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PARTNERSHIPS.md
Version: 1.0
Last Updated: August 10, 2026
Project: CeloHT
Blockchain: Celo
Founded: 2022
Founder: Johnny Dubic
CeloHT is a community-driven initiative built on the Celo blockchain with a focus on financial inclusion, blockchain education, decentralized financial access, community development, and environmental impact.
Partnerships are an important part of the CeloHT ecosystem. We collaborate with organizations, businesses, developers, educators, community groups, environmental initiatives, financial-access providers, and other stakeholders whose objectives are aligned with our mission.
CeloHT seeks partnerships that create measurable value for communities while maintaining transparency, responsible governance, security, and long-term sustainability.
CeloHT aims to build a network of organizations and individuals capable of contributing to a more inclusive digital economy.
Our partnership vision is based on five principles:
Shared value — partnerships should benefit both the ecosystem and participating communities.
Community impact — collaborations should create measurable and meaningful outcomes.
Transparency — partnership relationships should be documented clearly whenever disclosure is appropriate.
Responsible innovation — technology must be deployed responsibly and securely.
Long-term sustainability — partnerships should support durable community and ecosystem development.
CeloHT welcomes partnerships across several strategic areas.
Potential collaborations include:
Digital financial education
Stablecoin education
Community payment systems
Cash-in/cash-out networks
Remittance education and access
Digital wallet education
Merchant adoption
Financial literacy programs
Community-based financial services
CeloHT's ecosystem can leverage CELO, cUSD, and compatible Celo wallets where appropriate.
CeloHT works to make blockchain technology understandable and accessible to communities.
Partnership opportunities include:
Educational programs
Workshops
Training programs
Developer education
Web3 community events
Financial literacy initiatives
Blockchain research
Educational content development
CeloHT's Agent initiative is designed to facilitate access between communities and digital financial infrastructure.
Potential partners may contribute through:
Agent recruitment
Agent training
Merchant onboarding
Liquidity coordination
Community outreach
Financial education
Technical infrastructure
Monitoring and operational support
CeloHT integrates environmental action into its broader community-development strategy through Rebwazman, its reforestation initiative.
Potential partnerships include:
Tree nurseries
Environmental organizations
Agricultural organizations
Community groups
Schools
Local businesses
Environmental researchers
Sustainability-focused organizations
Activities may include:
Tree planting
Community reforestation
Environmental education
Nursery development
Tree distribution
Survival-rate monitoring
Community environmental campaigns
CeloHT welcomes technical partnerships involving:
Blockchain infrastructure
Wallet integration
APIs
Developer tools
Open-source software
Security
Data infrastructure
Identity and access systems
Community platforms
Decentralized applications
Technical partnerships must follow applicable CeloHT security and engineering standards.
Businesses can participate in the CeloHT ecosystem through:
CELO/cUSD payments
Community programs
Merchant education
Product distribution
Environmental initiatives
Financial education
Local economic development
Co-branded community initiatives
FreClean is a community-oriented cleaning business focused on residential, Airbnb, and office cleaning services, as well as cleaning-product production and distribution.
CeloHT and FreClean have a strategic relationship intended to demonstrate how blockchain infrastructure can support real-world economic activity.
Potential areas of collaboration include:
CELO/cUSD payments
Digital financial education
Merchant adoption
Community entrepreneurship
Cleaning-product entrepreneurship
Distribution
Local economic development
Environmental initiatives
Where appropriate, FreClean may use a "Powered by CeloHT" designation for activities that are genuinely supported by the CeloHT ecosystem.
This relationship should not be interpreted as implying that every FreClean activity is operated, owned, or controlled by CeloHT.
CeloHT recognizes several partnership categories.
Organizations or groups supporting community education, outreach, or development.
Organizations providing technology, infrastructure, development, security, APIs, or technical services.
Organizations contributing to the broader Celo/Web3 ecosystem.
Schools, educators, training organizations, and institutions supporting learning initiatives.
Companies collaborating on products, services, payments, distribution, or commercial initiatives.
Organizations supporting reforestation, sustainability, agriculture, or environmental education.
A partner participating in a broader, long-term collaboration involving multiple CeloHT initiatives.
Every CeloHT partnership should respect the following principles.
