ReFi Cape Town
{"type": "project", "title": "ReFi Cape Town", "logoImg": "bafkreibucdqpegrszvh6i3htq46pe2gjkjhq4oqga7sfmt4zvgyki7h6da", "website": "https://reficapetown.com", "bannerImg": "bafkreihtws4i5zdqrjz2xce5txmn2k4ll7inp2qevcj6k5f435q2j3s6k4", "createdAt": 1722862516250, "credentials": {}, "description": "## Key Info\n\n**Node Location**: Cape Town, South Africa\n\n**Node Leaders**: [Shawn Alimohammadi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-alimohammadi-4b34b3139/)\n\n**Node Developmental Stage**:\n\n- Sapling, 17 months\n\n## Node Overview\n\n- Started in March 2023 and participated in the first Local Node cohort.\n- Hosted four ReFi Community events with local developers aspiring to learn more about how Web3 tools can be used to drive impact by engaging with inspirational founders. \n- Hosted one Impact Focused hackathon at CARDANO Cape Town with IXO and UNICEF in November 2023..\n- Established a DAO on the IXO network\n- Using potential funds raised this quarter we hope to host a hackathon in Cape Town teaming up with other ReFi Focused Web3 companies. We hope to raise $4000 to support our community meet-ups and for bounties for local developers.\n\n## Node Stewards\n\n- [Shawn Alimohammadi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-alimohammadi-4b34b3139/) (Node Lead)\n- [Shaun Conway](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drshaunconway/) (Advisor)\n- [Alwyn van Wyk](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alwynvanwykyounglingsafrica/) (Advisor)\n- [Keoikantse Tsholofelo Botlholo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/keoikantse-tsholofelo-botlholo-586906103/) (Collaborator)\n\n## Focus Areas\n\n- ReFi Cape Town seeks to empower young developers to create regeneration champions, using Web3 and ReFi to tackle the city's socio-economic and environmental challenges and inequalities.\n- We give disadvantaged youth opportunities to learn new skills in Web3, better coordinate community action for positive change, and foster ReFi startup ventures.\n- Our key partners are [IXO](https://www.ixo.world/), [Younglings Africa](https://www.younglings.academy/), [RLabs](https://rlabs.org/), and [Codetelligence](https://codetelligence.org.za/) and [ReFi DAO](https://www.refidao.com/). We hope to build relationships and integrations with [Celo](https://celo.org/), [Mento Labs](https://www.mentolabs.xyz/), [EBF](https://www.ebf.eu/) through local hackathons. We also hope to expand to other parts of South Africa and work with local governments and NGOs in our city.\n\n## Projects & Initiatives\n\n- Monthly ReFi Cape Town Community Meet-ups where we invite guest speakers to discuss broad themes from Web3 to agroecology.\n- Annual Tokenised Impacts Hackathons with values-aligned local partners. See [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zBeo4pSv56Gur558MgUbxtd0tZtqnIjHbiOLK_dNST4/edit) for the announcement of winners.\n\nFundraising history: $2347,99 received from GG 18 and $1000 donation from a local renewable energy company. Our funds were used to purchase a ReFi Cape Town banner, host two events with ReFi Founders, bounties for hackers, catering and venue hire for a hackathon, and monthly payments to webflow.\n\n## Images from the ReFi Cape Town Hackathon in September 2023\n![ Alt Text](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F50eo4OWUAELEkV?format=jpg&name=large)\n\n![ Alt Text](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F50erIaWYAAXgsI?format=jpg&name=large)\n\n![ Alt Text](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F50es-8WUAA7KGR?format=jpg&name=large)\n", "logoImgData": {}, "bannerImgData": {}, "projectTwitter": "reficapetown"}