Grassroots Economics

Grassroots Economics Foundation is a Kenya-based nonprofit founded in 2010 that helps communities strenghten their own local resoruce coordination systems through open-source tools, community-owned infrastructure, and commitment-based exchange. Its mission is to develop and deploy economic tools that allow people to formalize, pool, and exchange local commitments without depending only on scarce national currency or outside capital. Grassroots Economics also operates Sarafu Network, supports ecosystem restoration and bioregional coordination from its hub in Takaungu Watershed, Kilifi region, Kenya Its work combines community finance, ecological stewardship, open knowledge, and transparent governance to strengthen local trade, cooperation, and regenerative development.