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Community Update: Unauthorised Transfers from Empowa Treasury Wallets
Empowa has been the target of two connected incidents involving unauthorised transfers from three project wallets. Every wallet address and transaction hash is published in full so anyone can verify each step on a Cardano block explorer.
Read the story14 January 2026
Expanding Capital Access and Empowering Investors
We are thrilled to announce a strategic opportunity to significantly increase Empowa's ability to raise capital and accelerate the funding of our real-world assets (RWAs), specifically, our mission-driven Rent-To-Own …
Read23 May 2025
Empowa Nigeria Update: Unlocking Affordable Housing Through Cooperatives
In Nigeria, cooperatives—locally known as "co-ops"—play a foundational role in the country's informal financial ecosystem. With an underserved banking sector that excludes millions from affordable financial services, …
Read20 February 2025
Empowa LSPO Launch
As we approach the end of our liquidity drive at the conclusion of EPOCH 550, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has participated in supporting the growth and stability of the EMP token. Your cont…
Read19 February 2025
Empowa Calculator Launch
The Empowa Calculator is a powerful financial tool designed to help individuals and institutions estimate rent-to-own affordability based on key financial parameters. Available as both an easy-to-use app and an open-s…
Read20 January 2025
Empowa Pay V2 Launch
We're thrilled to announce the launch of EmpowaPay V2, a monumental step forward in our mission to revolutionize affordable housing finance. This technology is more than just a tool—it's a catalyst for change, designe…
Read17 October 2024
60 Decibels Report on Mozambique & Macroeconomic Outlook
At Empowa, we are always excited to share tangible evidence of the impact we're making, and one of our most rewarding milestones this year is the recent [60 Decibels (60DB) report](https://medium.com/mercy-corps-socia…
Read9 October 2024
Exploring the Maraza Project & Growing Global Awareness
In addition to our projects on the ground, Empowa is making significant waves globally, thanks to our participation in high-profile industry events. Recently, Glen represented Empowa at the Tech For Impact Summit in J…
Read24 July 2024
Empowa Liquidity Drive Launch: Key Details
Last week, we successfully secured funding through Catalyst to implement our RWA platform with the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The creation of this platform will significantly improve our ability to raise institution…
Read20 May 2024
Empowa Collateral NFT Launch: Key Details
Exciting news for the NFT community! Empowa is set to launch its Collateral NFT sale on May 29th at 10:00 am GMT. Here's everything you need to know about this highly anticipated event:
Read27 March 2024
Empowa Q1 2024 Update Part 2
We're thrilled to share the latest developments and achievements within the Empowa project as we continue our journey towards revolutionizing affordable housing across the African continent. The first quarter of 2024 …
Read26 March 2024
Empowa Q1 2024 Update
Since our last update, we've been hard at work establishing the required partnerships among institutional investors and have made significant strides in raising investment into several projects on the continent, inclu…
Read6 December 2023
Empowa Trade – Community NFT Marketplace
As we continue to work towards an ecosystem-wide Collateral Treasury (as described in our [Blackpaper](https://empowa.io/wp-content/uploads/Empowa-_-Financial-Engineering-CC.pdf)), where $EMP token holders can support…
Read5 December 2023
Empowa Trade – Bringing liquidity to emerging markets affordable housing
Throughout 2023, our dedicated team has been diligently working on developing software tailored to facilitate investment in the African affordable housing sector. In this article, we'd like to share some more details …
Read28 November 2023
Empowa's Integration with Hedera: A Strategic Move for Empowa Pay
Last month we shared a significant milestone in our journey towards transforming the real estate landscape through technology. We announced our strategic integration with not just one, but two leading Distributed Ledg…
Read23 November 2023
Using Data to Mitigate Affordable Housing Risks in Emerging Markets
Empowa acknowledges the pivotal role that access to relevant and trustworthy data plays in facilitating investments in affordable housing within developing markets.
Read20 September 2023
Empowa is leveling up and going multichain!
In a thrilling leap forward, Empowa is excited to announce its latest milestone. Empowa Pay, the secure and easy-to-use mobile application for tracking, recording, and validating rent-to-own housing payments, is going…
Read12 September 2023
Empowa Community Update – September
As we continue our journey to empower communities and provide affordable housing solutions, we have some exciting developments to share with you:
Read29 March 2023
Empowa Pay: The Revolutionary App for Rent-to-Own Payments
Empowa Pay is a mobile application designed for recording and tracking rent payments for Empowa-financed homes. This app is set to revolutionize the way rent-to-own payments are made, by leveraging blockchain technolo…
Read6 March 2023
RealFi vs. DeFi Collateral
We've recently launched The Empowa Vault! This poses the question: How do RealFi loans differ from the more common Defi approach?
Read6 March 2023
The Introduction of The EMP Vault
[As announced previously](https://empowa-io.medium.com/empowa-announces-25-00-housing-project-in-mozambique-1428e356ff1c), we have achieved something that we never could have hoped for in our wildest dreams. We signed…
Read7 February 2023
Loan Performance Reporting
The first half of 2023 will see our project break ground on the 25,000 housing development in Beira Mozambique and launch a development with a new partner in our second African country. This level of on-the-ground gro…
Read30 January 2023
Rent to Own Explained
Successfully tackling the backlog of 50 million affordable homes in Africa is going to require the combined efforts of a number of innovations. To date, we have discussed the added value of using blockchain in realisi…
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