Community
Get involved in the most impactful Community
Join a #RealFi movement to enable 1 million African families to become owners of a climate-smart home across Africa by 2030.
Join the movement,
Make a difference
Become a part of our dynamic and passionate online community at Empowa, where together, we strive to bring affordable housing to millions across Africa.
By joining our community, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to our mission of enabling financial inclusion through innovative financial and technology solutions, while connecting with like-minded individuals who share the same vision.

How to get involved
Join the Empowa community and contribute to our mission to connect the financially excluded with affordable and climate resilient housing.
Here are some ways you can get involved:
Buy $EMP Tokens
The EMP token is a platform-native token introduced by the Empowa Platform used to collateralize investments in affordable housing. Capital raised is secured by cash flows associated with lease-to-own tenants’ repayments, and an amount of the EMP token supplied by developers as collateral.
You can purchase some EMP tokens using MuesliSwap DEX on this page. Otherwise you can also find EMP tokens on the below decentralised exchanges:
EMP Vault V1
We are excited to partner with Genius Yield to offer The Vault solution. By leveraging the Genius Yield product we ensure the highest levels of security and cutting edge Cardano development.
For EMP Vault V1, you can lock your $EMP tokens and earn EMP rewards. You can also boost your rewards with a Founding Community NFT. Learn more below.
More details
Pool Duration | 12 Months |
Lock up periods | 3 or 6 months at launch 1 month option launching later |
APY | 3 months period: 4.00% APY 6 months period: 4.75% APY |
Founding Community NFT Boost | Premium: +1% APY ProjectCatalyst/Community/Team: +0.5% APY |
Launch Date | End of April |
Instructions
- Visit the Genius Yield Earn app
- Connect your Cardano wallet
- Click on Vault Staking (New Staking)
- You will find the EMP Vault V1 there
Online Bounties
Complete online bounties and earn XP points through Zealy powered community program. Zealy describes itself as the operating system for communities. Essentially it allows us to outline actions that are useful in supporting our project and then reward our community for completing these actions. The actions typically centre around investing time in understanding our project better or supporting us in spreading the word on Empowa.
The rewards take the form of XP points which are earned by completing tasks. Different tasks carry different XP rewards which loosely reflect how valuable the task is for our project. Earned XP points will translate into eligibility to win prizes in adhoc competition we have planned throughout the year.
Community Projects
An overview of our community projects.
Community Journey
Our community has played a crucial role in the success of Empowa.
Below are some important events throughout our journey so far!

Project Catalyst

Founding Community NFT
One current perk is the yield boost you get if you lock up EMP in our .EMP Vault to visit our website.
You can purchase a FC NFT below

Catalyst Funded Homes Completed
The video below is an interview (recorded in Portuguese) of thir first 3 families who moved in.
You can watch it below

ISPO
As we understand the significance of developing a firmly African rooted crypto community, we chose to work with two SPOs that share our value and passion for empowerment through decentralised opportunities.
Smiles on Africa to visit our website.
Proof of Africa to visit our website.

$EMP Token Sale
You can learn about our tokenomics below

Empowa World Mobile Seed NFT

Families move into Empowa financed homes
In the video below some of the staff and tenants of Casa Real (our on the ground partner) explain the impact that the Financing had on their lives and business.

Cardano Summit "Blockchain for Good" winner

EMP Vault V1
V1: Collateral Support Vault – The Vault will lock up supply, which along with the demand for new project collateral will support the value of the $EMP used for collateral.