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@@ -532,6 +532,23 @@ support from INRIA, the French national institute for research in computer security (\url{https://www.inria.fr/}) and the Free Software community (\url{https://www.gnu.org/}). The company is privately owned and debt-free. +In response to the SARB's tender, Taler Systems SA has established +partnerships with Community-Exchange Systems NPC (CES) and JumpingBean INC +(JBI) from South Africa to jointly pursue this opportunity. +The Memorandum of Understanding between the companies is included in our +application materials. + +CES and JBI will provide community support, local developers and their general +expertise in the area of payment systems and software integration to the +project. The consortium plans to jointly work on integrating Taler with the +SARB's banking systems, and also offer integration support for the broader +e-commerce sector in SA. + +Taler Systems SA will focus on providig technical support for CES and JBI to +the best of its ability. In particular, Taler Systems SA will freely share +all of its documentation, code and technical expertise with its partners, +holding nothing back. Furthermore, Taler Systems SA will evolve the core +implementation to support SARB requirements to the extent this is feasible. % FIXME: Leon @@ -625,6 +642,17 @@ Our advisory board members are: \item[Dr. Edgar FLEISCH] Professor of Information Management, ETH Z\"urich \end{description} +CES is operating a global network of regional community payment systems +based on software originally developed by Tim Jenkin, who will work with +the project in his capacity as director of CES. Tim Jenkin will also bring +in his network of contacts and developers in SA to support the project. + +JBI is a Free Software consultancy based in SA focusing on providing +integration solutions for e-commerce. They are ideally suited for assisting +us onboard businesses in SA to the GNU Taler platform. Mark Clarke also has a +network of contacts in SA to bring in further support for the project if +required. + \subsection{Commentary on the CBDC principles and attributes} |