Partnerships should be represented accurately. CeloHT does not claim partnerships that have not been formally established.
A partnership does not automatically mean that one organization controls another.
Unless explicitly documented otherwise, each partner remains independently responsible for its own operations, finances, personnel, products, and legal obligations.
Partnerships should not knowingly expose community members to unnecessary financial, technical, privacy, or security risks.
Technical integrations should follow appropriate security practices, including testing, access control, secure configuration, and responsible disclosure.
CeloHT does not use partnerships to promise investment returns or guaranteed financial profits.
CeloHT maintains a NO_TOKEN_POLICY and does not represent the project as a token-investment opportunity.
Partners are responsible for complying with laws and regulations applicable to their own activities and jurisdictions.
CeloHT partnerships may follow the following process:
Partner Identification
↓
Initial Discussion
↓
Strategic Evaluation
↓
Due Diligence
↓
Partnership Proposal
↓
Scope Definition
↓
Agreement / Confirmation
↓
Implementation
↓
Monitoring
↓
Impact Evaluation
↓
Renewal / Expansion / Closure
Not every partnership requires the same level of formalization. The documentation level should be proportional to the partnership's financial, technical, operational, and reputational risk.
Before entering a significant partnership, CeloHT may evaluate:
Organization identity
Ownership or governance structure
Reputation
Relevant experience
Technical capabilities
Financial considerations
Legal considerations
Security practices
Privacy practices
Conflicts of interest
Regulatory considerations
Community impact
Environmental impact
Potential reputational risks
High-risk partnerships may require additional review before approval.
Depending on the nature of the collaboration, CeloHT may use:
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
Partnership Agreement
Service Agreement
Technology Integration Agreement
Sponsorship Agreement
Community Collaboration Agreement
Grant Agreement
Statement of Work
Other appropriate written agreements
The agreement should clearly define:
Scope
Responsibilities
Deliverables
Timeline
Resources
Financial terms, if any
Intellectual property
Data protection
Confidentiality
Security requirements
Public communications
Termination conditions
Dispute-resolution mechanisms
Where a partnership involves financial transactions, the parties should clearly document:
Amounts
Currency
Payment terms
Responsibilities
Funding source
Deliverables
Reporting requirements
Applicable fees
Refund or cancellation conditions
CeloHT should not describe sponsorship, grants, commercial payments, donations, or service agreements as investments unless the relevant legal and financial structure explicitly supports that characterization.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing:
Each organization retains ownership of its pre-existing intellectual property.
Logos and trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.
Neither party receives automatic ownership of the other's intellectual property.
Public use of partner branding should be authorized.
Jointly created intellectual property should be governed by a written agreement.
Partners may not represent themselves as official representatives of CeloHT unless such authority has been explicitly granted.
Similarly, CeloHT should not publicly represent an organization as an official partner without appropriate confirmation.
Public partnership announcements may include:
Partner name
Partnership purpose
Scope
Start date
Key activities
Expected impact
Relevant links
Material claims should be factual and verifiable.
Partnerships involving personal or sensitive information must apply appropriate privacy and security controls.
CeloHT expects partners to:
Collect only necessary information.
Protect personal data from unauthorized access.
Avoid unnecessary data sharing.
Define data responsibilities clearly.
Apply appropriate access controls.
Report relevant security incidents promptly.
Follow applicable privacy laws.
Detailed requirements should be established for partnerships involving user accounts, financial activity, identity information, or other sensitive data.
Technology partnerships must consider security throughout the integration lifecycle.
Depending on the integration, requirements may include:
Secure authentication
Authorization controls
Secret management
API security
Smart-contract review
Dependency management
Testing
Monitoring
Incident response
Vulnerability disclosure
Access revocation
No partner should receive unnecessary access to CeloHT infrastructure, repositories, wallets, databases, or operational systems.
CeloHT is designed around community participation.
Partnership decisions should therefore consider:
Community interests
Strategic alignment
Potential impact
Financial implications
Risk
Transparency
Long-term sustainability
Significant partnerships may be subject to additional governance review depending on their scope and potential impact on the ecosystem.
CeloHT participants involved in partnership decisions should disclose material conflicts of interest.
Examples include:
Personal financial interests
Ownership interests
Family relationships
Business relationships
Compensation arrangements
Other circumstances that could materially affect impartial decision-making
Conflicts should be documented and managed appropriately.
