Our story

Built over time. Built with purpose.

FORUS did not begin as a single product. It grew from years of exploring a much bigger question: how can digital infrastructure connect more people to economic participation and shared opportunity?

A cooperative group working together outdoors at a shared table
The question

What would digital infrastructure look like if more people and organisations could participate in the value it creates?

That question has shaped years of research, development, partnerships and real-world experimentation across identity, payments, commerce, institutional infrastructure and connected economic systems. Today, those ideas have become a growing technology and infrastructure ecosystem.

Timeline

From a question to an ecosystem.

Verified milestones only. Earlier chapters are added as they are confirmed.

The beginning

A question about participation

FORUS begins with a founding idea: infrastructure that lets more people and organisations take part in the value an economy creates. Years of research, development and real-world experimentation across identity, payments, commerce and institutional infrastructure follow.

Recognition

Fintech Innovation of the Year

The Eastern Cape Transport Tertiary Co-operative, for which WOW Connect was developed, is named Fintech Innovation of the Year at Africa Tech Festival 2024.

Memorandum of Understanding

Connect with a Coop

On the International Day of Cooperatives, FORUS-Grow, Unati / UAMMCL and The Dream sign a Memorandum of Understanding to build a cooperative-led digital finance, farmer and community impact ecosystem linking Africa and India.

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Partnerships

Partnerships for the cooperative economy

FORUS signs a Strategic Partnership Agreement with DotCooperation, becoming its Strategic Promotional and Implementation Partner for Africa, and announces a strategic collaboration with the World Agriculture Forum on the TerraNexus ecosystem.

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Today

A growing ecosystem

FORUS Digital is the group behind a growing infrastructure ecosystem, with FORUS.coop as its cooperative implementation and new partnerships across sectors and regions.

The next chapter is written with partners.

FORUS works with organisations that bring sector knowledge, institutional capability, distribution, technology and trusted relationships.