Celo kreiva is a “Purpose Driven Creative DAO” aimed at building a vibrant community of artists, digital creators, and collectors within the Celo ecosystem. This proposal seeks to establish a creative cosmos powered by creatives. You can check out the discussion article written some months back here.
This proposal aims to establish a creative DAO through which grassroots grants are accessible to artists, gamers, digital creators, creator lab teams, and creative projects for the sole purpose of building a creator economy within Celo.
What are we are trying to achieve:
Celo Kreiva DAO is moving towards investing community funds in great creatives that will draw more liquidity into the network. This initiative will undoubtedly amplify Celo’s reputation in the Ethereum creator economy.
Key objectives include: Grassroots grants to support creatives provided:
The creator economy was expected to grow from over $250 billion in 2024 to more than $480 billion in 2027. Web3 enables creators to cut out intermediaries and monetize their work directly.
However, Celo has no established community for creatives. Thus, investing in a creator ecosystem will allow Celo to:
The absence of a clear grant program for creatives only makes this initiative more pressing. Our purpose is to enable creative projects and communities to create a cosmos of creativity, where artists and creators can thrive creating prosperity conditions for creativity within the Celo ecosystem.
Why would creators apply for this grant? Successful applicants will be Immediately adopted into the DAO which will expose them to Celo ecosystem stakeholders and industry players. Frequent workshops as well will be organized to empower these creatives.
We aim to onboard creative teams and projects into the DAO, beginning with this team Revelator music Additional projects and teams will be announced in due course.
Additionally, we’re also looking at securing partnerships within the community, which includes Regional hubs, Celo Camp, Mento, Celo Mondo, Prezenti and others. These partnerships will help facilitate the distribution of grants to various creative projects across the globe.
Partnership Details:
| Partnerships | Commitments | Expected Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Revelator Music | Integration of Celo Blockchain for Music royalty payments. | Music royalties to be available in cUSD. |
| Aspirational Partnerships | Commitments | Expected Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Regional Hubs | Allocation of Creator grants accessible to creators in their regions. | Diversity and inclusion. |
| Rarible X | NFT marketplace | Mint of Celo Kreiva NFTs. |
| Prezenti | New grant arm designed for creative projects. | Influx of creative projects and creatives. |
| Celo Camp | Art business skill acquisition training from a art curator with dedicated grants for awardee. | More business oriented creatives in the ecosystem. |
Below are various grant categories with their dollar denominations:
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Scoring Rubric: Celo Adoption (30%), ROI (40%), Team Expertise (20%), On-chain validation (10%). Read our full criteria available on Charmsverse.
How it will benefit the Celo blockchain: Creators: As a creative DAO, we are passionate about originality and have decided to be thorough about the art pieces displayed in our collection. In partnership with Rarible X, we’ll be launching an NFT marketplace where only genuine art will be minted.
How do we go about this: Creators will be able to submit their NFT project proposals to snapshot on a monthly basis where the DAO through governance can decide on NFT projects to support by adding to the Celo Kreiva’s collection. From these, collectors can purchase to gain access to governance privileges within the DAO. Check out “how to propose Testnet” repo here
Collectors: Collectors holding Celo Kreiva NFT’s will have access to our governance and have the ability to make proposals that contribute to the overall wellbeing of the DAO.
We will facilitate the launch of these NFT projects as long as they meet our requirements.
In line with Celo Governance Season 0, we will establish a Grants Council consisting of four moderators responsible for reviewing applications during each grants season alongside a (Guardian or Steward) - Advisory role to actively oversee and support the DAO’s activities to ensure inclusivity and decentralization. The council will rotate biennially, allowing more passionate community members the opportunity to participate in critical decision-making within the DAO governance model. This structure reinforces transparency and contributes to a more decentralized ecosystem.
Snapshot, Charmsverse.
Please Note: “The concept shared below in this category is actively under development and is now available on testnet, you can check out our Github for more information. Our team will deploy on mainnet pending Celo’s stakeholders decision outcome of the proposal.”
Token-Based Governance: Inspired by Nouns’ approach to bootstrapping identity and collective decision-making, Celo Kreiva DAO will adopt an NFT CELO ERC721 token-based governance model, where holders of our NFT will have the power to make proposals and vote on projects using snapshot, Community members will have a chance to shape the future of Celo Kreiva through NFTs with governance advantages.
Council Oversight: council members or moderators will oversee the administrative aspects of the DAO, ensuring the smooth operation of our community and initiatives
Funding Sources: Our funding will come from grants, NFT sales and Loans.
