People. Skills. Local possibility.
Build your town.
Build yourself.
Your skills belong in the story of your town.
Apply as a builder or coordinator in one of the 50 Blueprint towns across 9 provinces.
Applications go to a private review queue. Applying does not guarantee acceptance, work or income.
01 / From a need to a record
Local needs. Clear work. Evidence that matters.
Ubuntu Town turns local needs into clear tasks, then keeps evidence of what was done. AI recommends. People decide.
Illustrative scene, not a photograph of a real Ubuntu Town project.
02 / Work agreements in rands
Real amounts. A person approves every step.
Funded work in the app runs on a clear agreement, recorded in rands instead of points - so people always know what their effort earns.
How one agreement works
Live in the app since 11 Nov. Sample-town amounts are simulated examples.
- A coordinator proposes work with a named funder, an amount in rands and clear terms.
- The owner approves the funding before anyone accepts the work. No one else can approve the money.
- The worker accepts, does the work and submits evidence.
- A different, authorised person checks the delivery against the terms.
- The owner confirms payment only against a real payment record. The app records agreements; it does not make payments.
Voluntary contribution is recognised with evidence and thanks, never dressed up as paid work.
03 / Ten initiatives
Tools to build your town, one at a time.
An initiative's place in the estate does not mean its service is operating in every town.
04 / Place is the starting point
50 towns. 9 provinces. One shared ambition.
The roster defines the places in the plan, not a count of operating towns or admitted coordinators.
05 / The thinking behind the work
Ubuntu Intelligence, in print.
Ubuntu Intelligence is a journey into collective intelligence and the doctrine behind the ecosystem. It explores the intersection of human and artificial minds, the philosophy of Ubuntu as infrastructure, and the principles that guide the construction of nothing orthodox - systems built from the constraint of exclusion rather than the convention of inclusion.
By Keke Lebaka. Paperback and Kindle.
Get it on Amazon ↗06 / Updates
News from the build.
Short, dated updates, so the site's promises always track the actual build.