regenerative Future #\nReFi Cape Town is a youth-led initiative using Web3 and regenerative design to address deep-rooted social and environmental challenges in Cape Town. With one of the highest inequality rates globally (Gini coefficient: 0.67) and a youth unemployment rate of 44.3% ([Stats SA, 2023](https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0211/P02113rdQuarter2023.pdf); [World Bank, 2023](https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/southafrica/publication/south-africa-economic-update)), many young people face limited access to basic services such as water, energy, housing, and education. \nWe create opportunities for youth to lead systems change through innovation, digital infrastructure, and community action.\n\n[![Hackethon one](https://i.imgur.com/SqRiVjh.jpeg \"Optional hover text\")](https://i.imgur.com/SqRiVjh.jpeg)\n\n\n## 🎯 Mission Statement ##\nReFi Cape Town is a community-driven initiative for regenerative urban development through Web3, human-centered design, and biomimicry.\nOur mission is to equip young South Africans, NGOs, and grassroots social enterprises with tools and networks to tackle systemic challenges like inequality, unemployment, and limited service access.\nWe are building digital infrastructure that enables youth-led initiatives to coordinate, measure, verify, finance, and govern impactful solutions for people and the planet.\n\n\n## 🧭 Our Core Objectives ##\n\n[![Hackethon one](https://i.imgur.com/sZmQ77l.jpeg \"Optional hover text\")](https://i.imgur.com/sZmQ77l.jpeg)\n\n\n**1. Activate Local Participation**\nWe host monthly ReFi events and bi-annual hackathons to grow networks and co-design regenerative solutions. These gatherings feature expert speakers and hands-on collaboration across sectors.\n**2. Incubate Youth Innovation**\nWe support early-stage, youth-led social enterprises working on context-specific challenges that leverage Web3 tools. Our incubation program offers mentorship and practical support to move ideas from concept to implementation.\n**3. Develop AI Oracles for Youth Impact Verification**\nWe want to build out use-case driven AI Oracles that can evaluate and verify youth-led impact activities. These oracles enable advanced digital measurement, reporting, and verification (dMRV) and can trigger on-chain actions such as token transactions, issuance of impact certificates, and smart contract execution. By offering these services to mission-aligned organizations, we support scalable, automated, and transparent impact evaluation across youth-focused programs. This can generate revenue for supporting the mandate of the ReFi Cape Town DAO. \n**4. Foster Knowledge Exchange**\nThrough technical workshops, university outreach, and community partnerships, we bridge ecosystems—linking young people, NGOs, Web3 developers, and regenerative finance leaders to co-create resilient futures.\n**🔐 Building Transparent Governance**\nWe are developing constitutional documents to formalize our governance structures, laying the foundation for decentralized decision-making. Our goal is to empower community-led groups to propose and vote on how the ReFi Cape Town treasury is used—ensuring transparent, inclusive, and accountable stewardship of resource\n\n[![Hackethon one](https://i.imgur.com/X8AzSut.jpeg \"Optional hover text\")](https://i.imgur.com/X8AzSut.jpeg)\n\n\n## 👥 Team ##\nReFi Cape Town is led by a diverse and multidisciplinary team rooted in both local action and global innovation:\n[Shawn Alimohammadi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-alimohammadi-4b34b3139/)\n**Systems Builder & Regeneration Strategist**\nYouth & Green Economy Lead at IXO World and social entrepreneur. Shawn leads the development of dMRV infrastructure and tokenized finance models for impact, with a focus on enabling community-driven solutions across Africa.\n\n\n[Phumlani Dlamini](https://www.linkedin.com/in/phumlani-bright-dlamini-8b0137b9/)\n **Community Organizer & Innovation Catalyst**\nA dynamic youth leader, Phumlani bridges grassroots movements and technology adoption. He drives local engagement through immersive event experiences and strategic partnerships within Cape Town’s creative and development sectors.\n\n\n[Ayakha Mzimkulu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayakha-mzimkulu/)\n **Technologist & Youth Advocate**\nWith experience in civic technology and digital inclusion, Ayakha leads youth outreach and learning programs. He ensures accessibility of Web3 tools and fosters early adoption among students and aspiring innovators.\n\n\n\n## 💸Funding Plan & Resource Allocation ##\nThis section outlines the estimated costs associated with our project, ensuring transparency and accountability in the allocation of funds.\n\n1.  Website hosting and infrastructure: $168\n2.  Venue hire for events & hackathon: $2,000\n3.  Hackathon prize pool: $2,000\n4.  Equipment and logistics: $1,500\n5.  Community outreach and transport: $1,200\n6.  Digital advertising and promotions: $800\n7.  Project management & coordination: 10%\n8.  Workshop materials and refreshments: $600\n\n## 📈 Track Record ##\nWe have successfully hosted multiple public ReFi events with curated speakers, such as [Kristina Zittel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-zittel-29764a184/)(**Unicef**), [Alwyn Van Wyk](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alwynvanwykyounglingsafrica/)(**ixo**) and [Mattias Ohlson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattiasohlson/)(**Emerging Cooking Solutions**), [Andrew Murray](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewcmmurray/)(**Switch Energy**) drawing over 50 participants each. Our most recent hackathon brought together more than 60 youth, developers, and impact leaders, producing early-stage ReFi solutions with real implementation potential. These achievements highlight our ability to mobilize Cape Town’s innovation ecosystem toward regenerative outcomes.\nThese are the links to some of our events and hackathon; \nhttps://www.reficapetown.com/post/our-goal-is-to-make-water-available-for-everyone\nhttps://www.reficapetown.com/post/hacking-the-tokenised-impacts-economy\n\n## Join the Movement ##\n\n[![Hackethon one](https://i.imgur.com/AehMTaT.jpeg \"Optional hover text\")](https://i.imgur.com/AehMTaT.jpeg)\n\nSupport ReFi Cape Town in shaping a regenerative urban future, powered by decentralized infrastructure, youth innovation, and grassroots solutions. Your contributions will help us build resilient ecosystems from the ground up—starting right here in Cape Town where solutions are urgently needed.\n🔗 Learn more: https://www.reficapetown.com/\n 🤝 Partner with us or donate today to accelerate local impact through global tools.\n\n\n\n\n", "logoImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "reficapetown"}