Since our last update in April, the Sikoba project had to face several challenges which have impacted on our planned timeline. We were not able to reach minimum targets for either fundraising or project income, so that we now have to operate with a much smaller team. Also, we realised…

The ability to save is a skill that even non-vulnerable populations struggle with, as saving requires discipline since it means withholding something for future use instead of consuming it right away. In developing countries, individuals form savings & credit groups in order to support each other on the way to…

TLDR: focusing on mainnet launch We are now focused entirely on the launch of the Sikoba mainnet. Updates will be published ad hoc, instead of on a monthly basis. In April, Razvan Rosie has joined the team as Chief Scientist. Before joining Siokba, Razvan was a researcher at Luxembourg University’s…

Many MFIs are burdened by high administrative and operational costs. Record-keeping is often at least partly paper-based, which is inefficient and also risky: there have been instances of MFIs losing most of their loan records because of flooding. The distribution and collection of money, often made in person by an…

In January, we made progress on the Sikoba blockchain. We also signed an MoU with AquaAgro, a Pakistani IoT company, to build the AgroPay financial app for farmer communities. Native tokens on the Sikoba platform and ERC20 token migration Having native tokens on the Sikoba platform has been on our roadmap for a while now, and development of this feature is finally under way. As we are re-purposing existing mechanisms to support tokens, this will speed up development.

After a very difficult but productive year 2020, we are looking forward to launching the Sikoba mainnet by the end of March. Development update In December, we made good progress on BekiPay, and remain on track for a beta version around the end of January. In parallel, Kate has been working on…

In November, we announced a partnership agreement with Horizen, a major public blockchain, which we will use to “anchor” Sikoba’s private blockchain data. Development of the Sikoba Network is proceeding at a rapid pace and we are on track to launch our mainnet in 1Q2021. Partnership announcement with Horizen We have announced a partnership…

This month, we have released the Sikoba web interface for public beta testing, made good progress on our blockchain layer and started developing the BekiPay app. We also held a meetup on “Blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs and e-voting.” Sikoba platform progress report While no new releases were made this month, development of the Sikoba platform…

El 30 de septiembre de 2020 el equipo de Sikoba organizó una sesión de AMA en vivo en el canal de telegramas de sikobaNetwork. Durante la 1 hora de este AMA, el fundador de Sikoba Aleksander Kampa, el CTO — Guillaume Drevon, el gerente de marketing — Margareta Reshetar, y el desarrollador de IT — Dragan Postolovski se turnaron para responder a varias preguntas de la Comunidad de Crecimiento de Sikoba.