What is AsiliChain?

AsiliChain is the financial infrastructure Africa’s coffee farmers have never had, built on Mantle Network (Ethereum ZK L2), delivering working capital, EUDR compliance, and 60-second mobile payments from Uganda’s own government data.

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In three sentences

Uganda’s government is GPS-mapping 3.5 million coffee farmers through its National Traceability System. The EU Deforestation Regulation now requires that GPS data for every European shipment. AsiliChain reads from the government’s system and turns compliance data into credit infrastructure, so the same GPS record that satisfies a European auditor can unlock a farmer’s working capital loan, and deliver 60-second payment to every farmer, whether they want credit or not.

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Three Questions

For the farmer

A farmer sends a USSD message from any mobile phone, no smartphone needed. They deliver their coffee. Within 60 seconds, payment arrives to their MTN Mobile Money account. They never see a blockchain, never hold cryptocurrency, never pay a fee.

For the cooperative

Real-time payment reconciliation. EU compliance documents generated automatically from normal operations. Lower default rates because loan repayment executes automatically when coffee is exported, no collection agent required.

For the European buyer

A verifiable, government-backed Due Diligence Statement for every shipment. Signed, permanently stored, verifiable by EU customs without contacting AsiliChain.

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At a Glance

Metric	Value
Smallholder farmers targeted	3.5 million
Uganda coffee exports FY2024-25	USD 2.4 billion
Smart contract chain	Mantle Network (Ethereum ZK L2)
ZK proof system	OP Succinct / SP1, 1-hour finality
Independent audit layer	Hedera HCS
Farmer payment provider	Kotani Pay → MTN Mobile Money
MFI deposit provider	TransFi (institutional on-ramp)
Farmer payment speed	< 60 seconds
Gas fees for farmers	Zero
Legal anchor for BatchToken	Uganda Warehouse Receipt System Act (2006)
Compliance framework	Mantle Tokenization-as-a-Service (TaaS)

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What AsiliChain Is Not

• Not a marketplace. Commodity traders (Sucafina, Olam, Louis Dreyfus) are buyer portal users, not adversaries. They add genuine logistics value. AsiliChain eliminates predatory pre-harvest credit, not the traders’ logistics margin.
• Not a bank. AsiliChain is a technology infrastructure provider. Licensed MFIs conduct all lending using the protocol.
• Not a traceability platform. The EUDR Due Diligence Statement is a byproduct of the protocol’s operations, not the primary product. The primary product is a credit relationship between a farmer and a lender that did not previously exist.
• Not required for credit. Farmers who self-finance their inputs still benefit from 60-second payment, EUDR compliance, and market price transparency. Credit is one of four outputs, not the only one.