You can find out more about Quipu through their website and find updates on their instagram.

And read here about the company's recent recognition in the Visa Everywhere Initiative awards, in which it won third place in Latin America and the Caribbean.

01:15 - The micro-businesses at the centre of local economies

03:11 - How COVID is both challenging and bolstering local economies

05:47 - The history of community currencies and how they can apply in Latin America today

09:08 - How Quipu uses a digital marketplace and community currency in order to build and maintain wealth locally

14:42 - Launching the Quipu platform in Baranquilla, Colombia, in the midst of a pandemic

16:10 - How micro businesses are using the Quipu platform in Baranquilla

19:07 - Co-designing the platform: What does a solidarity economy mean to you?

23:58 - Helping entrepreneurs access credit at fairer rates

28:31 - The importance of creating solidarity economies, and why its moving up the agenda now

32:06 - Next steps for Quipu

33:41 - Are we all in need of an emergency community currency?