1. NFT Voting:
2. Council Selection:
3. Transparency:
4. Dispute Resolution:
We are still in the early stages to issue grants. Our grant rounds will commence upon the community’s approval of this proposal. In the meantime, we have established our community page on Twitter, Charmverse, Questbook, Rarible Testnet and Snapshot testnest. We will expand to additional platforms such as RaribleX, Remox, Telegram, and more.
Below is a 6 months runway of activities that will occur.
| Season 0/1 ‘25 | Milestones |
|---|---|
| April | Community Feedback and Voting (if approved, the rest will follow) |
| May | Onboarding of Revelator |
| June | Launch “Kreiva Round” |
| July | Wait Period For Applications |
| August | NFT Mint |
| September | Application Review Period and Grant Distribution |
Here is a detailed breakdown of how the funds will be distributed:
| Category | Amount No. | Cost | Season 0 & 1 duration (6 months) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moderators / Staff | 4 | 1,500 | 36,000 | Monthly payments for Celo Kreiva Mods. |
| Advisory | 1 | 1,000 | 6,000 | Monthly payment for Celo Guardian Advisory role. |
| Contingency or Emergency | 1 | 5,000 | 5,000 | Find breakdown of contingencies below |
| Sapphire | 10 | 500 | 5,000 | Social experiments, & projects in early stages that have a realistic goal that can be delivered in the shortest time possible. |
| Emerald | 15 | 5,000 | 75,000 | Bigger creative projects, with a prototype and a realistic time frame to completion, project must reach testnet on Celo. |
| Diamond | 5 | 10,000 | 50,000 | Larger established projects who are looking to be integrated in the Celo ecosystem. Projects must reach Celo mainnet realistic time frame. |
| Total | 177,000 |
Note: Balance will be kept in the treasury and will be used when completely necessary with a detailed report of purpose and evidence for expenditure.
If approved, 50% of the $177,000 cUSD ($88,500 cUSD) budget will be deposited into the Celo Kreiva 2/4 multisig wallet upon approval. The remaining 50% ($88,500 cUSD) will be deposited after 3 months, upon successful completion of specified milestones in the first half of Season 0 - 1
Celo Kreiva Multisig (2/4): Celo: 0x46A8DC4786b4700D86BbCADD84A71f20cf0A5321
Celo Kreiva Lockup: Celo: 0xfFA07dE7A652d357a1BF3A0b060030AC0aB3a71A
Multisig Holders: Hawwal: celo:0xB6Bb848A8E00b77698CAb1626C893dc8ddE4927c Oracle: celo:0x7360984Dd1e52cd898fE9AE1d2F8d017bFF56D74 COT: celo:0xD93e786498a3B56fd0B531648db294Cb378E4674 Emiri: celo:0xb82896C4F251ed65186b416dbDb6f6192DFAF926
Below are the transactions outlined in this proposal:
| No. | Transaction | Destination | Data | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Initial cUSD Funding to Multisig Wallet | Transfer $88,500 cUSD to the Celo Kreiva 2/4 multisig wallet (Celo: 0x46A8DC4786b4700D86BbCADD84A71f20cf0A5321) to fund Season 0 - 1 operations, including grants, moderator payments, advisory fees, and contingencies. | Execute a transfer of $88,500 cUSD from the Celo Governance treasury to the multisig wallet upon proposal approval to initiate Season 0 - 1 activities (April–June 2025). | $88,500 cUSD, representing 50% of the total $177,000 cUSD budget, to cover initial operational costs as outlined in the Detailed Budget section. |
| 2. | Second cUSD Funding to Multisig Wallet | Transfer $88,500 cUSD to the Celo Kreiva 2/4 multisig wallet (Celo: 0x46A8DC4786b4700D86BbCADD84A71f20cf0A5321) for continued Season 0 - 1 operations. | Execute a transfer of $88,500 cUSD from the Celo Governance treasury to the multisig wallet after three months (July 2025), contingent on successful completion of specified milestones (e.g., partner onboarding, grant round launch). | $88,500 cUSD, representing the remaining 50% of the $177,000 cUSD budget, to sustain grant distributions and operational costs. |
Before approving/voting: Fetch the on-chain proposal and verify that the multisig address and approval amount match the approval call submitted to chain also Change --proposalID to #on-chain proposal number written above proposal to get expected results below:
celocli governance:show --proposalID 233 --node https://forno.celo.org
Expected output:
✔ 233 is an existing proposal
All checks passed
Parsing 1 proposal transactions...
