For inquiries & opportunities, get in touch at hello [at] rebeccamqamelo [dot] com
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Pursuing my M. Arch at Yale School School of Architecture
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Collaborating with select clients and communities on regenerative design projects, from alternative currencies to land-based governance and biodesign.
Short third-person bio
Rebecca Mqamelo is a South African technologist, designer and entrepreneur who finds joy in supporting communities harness their shared abundance. She’s helped cities prototype their own currency, led blockchain-based mutual aid programs, run participatory budgeting initiatives, designed fellowships, built products, published research, written things & made art. Previously she was Co-founder and Head of Product at city3, a civic technology startup based in Oakland, California; Head of Growth at Zerion, a web3 wallet and investing app; and Social Impact Research Lead and Product Designer at the Grassroots Economics Foundation in Kenya, where she led the world’s first randomized control trial on community-owned cryptocurrency as a form of universal basic income. She grew up in Mthatha, South Africa, studied at Minerva University and is currently pursuing her M.Arch at Yale.
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