CeloHT seeks to measure partnership outcomes using appropriate indicators.
Possible metrics include:
Number of people reached
Number of people trained
Number of merchants onboarded
Number of transactions
Remittance activity
Financial-literacy outcomes
Training participants
Course completion
Workshops delivered
Educational materials distributed
Developers trained
Trees planted
Trees surviving after monitoring
Communities participating
Nurseries supported
Environmental training activities
Businesses supported
Entrepreneurs trained
New services launched
Merchant adoption
Local economic activity
The appropriate metrics depend on the specific partnership.
Partners are expected to:
Respect the partnership agreement.
Provide accurate information.
Complete agreed deliverables.
Protect confidential information.
Follow applicable laws.
Respect community members.
Follow agreed security requirements.
Communicate material changes promptly.
Avoid misleading public statements about CeloHT.
Depending on the agreement, CeloHT may provide:
Community access
Educational resources
Technical coordination
Ecosystem integration
Community outreach
Branding support
Program coordination
Impact reporting
Partnership visibility
Specific responsibilities should always be defined by the applicable agreement.
A partnership may be terminated when:
The agreed objectives have been completed.
The agreement expires.
Both parties agree to terminate.
A material breach occurs.
Security risks become unacceptable.
Legal or regulatory circumstances require termination.
The partnership creates unacceptable reputational or community risk.
Continued collaboration is no longer strategically appropriate.
Termination procedures should follow the applicable agreement.
CeloHT may maintain a public record of confirmed partnerships.
A partnership registry may include:
Partner | Category | Scope | Status -- | -- | -- | -- FreClean | Business / Strategic | Payments, entrepreneurship, community development | Active Other partners | — | — | To be confirmedOnly partnerships that have been appropriately confirmed should be presented as official partnerships.
The following should not automatically be described as partnerships:
A social-media mention
A one-time conversation
A community member using CeloHT
A person attending a CeloHT event
A GitHub contribution
A public endorsement without an agreement
A business accepting CELO or cUSD independently
A third-party organization using Celo infrastructure
These activities may represent ecosystem participation or engagement without constituting a formal partnership.
CeloHT is open to collaborations with:
Businesses
Startups
NGOs
Educational institutions
Environmental organizations
Developers
Blockchain organizations
Financial inclusion initiatives
Community organizations
Diaspora organizations
Researchers
Technology providers
Celo ecosystem participants
Partnership proposals should explain:
Who you are.
What you want to build or accomplish.
Why CeloHT is a relevant partner.
What each party would contribute.
Expected community impact.
Proposed timeline.
Required resources.
How success would be measured.
CeloHT believes that meaningful partnerships should go beyond logos and announcements.
A strong partnership should create something measurable:
Education → Access → Economic Activity → Community Impact → Sustainability
The objective is to transform collaboration into practical outcomes for communities.
CeloHT is committed to accurately representing its relationships with organizations, businesses, communities, and individuals.
A potential partnership is not an official partnership until it has been appropriately confirmed.
CeloHT will avoid presenting negotiations, informal conversations, ecosystem participation, or future intentions as completed partnerships.
For additional information, see:
GOVERNANCE.mdSECURITY.mdAUTHENTICATION_ARCHITECTURE.mdAUTHORIZATION_MODEL.mdSMART_CONTRACT_SECURITY.mdDATA_PRIVACY.mdNO_TOKEN_POLICY.mdFUNDING_POLICY.mdLEGAL_STATUS.mdENVIRONMENT_CONFIGURATION.mdRELEASE_MANAGEMENT.mdCONTRIBUTING.mdROADMAP.md
For partnership discussions, organizations should use the official CeloHT communication channels listed in the project's CONTACT.md documentation.
Partnership requests should include sufficient information to allow CeloHT to evaluate the proposed collaboration.
This document describes CeloHT's partnership framework and principles.
It does not constitute a legal agreement, investment offer, financial advice, or guarantee of partnership approval.
Specific partnerships are governed by their respective agreements and applicable laws.
CeloHT
Financial Inclusion • Education • Community • Environment
Founded in 2022
© 2026 CeloHT - Open Source. Global Impact. Licensed under Apache.