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approvals:
approvers:
0: 0xBE0c3B35Ec3f759D9A67c4B7c539b0D5b52A4642
1: 0xD6d48412dA0804CF88258bfDf5AaFcBe5FEd7ecC
2: 0xFD74A4b05F12B9aB6020CB202aDE1BBa4Bc99aba
3: 0x5C73151A9eDcaccBD20EBB346bd4e419CdC94da3
4: 0xC631Eb5dE231000f96F4973ca8516d487108b2BF
5: 0xC85639289D4Bbb5F90e380A0f4db6B77a2F777bF
6: 0x92AD020Cde6A4e566770C603ae8315a9d7252740
7: 0xbA4862643D476aCbC13276bd73DACa7b27bF567C
8: 0x5caE91b0d08641249580ac89E129E8242b8335EF
9: 0xC97d3c16BE3CBE408984cF1d7cE50D4B00c246C0
10: 0x94A33095647Bd7f51515c6B6D3e076DA72DAd8D2
11: 0x978727D0b401B66Cf3891AaF9a40826765469bA2
completion: 0 / 12
confirmations:
approved: false
metadata:
deposit: 10000000000000000000000 (~1.000e+22)
descriptionURL: https://github.com/celo-org/governance/blob/main/CGPs/cgp-0183.md
proposer: 0x4Bc6F468Ea1812f0c35822f298B6fC47b9c69043
timestamp: 1748283682 (~1.748e+9)
transactionCount: 1
passed: false
proposal:
0:
address: 0x765DE816845861e75A25fCA122bb6898B8B1282a
args:
0: 0x46A8DC4786b4700D86BbCADD84A71f20cf0A5321
1: 177000000000000000000000
contract: StableToken
function: approve
params:
__length__: 2
spender: 0x46A8DC4786b4700D86BbCADD84A71f20cf0A5321
value: 177000000000000000000000 (~1.770e+23)
value: 0
schedule:
Execution: Mon, Jun 2, 2025, 7:21 PM GMT+1
Expiration: Thu, Jun 5, 2025, 7:21 PM GMT+1
Referendum: Mon, May 26, 2025, 7:21 PM GMT+1
stage: Referendum
votes:
Abstain: 0
No: 0
Yes: 0
Note: required is the minimal amount of yes + abstain votes needed to pass the proposal
requirements:
constitutionThreshold: 0.6
required: 6034348359643130591403633 (~6.034e+24)
support: 0
total: 0
The following risks and concerns may affect the Celo Kreiva DAO proposal, along with mitigation strategies:
Hawwal: Linkedin, Twitter, Github. I’m a front-end mobile dev and founder of Blaqk Stereo, a decentralized music distribution platform revamping artist royalties with stablecoin payments through minipay, and Tribe Block, a web3 University. As a proud Celo Camp alumnus (Batch 9) with a strong passion for web3 innovation, I’ve been actively building on Celo since 2022 and driving web3 growth in Africa for several years. My achievements include a Guinness World Record for the longest recording marathon, as well as facilitating the distribution of $20,000 in grants to accelerate art initiatives globally through Blaqk Stereo DAO.
Oracle: Twitter Oyeniyi Abiola Peace: is a blockchain software developer and the CEO of Blockchain Innovation Hub. Under his leadership, the company has trained over 600 talents and organized boot camps, hackathons, and training sessions for prominent blockchain ecosystems, including Celo, Arbitrum, Cartesi, and CrossFi. He has also worked as a DevRel Community Moderator for the Celo Foundation. Additionally, he is the co-founder of Pody Network, a Web3 alternative to Google Meet, which has over 30,000 users and more than 440 million seconds of in-app usage.
COT: Twitter. Kelechi (aka COT): is a multidisciplinary creative — a seasoned record producer, artist, designer, and art director with over a decade of experience collaborating with global brands and artists on hundreds of successful projects. With nearly five years immersed in the Web3 space, COT has played a pivotal role in pioneering projects that fuse blockchain technology with music and culture. He was a core contributor at Blaqk Stereo, where he co-led groundbreaking initiatives within the NEAR Ecosystem, including a Guinness World Record-breaking project for the longest continuous music recording with multiple artists — a global movement that empowered creatives through collaboration and innovation. Now, he’s building Apex Trybe — a decentralized record label reimagining how artists own, distribute, and earn from their music in the Web3 era.
Emiri: Twitter Emiri Udogwu: A software developer who has been in Web3 for over 5 years and has actively participated in the Celo ecosystem for 2 years. He has been involved in Celo Sage, Celo Camp, Celo Africa Dao Incubator, Proof of Ship and so many Celo-organised hackathons.
We strongly value having a Guardian or Steward to advise the Celo Kreiva DAO and We welcome the Guardians to nominate alternative candidates :yellow_heart:.
Additionally, we’d like the guardians / stewards to help in facilitating an introduction to the Celo Mondo team. Thanks
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