Zanzalu
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$131,767 displayed raised · 7 fund applications (4 curated) · 2 seasons · best rank #17 in Season 7
Sandbox for world-changing ideas
TechnologyCommunityPop-up CitiesWeb3AfricaCommunity BuildingZanzibar decentralizedpublic-goodsai-technologyarts-mediacommunity-economyafrica
Project details match catalog
About
Zanzalu is a pop up city in Zanzibar where builders, thinkers, technologists, and artists all around Africa come together to experiment, build, and shape an abundant future.
Impact
It will empower Africa’s top creators, founders, and thinkers by giving them a space to collaborate, innovate, and turn ideas into real-world impact that benefits communities across the continent and beyond.
Progress
Zanzalu has hosted over 1,000 attendees and more than 250 sessions. Each year it continues to grow, increasingly involving and benefiting local communities through its programs and activities.
Team
We are building a community-driven ecosystem that enables individuals to grow, build, experiment, and connect with a wider network of collaborators. Our experience and ongoing growth show our commitment to creating and sustaining it.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $15,269 | $0 | $15,269 | $25,537 | $40,806 | $0 | $83 | $25,620 | 0.0x | 1.7x | 1.7x | $0 | — |
| Season 7 | $16,847 | $31,400 | $48,247 | $42,488 | $90,735 | $20,099 | $20,742 | $114,729 | 3.1x | 5.6x | 6.8x | $131,767 | — |
| Total | $32,116 | $31,400 | $63,516 | $68,025 | $131,541 | $20,099 | $20,825 | $140,349 | — | — | — | $131,767 | — |
Fund drives
| Season | Drive | Standing | # | Raised | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | Resonance Fund Drive 3× | Winning projects | 3 | $54,600 | $20,000 |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | Zanzalu Fund for Future Innovation | Curated |
| Season 7 | Terminus Fund for Network States | Curated |
| Season 7 | Funding the CL-019 Frontier Fund | |
| Season 6 | Terminus Fund for Network States | Curated |
| Season 6 | Funding the CL-019 Frontier Fund | Curated |
| Season 6 | Hubs PULSIN Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces > Residencies | Submitted |
| Season 6 | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance | Submitted |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
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Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/zanzalu
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Not recovered: links. Sources: "snapshot" = verbatim Internet Archive page · "platform metadata" = archived artizen.fund page metadata · "leaderboard" = the artizen.fyi public accounting tables · "match catalog" = the platform's public fund-matching catalog (captured 2026-10-15, generated 2026-09-07) · "community catalog" = a June 2026 platform scrape preserved in a community repo.
Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, FTC Fund for Public Goods, Hubs Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces +2 | $234 |
| 2. | Traditional Dream Factory A 25-hectare playground where regenerative farmers, creatives and entrepreneurial dreamer… | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, FTC Fund for Public Goods, Hubs Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces +1 | $317,897 |
| 3. | La Maison Passerelle, an Earth based Cultural Research and Invention Center Embodying regenerative culture into humus, humans and living beings through radical coope… | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, FTC Fund for Public Goods, Hubs Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces +1 | $258,788 |
| 4. | ZuAfrique where global builders and African innovators unite to create a new era of trust, ownershi… | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, FTC Fund for Public Goods, Hubs Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces +1 | $111,330 |
| 5. | Coliven The tools your community runs on - and a home worth sharing. | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, FTC Fund for Public Goods, Hubs Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces +1 | $28,315 |
| 6. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, FTC Fund for Public Goods, Hubs Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces +1 | $14,777 |
| 7. | A Regenerative Network Society Lab in Liminal Village 29 days of building, making, and living together at Liminal Village, Marche, Italy. June… | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, FTC Fund for Public Goods, Hubs Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces +1 | $1,526 |
| 8. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Apollo Fund for the New Renaissance, FTC Fund for Public Goods, Hubs Network Fund for Solarpunk Spaces +1 | $563 |
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